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Pau, L-F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2005

This paper aims at defining a set of privacy metrics (quantitative and qualitative) in the case of the relation between … a privacy protector ,and an information gatherer .The aims with such metrics are: -to allow to assess and compare … different user scenarios and their differences; for examples of scenarios see [4]; -to define a notion of privacy boundary, and …

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Knowledge Sharing in Non-Knowledge Intensive Organizations: When Social Networks do not Matter?

Capellen, van der J.; Koppius, O.R.; Dittrich, K. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2011

Considerable attention has been paid to the network determinants of knowledge sharing. However, most, if not all, of the studies investigating the determinants of knowledge sharing are either focused on knowledge-intensive organizations such as consultancy firms or R&D organizations, or...

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Effectiveness of Brokering within Account Management Organizations

Dekker, D.J.; Stokman, F.; Franses, Ph.H.B.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2003

We present a model that integrates the contradicting Burtian and Krackhardtian broker theories to explain effectiveness of brokering for individuals within account management organizations. Using data on a network of 55 individuals in a financial account management organization, we test how...

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The Social Capital of Venture Capitalists and Its Impact on the Funding of Start-Up Firms

Alexy, O.; Block, J.H.; Sandner, P.G.; Wal, A.L.J. Ter - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2010

How does the social capital of venture capitalists (VCs) affect the funding of start-ups? Extant entrepreneurship literature conceptualizes a substitute effect between the social and financial capital that new firms attain from their investors. On the contrary, by building on the rich social...

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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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Broker Positions in Task-Specific Knowledge Networks

Dekker, D.J.; Stokman, F.; Franses, Ph.H.B.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2000

In this paper we empirically investigate various benefits and costs associated with broker characteristics of individuals who operate in the account management system of financial service providers. We narrow our focus to broker positions in two specific task-specific knowledge networks that...

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The Current State of Research on Networks in Chinaâ€™s Business System

Meuer, J.; Krug, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2009

The purpose of the paper is to assess the current state of network research in Chinaâ€™s business system. Research on networks has developed significantly during the last decades in regards to analytic techniques, number of research projects, and accumulated findings. While research on...

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Developing and Testing a Measure for the Ethical Culture of Organizations: The Corporate Ethical Virtues Model

Kaptein, S.P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2007

Based on four interlocking empirical studies, this paper initially validates and refines the Corporate Ethical Virtues Model which formulates normative criteria for the ethical culture of organizations. The findings of an exploratory factor analysis provide support for the existence of eight...

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The Effectiveness of Business Codes: A Critical Examination of Existing Studies and the Development of an Integrated Research Model

Kaptein, S.P.; Schwartz, M.S. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2007

Business codes are a widely used management instrument. Research into the effectiveness of business codes has, however, produced conflicting results. The main reasons for the divergent findings are: varying definitions of key terms; deficiencies in the empirical data and methodologies used; and a...

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Accounting as Applied Ethics: Teaching a Discipline

Dolfsma, W.A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2005

In this article it is argued that there are notable parallels between all of the different strands within ethics on the … latter. Accountancy, part of economics, draws on utilitarian ethics, but not solely so. Accounting, in addition, draws on … deontological and communitarian strands in ethics. The article suggests that the teaching of accounting â€“ especially to non …

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