Innovation has long been considered crucial for companies to gain a competitive edge in the global marketplace. Unfortunately, a solid understanding of the system of innovation does not exist. The literature lacks formal definitions and methodologies for the system of innovation. Many surrogates...

Worldwide, the idea of "person-less" banks, and full-service (financial services) institutions which compete with "non-bank" financial services organizations, are becoming the new way of doing business. To meet global competition, the Canadian Financial Services Industry has a need to conduct...

This dissertation addresses the crucial problem of how environmental policy uncertainty influences investments in energy technological change. The rising level of carbon emissions due to increasing global energy consumption calls for policy shift. In order to stem the negative consequences on...

Quality management has had considerable success in terms of its acceptance in organizations worldwide. Quality management is one of the most talked about areas for research and teaching. Due to its short history, however, there is still much confusion surrounding the effects of ISO 9000...

This paper examines the underlying logic behind the rules configured in a RFID middleware to support “smart business processes” in one retail supply chain. Through a detailed investigation of the underlying business processes, we will demonstrate how businesses rules can be defined,...

This research is based on the premises that teams can be designed to optimize its performance, and appropriate team coordination is a significant factor to team outcome performance. Contingency theory argues that the effectiveness of a team depends on the right fit of the team design factors to...

RazorGuard Inc., in collaboration with Winsell Inc., is looking to design a new ergonomically shaped and well economically researched razorblade handle. The male shaving accessories industry is primarily controlled by Gillette and Schick, RazorGuard and Winsell have expressed no interest in...

Managers of agricultural firms that process specialty crops into consumer products operate in a unique environment that affords little control over uncertainties, making the discovery of optimal sourcing decisions especially complex. These complexities make the explicit incorporation of...

This dissertation aims to achieve two goals. The first is to model the strategic interactions of firms that own cascaded reservoir-hydro plants in oligopolistic and mixed oligopolistic hydrothermal electricity generation markets. Although competition in thermal generation has been extensively...

Supply chain management is very critical in today's global business environment. With the development of modern communication methods the costs of communication have gone down considerably and have opened new horizons for improvement in the domain of supply chain management. The direct/indirect...