The paper proposes an analytical framework for comparing different business models for producing information goods and digital services. It is based on three dimensions that also refer to contrasted literature: the economics of matching, the economics of assembling and the economics of knowledge...

Strategic surprise lies in wait. There is no surprise if competitors can figure out one's intentions before end. We examine how enlightened strategists can enact the socially-embedded knowledge that prevails over competitors' behavior to their very own favor. Findings suggest that firms can...

The study of Internet strategies has led to the publication of numerous research in Information Systems. It is most often through different perspectives adopted, to explain the results related to the adoption of the Internet within the company. Thus the approach of alignment used to explain the...

This research attempts to identify trends as for findings of empirical studies on explanatory factors of joint venture (JV) success. The first part of the paper provides a list of performance criteria used in the literature and suggests a classification of the latter. The second part analyses...

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