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New Product Announcements as Market Signals. A content analysis in the DRAM chip industry

Popma, W.T.; Waarts, E.; Wierenga, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2003

New-product announcements (NPAs) have considerable effects on competitors in industrial markets. Several studies have shown that the perceived threat caused by an NPA may trigger severe competitive reactions. Yet it is still unclear how the perception of threat by competitors is related to the...

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Competition:an inspirational marketing tool

Waarts, E. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004

Concurrentie is de motor achter innovatie en dynamiek in markten.Sectoren zoals het openbaar vervoer, water, energie, en telecom worden niet voor niets door nationale en internationale overheden geliberaliseerd en gedereguleerd. Het doel is markten te creÃ«ren met eerlijke kansen voor nieuwe...

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Moving in Social Circles â€“ Social Circle Membership and Performance Implications

Verbeke, W.J.M.I.; Wuyts, S.H.K. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006

We investigate social circles in intra-firm settings. First, we argue that social circles are inhabited by individuals whose attitudes display fit with the objectives of the social circle rather than more self-centered instrumentalism or calculation. For a test of this hypothesis, we distinguish...

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Logistics Information and Knowledge Management Issues in Humanitarian Aid Organizations

Laan, E.A. van der; Brito, M.P. de; Vermaesen, S.C. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2007

In this paper, we assess the need for logistics information and knowledge management in humanitarian aid organizations. To do so, we combine literature sources with an extensive case study that we conducted at MÃ©decins sans FrontiÃ¨resâ€“Holland, which is following a trajectory to...

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Measures of Pleasures

Magala, S.J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2002

Measuring culture originated in cultural anthropology, but all social sciences contributed to comparative cultural studies. Tracing critical approaches towards a measurement of cultural values one is bound to strip the biases and stereotypes bare and to invade numerous academic fiefs. Hofstede...

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Project Selection Directed By Intellectual Capital Scorecards

Daniels, H.A.M.; Jonge, B. de - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2003

Management of intellectual capital is an important issue in knowledge intensive organizations. Part of this is the composition of the optimal project portfolio the organization will carry out in the future. Standard methods that guide this process mostly focus on project selection on the basis...

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Knowledge Management in the SME and its Relationship to Strategy, Family Orientation and Organization Learning

Zhou, H.; Uhlaner, L.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2009

In this study, we examine the prevalence of different KM practices and the organizational determinants of KM among SMEs by conducting a quantitative study of empirical data from nearly 500 Dutch SMEs. Our empirical results show that knowledge is managed in a people-based approach in SMEs. SMEs...

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Knowledge Management as a Strategic Tool to Foster Innovativeness of SMEs

Zhou, H.; Uhlaner, L.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2009

sharing) and innovation behavior. The concept of absorptive capacity and assumptions from the dynamic capabilities view …

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Do Charities Get More when They Ask More Often? Evidence from a Unique Field Experiment

Donkers, A.C.D.; Diepen, M. van; Franses, Ph.H.B.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2010

Charitable organizations send out large volumes of direct mailings, soliciting for money in support of many good causes. Without any request, donations are rarely made, and it is well known that each request for money by a charity likely generates at least some revenues. Whether a single request...

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Creating competition & mastering markets; New entrants, monopolists, and regulators in transforming public utilities across the Atlantic

Hulsink, W.; Wubben, E. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2003

competition and a persistent quasi-monopoly, is no easy matter. The process of de-monopolisation can be seen as the result of … rivalry in those "monopolistic" network-based industries, the emergence of new entry/exit and competition needs to be … nourished and closely monitored and supervised: the emergence and persistence of competition needs to be engineered. The concept …

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