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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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The Geography of Equity Listing and Financial Centre Competition in Mainland China and Hong Kong

Karreman, Karreman, B.; van der Knaap, van der Knaap, G.A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

This study examines the changing competitiveness of financial centres in mainland China and Hong Kong based on the geography of equity listing of mainland Chinese firms. Pre-listing firm characteristics are used to explore firms’ motives for listing on a particular exchange and whether these...

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Royal Ahold: A Failure Of Corporate Governance

de Jong, de Jong, A.; DeJong, D.V.; Mertens, Mertens, G.M.H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold NV) was one of the major success stories in the 1990s and is one of the major failures in corporate governance, suffering a complete meltdown in 2003. This clinical study analyzes Ahold’s growth strategy through acquisitions and isolates the cause of the failed...

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The Causality of Supply Relationships

Nooteboom, Bart; de Jong, de Jong, G. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

This study examines the 'logic' or underlying causality of supply relationships. It develops and tests hypotheses, in a LISREL model, on detailed data for 553, 450 and 226 supply relationships in the US, Japanese and European automobile industries. The differences found between the three regions...

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Commitment or Control? Human Resource Management Practices in Female and Male-Led Businesses

Verheul, Ingrid - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

This paper investigates the commitment-orientation of HRM practices in female- and male-led firms. A distinction is … made between emphasizing commitment or control in the design of HRM practices. To test for gender differences use is made …

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India: a Case of Fragile Wireless Service and Technology Adoption?

Pau, Louis-Francois; Motiwalla, J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

sustainable is the adoption of wireless services and products? Several papers have discussed India as a wireless service and … comparison is given to adoption indicators in other key markets such as China. For example, just to illustrate highlights of … significant opportunity .Also , the wireless service and product adoption pattern in India , specific to communicating services …

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"Best Practices…in spite of Performance" Just a matter of Imitation?

Paauwe, Paauwe, J.; Boselie, Boselie, J.P.P.E.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

in their speed of selection and adoption of best practices, and the consequences this has for whether or not being able … to achieve a competitive advantage. After presenting and describing our framework for the adoption and life cycle of best …

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How Today’s Consumers Perceive Tomorrow’s Smart Products

Rijsdijk, Rijsdijk, S.A.; Hultink, Hultink, E.J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

This manuscript investigates consumer responses to new smart products. Due to the application of information technology, smart products are able to collect, process and produce information, and can be described to ‘think’ for themselves. In this study, consumers respond to smart products...

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The Moderating Roles of Relationship Quality and Dependency in Retailers’ New Product Adoption Decisions

Verhoef, Peter; van Everdingen, van Everdingen, Y.M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

This study contributes to the retail adoption literature by explicitly focusing on the role of both profit-related and … relationship variables in explaining new product adoption decisions by retailers, instead of considering either one of these groups … of variables in isolation as has been done by previous retail adoption studies. Moreover, it specifically addresses how …

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Product Intelligence: Its Conceptualization, Measurement and Impact on Consumer Satisfaction

Rijsdijk, Rijsdijk, S.A.; Hultink, Hultink, E.J.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

In the last decade, companies have developed a large number of intelligent products. Due to the use of information technology, these products, for example, are able to work autonomously, cooperate with other products, or adapt to changing circumstances. Although intelligent products appear an...

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