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Trademark or patent? The effects of market structure, customer type and venture capital financing on start-ups' IP decisions

Pennings, Enrico; Block, Joern H.; de Vries, de Vries, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2013

We analyze the initial intellectual property (IP) right of 4,703 start-up entrants in the US, distinguishing between trademark and patent applications. The results show that start-ups are more likely to file for a trademark instead of a patent when entering into more competitive market...

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Beyond Waste Reduction: Creating Value with Information Systems in Closed-Loop Supply Chains

van der Laan, Erwin; Koppius, Koppius, O.R.; Ozdemir, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2011

We study the role of information systems in enabling closed-loop supply chains. Past research in green IS and closed …-loop supply chains has shown that it can result in substantial cost savings and waste reduction. We complement this research by … and informational value. Particularly the last two types have not been recognized in past research. We then analyze 8 …

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Does Contract Complexity Limit Opportunities? Vertical Organization and Flexibility

Pennings, Enrico - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

The vertical organization of production entails a range of make-or-buy decisions of intermediate goods that are influenced by the difficulty of writing contracts with a potential supplier. When contracting causes high transaction costs, a firm can decide to vertically integrate the production of...

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Towards a New Agenda for the Study of Business Internationalization: Integrating Markets, Institutions and Politics

Rodrigues, Rodrigues, S.B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

lecture concludes that political and social innovation perspectives open new research avenues in the field of international …

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Transition Processes Towards Internal Networks

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; van Wijk, van Wijk, R.A.J.L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

As a result of many changes in the competitive landscape, knowledge has become a crucial resource of firms, which has impelled firms to change their forms of organizing. Evidence suggests that internal networks, as such an alternative form of organizing, progress to emerge to facilitate the...

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Realizing Innovations in Service Firms: new organizational forms and supporting processes

van der Aa, van der Aa, W.; Elfring, Elfring, T. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

This paper describes a number of innovation forms that are of special relevance to firms in the service industry. Not only technological innovations but also organizational innovations have been distinguished. In the service industry organizational innovations seem to play a significant role....

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Creating the N-Form Corporation as a Managerial Competence

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; van Wijk, van Wijk, R.A.J.L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

This paper discusses key properties of the N-form corporation or internal network forms of organizing from three mutually related perspectives: structure, knowledge flows and management processes. To operationalize knowledge flows, a key property of N-forms, the paper suggests a new measure, the...

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The Evolution of the Russian Saving Bank Sector During the Transition Era

Carree, Martin Anthony - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

Following the 1988 banking reform in Russia there was an enormous increase in the number of (registered) commercial banks. The Russian savings bank sector went through a period of shakeout after the August 1995 interbank crisis. Large banks were able to expand their market shares in the deposits...

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Competition and Market Dynamics on the Russian Deposits Market

Carree, Martin Anthony; Admiraal, Admiraal, P-H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

In the early transition era in Russia entry barriers for commercial banks were about absent. It resulted in the mushrooming of hundreds of small, poorly-endowed and inexperienced banks. In this paper we address the question whether the claimed benefits of low entry barriers - competition and...

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Networks in Entrepreneurship

Elfring, Elfring, T.; Hulsink, Hulsink, W. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

The value of networks as integral part of the explanation of entrepreneurial success is widely acknowledged. However, the network perspective lacks specification of the various dimensions of a network and their impact on the early development of a venture. We make a distinction between a...

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