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Pau, Louis-Francois - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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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The Current State of Research on Networks in China’s Business System

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

The purpose of the paper is to assess the current state of network research in China’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 networks...

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Broker Positions in Task-Specific Knowledge Networks

Franses, Philip Hans; Dekker, Dekker, D.J.; Stokman, F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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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Effectiveness of Brokering within Account Management Organizations

Franses, Philip Hans; Dekker, Dekker, D.J.; Stokman, F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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

Block, Joern H.; Alexy, Alexy, O.T.; Sandner, Sandner, P.G. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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 – Social Circle Membership and Performance Implications

Verbeke, Verbeke, W.J.M.I.; Wuyts, Wuyts, S.H.K. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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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Knowledge Sharing in Non-Knowledge Intensive Organizations: When Social Networks do not Matter?

van der Capellen, van der Capellen, J.; Koppius, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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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Understanding Immoral Conduct in Business Settings: A Behavioural Ethics Approach

van Dijke, van Dijke, M.H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2014

immoral conduct of organizational managers and employees - referred to as “behavioral ethics” - has rapidly grown into an … accepted field of scientific enquiry. In this inaugural address, I distinguish behavioral ethics from traditional philosophical … views of business ethics, and present a brief overview of the history and the current status of the field. I illustrate how …

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Using a Relational Models Perspective to Understand Normatively Appropriate Conduct in Ethical Leadership

Giessner, Giessner, S.R.; van Quaquebeke, van Quaquebeke, N. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2011

To describe leadership as ethical is largely a perceptional phenomenon informed by beliefs about what is normatively appropriate. Yet there is a remarkable scarcity in the leadership literature regarding how to define what is “normatively appropriate”. To shed light on this issue, we draw...

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

Kaptein, Kaptein, S.P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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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