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After outsourcing – the outsourced unit: Dependence, capabilities and strategy
Sanner, Leif - 2005
advantages, capabilities and resources. How to develop and implement business strategy. Dependence can reside in asset …, their capabilities and resources. Two distinct strategies are identified. A strategy of conjunction with the outsourcer is … dependence by holding specific assets of interest for the outsourcer. A strategy of disjunction implies reducing dependence on …
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Benchmarking business practices in Swedish manufacturing firms
Sanner, Leif - 2005
Regional benchmarking studies were conducted on business practices in manufacturing plants in three regions in Sweden. The studies were designed to determine their use of best practices and thus enable firms to identify areas in which they need to make improvements. The questionnaire contained...
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Dependence and trust between suppliers and industrial customers
Sanner, Leif - 2005
, implications for action of dependence and trust, and, finally, draw conclusions about dependence and trust for business strategy … before. Conclusions concerning business strategy. Dependence and trust have different impacts on a firm's strategy and … strategy, wide or narrow. Trust, on the other hand, can be a driving force shaping strategy, opening up possibilities in …
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The Conditional Value of R&D Investments
Damianova, Kremena - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2005
Companies' investments in research and development (R&D) are usually associated with better growth opportunities incorporated in the firms' market valuation. This study focuses on the question how does the firms' market value attributable to R&D investments depend on the firms' ability to employ...
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Accounting for macro-finance trends: Market power, intangibles, and risk premia
Farhi, Emmanuel; Gourio, François - 2018
Real risk-free interest rates have trended down over the past 30 years. Puzzlingly in light of this decline, (1) the return on private capital has remained stable or even increased, creating an increasing wedge with safe interest rates; (2) stock market valuation ratios have increased only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030362
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A conceptual framework for measuring airline business model convergence
Daft, Jost; Albers, Sascha - 2012
This paper develops a measurement framework that synthesizes the airline and strategy literature to identify relevant …
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Digitalization for Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa : Challenges, Opportunities and Potential Business Models
Mazzoni, Davide - 2019
Innovative business models supported by digital technologies, together with the widening connectivity and data collection, are already giving a big contribution in fostering the access to electricity and clean cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper gives an overview on the actual state of...
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Digitalisierung im deutschen Funkfachhandel: Empfehlungen zu den Möglichkeiten eines Change Management auf der Grundlage einer aktuellen empirischen Analyse
Häder, Dieter; Zerres, Christopher - 2016
In diesem aktuellen IfM Working Paper werden Handlungsempfehlungen zur Lösung der Problematik einer Neupositionierung der deutschen Funkfachhändler gegeben. Die Basis dieser Empfehlungen stellen die Ergebnisse von Leitfadeninterviews dar, die mit Experten dieser KMU-Branche geführt worden sind.
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Shattering the Myth of Costless Price Changes: Emerging Perspectives on Dynamic Pricing
Bergen, Mark; Dutta, Shantanu; Levy, Daniel; Ritson, Mark; … - 2003
future pricing processes, and an understanding of the role that supply chains play in price change strategy. The framework …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204739
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"The Real Thing:" Nominal Price Rigidity of the Nickel Coke, 1886-1959
Levy, Daniel; Young, Andrew T. - 2004
We report that the price of a 6.5oz Coke was 5¢ from 1886 until 1959. Thus, we are documenting a nominal price rigidity that lasted more than 70 years! The case of Coca-Cola is particularly interesting because during the 70-year period there were substantial changes in the soft drink industry...
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