In this paper I review the literature on the antecedents and outcomes of work-family conflict and family-supportive policies. The purpose of this paper is to review and confront two practically divorced literatures and point to the gaps in the literature on work-family conflict and work-family...

This paper gives an answer to the continuing emergent-deliberate debate. Thinking and acting are two outstanding features of this controversy. What is needed in the field is a framework that can explain under what circumstances each of these two features takes place along the strategy-making...

The arrival of the Internet offers new opportunities for value creation. The new technology simultaneously affects demand and cost structures, leading to a radical transformation of existing market structures. As a result, appropriation of any value created has become more challenging....

In this study I explore the phenomenon of work-family conflict in an "unconventional" way. Most studies on work-family conflict are quantitative studies of individuals, based on Anglo-Saxon samples. The contribution of this study is to use a different method (i.e. in-depth interviews) to focus...

Previous research argues that customer switching costs play an important role in the firm 's ability to retain customers and achieve competitive advantage.Research also indicates that in the increasingly networked environment,switching costs are changing in important ways.Despite switching costs...