In this article a business model is defined as the firm choices on policies, assets and governance structure of those policies and assets, together with their consequences, be them flexible or rigid. We also provide a way to represent such business models to highlight the dynamic loops and to...

This study investigated supply chain management practices in the retail grocery industry from two perspectives. First, the operational performance objectives were examined by developing and testing a periodic review, joint replenishment model and heuristic. Joint replenishment policies, designed...

Prevailing theory suggests that firms that effectively protect technological discoveries from emulation will create and capture value. Despite its importance, little research has examined the specific mechanisms of how to protect technological discoveries, and have heretofore emphasized the...

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las diferencias existentes en la conducta competitiva de las empresas pioneras y de sus respectivos rivales en el mercado. Se plantea un modelo teórico a partir de la literatura sobre dinámica competitiva y se contrasta empíricamente en el sector de la...