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Empirical Tests Of Optimal Cognitive Distance

Nooteboom, Bart; Wuyts, Wuyts, S.H.K.; Colombo, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

This article provides empirical tests of the hypothesis of ‘optimal cognitive distance’, proposed by Nooteboom (1999, 2000), in two distinct empirical settings. Variety of cognition, needed for learning, has two dimensions: the number of agents with different cognition, and differences in...

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Innovation, learning and cluster dynamics

Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

innovation. It employs an analysis of three types of embedding: institutional embedding, which is often localized, structural …. It employs results from earlier research in organizational learning and innovation, and in the management of inter …

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Applying Revenue Management to the Reverse Supply Chain

Fleischmann, Moritz; Ferguson, Ferguson, M.; Souza, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

We study the disposition decision for product returns in a closed-loop supply chain. Motivated by the asset recovery process at IBM, we consider two disposition alternatives. Returns may be either refurbished for reselling or dismantled for spare parts. Reselling a refurbished unit typically...

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Coevolutionary Competence in the Realm of Corporate Longevity: How Long-lived Firms Strategically Renew Themselves

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Kwee, Kwee, Z.; Volberda, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

Understanding the phenomena of corporate longevity and self-renewing organizations has become an important topic in recent management literature. However, the majority of the research contributions focus on internal determinants of longevity and self-renewal. Using a co-evolutionary framework,...

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Intense Collaboration In Globally Distributed Teams: Evolving Patterns Of Dependencies And Coordination

Kumar, Kumar, K.; van Fenema, van Fenema, P.C.; von … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

As multi-national firms and major offshore outsourcing companies develop experience with global work, their globally distributed teams face the challenge of collaborating intensely without the common interaction advantages associated with collocated work. This chapter analyzes the sources of...

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Global Sourcing

Mol, M.J.; van Tulder, van Tulder, R.J.M.; Beije, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

Since the early 1990s international - or even global - outsourcing of intermediate products from suppliers has been propagated as a key means to improve the performance of firms. It is argued that becoming more lean and internationally focused is beneficial for the buyer as well as for the...

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Modes of governance of new service development for mobile networks. A life cycle perspective

van den Ende, van den Ende, J.C.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

This paper focuses on governance modes for service development of mobile telephone networks (GSM, WAP, GPRS, UMTS). 'Services' refer to services embodying a specific content. The paper shows that the phase of the life cycle of the network and the service affects the choice of governance mode of...

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Investigating Strategic Renewal of Five Large Dutch Financial Services Firms

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Flier, Flier, B.; Volberda, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

How do large well-established firms renew themselves in an increasing turbulent environment? Is there a generic pattern of change or is each change journey rather idiosyncratic? We posed five questions about the nature of renewal patterns. First, how do firms combine external versus internal...

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Exploratory Innovation, Exploitative Innovation, and Performance: Effects of Organizational Antecedents and Environmental Moderators

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Jansen, Jansen, J.J.P.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006

competitiveness) moderate the effectiveness of exploratory and exploitative innovation. Results indicate that centralization … negatively affects exploratory innovation while formalization positively influences exploitative innovation. Interestingly …, connectedness within units appears to be an important antecedent of both exploratory and exploitative innovation. Furthermore, our …

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Unraveling Scientific Impact

Stremersch, Stefan; Camacho, Camacho, N.M.A.; Vanneste, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2014

The number of citations a paper receives is the most commonly used measure of scientific impact. In this paper, we study not only the number but also the type of citations that 659 marketing articles generated. We discern five citation types: application, affirmation, negation, review and...

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