Alors que l’approche par les ressources et les compétences est apparue au départ en tant que théorie de l’avantage concurrentiel, elle a rapidement étendu son champ de compétences à la question des frontières de la firme. Prenant essentiellement ancrage dans les faiblesses de la...

This essay briefl y examines some of the diverse developments of social medicine as an academic discipline and its links to political conceptualizations of the role of medicine in society. The author then analyses the possible future directions open to the discipline in the Anglo-American...

Purpose – This conceptual paper examines the notion of CEO brands and the problems that arise if they are misaligned with company brands. Previous research examines product, company and people brands and implications for senior executives and organizations, but there is no theoretical...

We present an exploratory investigation of how managers conceptualize and perceive the product offering effort variables in successful and unsuccessful New Product Development (NPD) projects, and explore the role that product offering effort variables play in differentiating between successful...

Research into the politics of food cannot assume universal acceptance of what is meant by the term \'food\' which has multiple meanings and significantly different associations. A semiotic approach demonstrates the meaning and value of this point. Food has variously been conceptualised as...

In the present paper, an attempt has been made to measure the consequences for the quality of life of working with a part-time and/or temporary contract. Quality of life has been defined in a utilitarian and a liberal way. In the utilitarian definition, the quality of life is determined by the...

Alors que l’approche par les ressources et les compétences est apparue au départ en tant que théorie de l’avantage concurrentiel, elle a rapidement étendu son champ de compétences à la question des frontières de la firme. Prenant essentiellement ancrage dans les faiblesses de la...