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...

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...

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...

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...

This study provides an empirical investigation of the incidence and antecedents of contractual renegotiations in strategic alliances. We bring together initial conditions based on transaction cost theory and ex post contingencies highlighted by recent conceptual and qualitative research on the...

Este estudio de carácter exploratorio sobre la internacionalización a través de alianzas estratégicas, pretende conocer los factores determinantes que facilitaron a las empresas familiares españolas su entrada en mercados emergentes. Los resultados muestran, en primer lugar, que hay tres...

Even though most academics,business people and consultants recognize that the purpose of strategy formulation can no longer be to generate strategic plans,critics of formal strategic planning offer little guidance on how to overcome its limitations and rarely address CEOs 'concerns about turning...

In this paper we develop the concept of relational quality as a proxy for relational trust. Exploration of data from 67 alliances confirms that relational quality is composed of three elements: initial conditions, partner interactions, and external events. We offer propositions on the relative...

Spanish convertible bonds are different from American convertible bonds. First, the conversion price is not fixed in pesetas, but is defined as a percentage discount off the average share price over a number of days before conversion. Second, the conversion option can be exercised at only a few...