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Cross-Function and Same-Function Alliances: How Does Alliance Structure Affect the Behavior of Partnering Firms?

Amaldoss, Wilfred; Staelin, Richard - 2010

Firms collaborate to develop and deliver new products. These collaborations vary in terms of the similarity of the competencies that partnering firms bring to the alliance. In same-function alliances, partnering firms have similar competencies, whereas in cross-function alliances, partners have...

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Transferring Collective Knowledge: Collective and Fragmented Teaching and Learning in the Chinese Auto Industry

Zhou, Jane; Anand, Jaideep; Mitchell, Will - 2001

Collective knowledge, consisting of tacit group-embedded knowledge, is a key element of organizational capabilities. This study undertakes a multiple-case study of the transfer of collective knowledge, guided by a set of tentative constructs and propositions derived from organizational learning...

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Shaping Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Managing Uncertainty and Equivocality in the Entrepreneurial Process.

Barton, Michelle A. - 2010

This dissertation develops and tests a theory of how technology entrepreneurs shape their business opportunity and the organizing practices that facilitate that process. I suggest that entrepreneurial opportunities are not predetermined phenomena discovered by vigilant individuals but rather are...

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Foreign Market Development As Well As Entry: An Empirical Analysis of Two Fast-Food Chains.

Leibsohn, David L. - 2007

This dissertation consists of three empirical studies on foreign market entry and development by US fast-food chains. While prior international business research has principally sought to explain when, where and how firms enter foreign markets, surprisingly little attention has been given to...

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Information sharing as enabler for the virtual team: an experimental approach to assessing the role of electronic mail in disintermediation

Rafaeli, Sheizaf; Ravid, Gilad - 2003

This paper is an attempt to document empirically the relation between information sharing accomplished via electronic mail and the performance of teams. We report on an experimental study of the role of electronic mail in the operation of supply chains. A variation of the well known ‘Beer...

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Market orientation in production agriculture: measurement, relationships, and implications

Micheels, Eric T. - 2010

Over the past several decades, the agricultural marketplace has transitioned from a completely price driven, homogeneous, commodity market towards a more differentiated and fragmented product market characterized by heterogeneous consumers, firms and value offerings. Examples of this change are...

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Order Lead-Time Improvement Following Enterprise Information Technology Implementation: An Empirical Study

Cotteleer, Mark; Bendoly, Elliot - 2006

This paper investigates the influence of enterprise systems implementation on operational performance. The work extends the literature on enterprise systems by focusing on changes in process dynamics as a source for ongoing firm-level performance improvement. A case discussion of Tristen...

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Verteilte Führung in virtuellen Teams : zum Einfluss struktureller, interaktionaler und teambasierter Führungstechniken auf den Teamerfolg

Julia E. Hoch - 2007

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird ein Modell zur Verteilten Führung in Teams operationalisiert und validiert. Dabei wird angenommen, dass Führung verteilt auf die drei Instanzen der strukturellen, der interaktionalen und der teambasierten Führung ausgeübt wird. Die drei Führungsgruppen werden...

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Working conditions and social dialogue : Conference report, Prague, 22-23 June 2009

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2009

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), in cooperation with the Czech Presidency, organised a conference addressing the theme of working conditions and social dialogue in Prague on 22-23 June 2009. The conference aimed to present the findings of...

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Optimistic Managers & Their Influence on Productivity & Employee Engagement in a Technology Organization

Greenberg, Margaret H; Arakawa, Dana - 2006

manager. Furthermore, we hypothesize that optimistic managers embody positive leadership—employing a strengths-based approach …) organization, positive leadership correlated with employee optimism, engagement, and project performance. When we looked at a … data support the claim that positive leadership is correlated with employee engagement and performance, and further extends …

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