Im Zuge der Globalisierung und Beschleunigung des Wettbewerbs wird die schnelle und kostenguenstige Entwicklung von Produkten bis zur Marktreife zunehmend zu einem zentralen Wettbewerbsfaktor. Dies gilt im besonderen Masse fuer die pharmazeutische Industrie, in der die Ausgaben fuer Forschung &...

This study attempts to analyze construct in supply chain and to determine which construct contribute to performance of agricultural cooperatives in Malaysia. The primary data is collected via questionnaire from top level management of agricultural cooperatives using 5-item Likert scale. Factor...

In this paper, we seek to extend and integrate national and international strategy-structure theory. We use an information-processing approach to model the relationship between both national and international elements of strategy and macro structure. We test our hypotheses with data from 156...

Two of the most salient issues in research about intangibles and intellectual capital are the lack of a common terminology, and the lack of development of adequate measurement tools for the constructs related to intangibles. The aim of that paper is twofold: first, establishing a set of...

This case is the first in a series of company cases on strategy, organization and management of technology headed by Jens Frøslev Christensen at Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen Business School. The objective of these cases is twofold: to generate empirical inputs...

In his seminal article Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness Granovetter argued that economic action is embedded in social relations and structures that affect its functioning, and that economic action should be analyzed as such. In theories of the business firm the...

This case is one of a series of cases on strategy, organization and management of technology headed by Jens Frøslev Christensen at Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen Business School. The objective of these cases is twofold: to generate empirical inputs from business...

This paper suggest a typology of possible sources of synergies. The paper further proposes that companies cannot exploit all opportunities for synergy because these may require coordination which might add costs that more than offset the advantages gained. The cost of coordination in turn...

Este artículo pretende analizar, a la luz de la teoría del poder, el cambio organizacional, las capacidades organizacionales y los cambios generados en la forma de gobierno de la Universidad del Rosario entre 1974 y 1995. Partiendo del hecho que dicha forma de gobierno permaneció intacta...

This paper explores potential advantages of using virtual teams for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on various aspects of virtual teams. Based on the standing of the pertinent literature, attempt has been made to study the aspects by online survey method in...