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NetBill: an Internet Commerce System Optimized for Network-Delivered Services
Sirbu, Marvin A.; Tygar, J. D. - 2005
NetBill is a business model set of protocols, and software implementation for commerce in information goods and other … information. What is missing is an electronic commerce mechanism that links the merchants and the consumers. NetBill is a business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441148
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An extension and application of the leontief pollution model for waste generation and disposal in Scotland
Allan, G.; Hanley, N.; McGregor, P.G.; Swales, J.K.; … - 2004
Solid waste generation, treatment and disposal are important policy concerns for the Scottish Parliament. As a result of the Environment Act 1995, a National Waste Strategy for Scotland was introduced with the general aim of reducing the amount of waste produced and dealing with what is produced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459782
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Selected Developmental Aspects of Trade and Trade Policies : Final Report
Bineau, Yannick; Montalbano, Pierluigi - 2013
This report presents the results of a review of the economic literature on selected developmental aspects of international trade trends and trade policies in less developed countries between 2000 and 2011. The views expressed are those which were considered by the authors of this report as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011799533
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Bargaining Chains (Long Version)
Lovejoy, William S. - 2010
We consider a firm that designs a new product and wishes to bring it to market, but does not have ownership or control over all of the resources required to make that happen. The firm must select and contract with one of several possible tier 1 suppliers for necessary inputs, who do the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476922
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Three Essays on the Economics of Information Systems.
Jian, Lian - 2010
My dissertation contains three studies centering on the question: how to motivate people to share high quality information on online information aggregation systems, also known as social computing systems? I take a social scientific approach to identify the strategic behavior of individuals in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476980
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EXPLAINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HR SYSTEM AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A TEST OF THE STRATEGIC HRM FRAMEWORK.
Herdman, Andrew Orr - 2008
Recent meta-analytic treatments of the Strategic Human Resource Management literature suggest a relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433884
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THE EFFECT OF STRATEGIC ORIENTATION AND ADAPTABILITY ON ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORS AND PERFORMANCE: The Case of Electronic Commerce in the Hosiery Industry
Strempek, R. Barth - 1997
of Electronic Commerce. The use of the Strategic Orientation of Business Enterprises (STROBE) construct (Venkatraman … orientation, adaptability and the adoption of Electronic Commerce, and (5) the adoption of Electronic Commerce and performance. To … research, adaptability is correlated with general measures of firm performance. Although the adoption of Electronic Commerce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433891
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Environmental NGOs and Business: A Grounded Theory of Assessment, Targeting, and Influencing
Hendry, Jamie R. - 2002
This dissertation sought to develop a grounded theory explaining how ENGOs assess the environmental performance of firms, select target industries and firms, and influence those targeted industries and firms. A preliminary model based on research in the fields of social movements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433893
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The Upper-Echelon Perspective of Firm Competitive Behavior: Empirical Evidence from the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
Offstein, Evan Hayden - 2004
Management Team (TMT), and Board of Directors (BOD) impact a firm's competitive behavior. In addition, I examine how sources of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433899
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Extending the Resource-Based View to Explain Venture Capital Firm Networks' Contributions to IPO Performance: A Study of Human-Based Factors
Echols, Ann Elizabeth - 2000
This study has theoretical, substantive, and methodological objectives following Brinberg and McGrath (1985). First, the resource-based view of the firm provides a context to support relationships determined from theory in Sociology, Finance and Entrepreneurshp. Using these interdisciplinary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433917