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Learning and protection of proprietary assets in strategic alliances: building relational capital

Kale, Prashant; Singh, Harbir; Perlmutter, Howard - 2000

One of the main reasons that firms participate in alliances is to learn know-how and capabilities from their alliance partners. At the same time firms want to protect themselves from the opportunistic behavior of their partner to retain their own core proprietary assets. Most research has...

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Absolute and relative resources as determinants of international acquisitions

Anand, Jaideep; Delios, Andrew - 2002

Although it is established that firms sometimes expand abroad to augment their capabilities, previous studies have generally focused on technological determinants of foreign expansion. We analyze capability-seeking aspects of foreign direct investment by examining the relationship between...

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Corporate elites and corporate strategy: how demographic preferences and structural position shape the scope of the firm

Jensen, Michael; Zajac, Edward J. - 2004

management team member), generate very different strategic outcomes. Our detailed empirical findings, based on extensive … units of analysis (e.g., board of directors or top management team) when studying the influence of corporate elites on …

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The scope and governance of international R&D alliances

Oxley, Joanne E.; Sampson, Rachelle C. - 2004

Participants in research and development alliances face a difficult challenge: how to maintain sufficiently open knowledge exchange to achieve alliance objectives while controlling knowledge flows to avoid unintended leakage of valuable technology. Prior research suggests that choosing an...

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Where do capabilities come from and how do they matter? A study in the software services industry

Ethiraj, Sendil K.; Kale, Prashant; Krishnan, Mayuram S.; … - 2005

contribution. The second class, termed project management capabilities, is acquired through deliberate and persistent investments …

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Top-down Production Management: A Recent Trend in the Japanese Productivity-enhancement Movement

Fruin, W. Mark; Nakamura, Masao - 1997

horizontal decision mechanisms. These practices include Just-in-Time (JIT) and quality management practices such as quality … circles (QC) and total quality management (TQM). While these practices continue to be effective under appropriate … efficiency. In this paper we discuss one of such methods called Total Productivity Management (TPM). Unlike JIT or TQM …

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The rise of human service chains: antecedents to acquisitions and their effects on the quality of care in US nursing homes

Banaszak-Holl, Jane; Berta, Whitney B.; Bowman, Dilys M.; … - 2002

This paper studies acquisitions of nursing home facilities by chains. We first test alternative ‘cream-skimming’ and ‘turn-around’ arguments concerning nursing home acquisitions. We then consider post-acquisition changes in nursing home health performance, differentiating effects of the...

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Public Policy and Entrepreneurship: The Development of the Competitive Local Telephone Service Industry.

Neuman, Eric J. - 2008

In this dissertation, I examine how political environments influence industry structure and entrepreneurial opportunities following deregulation. Though deregulation implies a removal of government control, I propose that deregulation remains a political process that is shaped by previous...

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Three Essays on Resource Allocation: Load Balancing on Highly Variable Service Time Networks, Managing Default Risk via Subsidies and Supplier Diversification, and Optimal Hotel Ro...

Caudillo Fuentes, Luz Adriana E. - 2010

The first essay considers a service center with two stations in accordance with independent Poisson processes. Service times at either station follow the same general distribution, are independent of each other and are independent of the arrival process. The system is charged station-dependent...

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Creating Effective Global Virtual Teams: A Transactive Memory Perspective.

Oguntebi, Joy O. - 2009

utilizing team knowledge and it represents formations of collective memory within small groups. Within the knowledge management …

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