This article examines the value-creation capacity of intra-platform competition (IPC) and exclusivity; two main strategies platforms use to incentivize, accumulate and extract rent from complementary content resources - complementors. Building on the concept of ´resource functionality´ we...

Part-time work has recently received renewed attention in Spain as its Prime Minister, José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero, has offered to use part-time (PT) work as a measure to increase labor market flexibility in the midst of the current economic crisis. However, little is known in Spain on...

The paper aims to study the influence of the institutional environment on the international expansion of SMEs from China; the study is based on 134 SMEs operating in Jiangsu Province, China. Data from these companies were analysed using multivariate regressions, and the models used the firms´...

The ´Chinese miracle´ has captured the attention of scholars around the world. Coinciding with the extraordinary economic growth registered in China during the last three decades a growing number of studies have been published in recent years providing a wide-ranging analysis of Chinese...

The paper aims to study the national and international expansion of SMEs from Anhui, China. The study focuses on the interaction of SMEs with the Government assessed through the development of specific industries as well as ownership and funding by the State, and the origins of the relative...

Although some studies have analyzed corporate blogging, very little academic attention has been given to the phenomena of Corporate Blogs and their content from a leadership perspective. Based on posts and comments found in two Fortune 100 Corporate Blogs, I have used content analysis to obtain...

Este artículo presenta las experiencias de implementación de sistemas integrados de gestión ERP de 91 empresas en España y América Latina. Se presenta el perfil de las empresas, las variables de entorno, las estrategias de implementación y la percepción del impacto de la implementación...

(WP09/02 Clave pdf) This study addresses the issue of what are the key success factors in developing strategic supplier alliances following Monczka et al(1998) perspective of the buying company. Data from 56 different supplier alliances had been collected in Spanish companies.The results show...

Spain presents an interesting paradox in the history of PPP (Public-Private Partnerships). Successive governments have seized on PPPs as a solution to budget constraints at a time of dwindling EU aid and stricter fiscal targets, making it one of Europe´s most enthusiastic users of PPP since...

(WP 09/04 Clave pdf) Based on responses from 159 owners-managers in family firms, we examined the association between specific individual characteristics, firm characteristics, and the individual psychosocial outcomes of satisfaction, intentions to exit, and perceived fit. Hierarchical...