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The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with … supplies often determined by the local provision of business information. Consequently, an increasing research effort has … importance and geographic sources of subcontracting of business services by producer service establishments, particularly those …
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The impacts that risk perceptions have on those deciding whether to locate a business activity in an area likely to … business location decisions gathered from surveys and interviews of owners and managers of manufacturing and producer service … establishments than for manufacturing establishments. Policies of host communities to offset the loss of business establishments that …
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have significant impacts on the attraction of new, and the maintenance of existing business activities in areas in which … range of other factors to business location decisions using evidence from surveys of more than 400 manufacturing and … business service establishments in Colorado and Utah. We show that the importance of environmental amenities varies according …
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The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with … supplies often determined by the local provision of business information. Consequently, an increasing research effort has … importance and geographic sources of subcontracting of business services by producer service establishments, particularly those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436237
This paper summarized findings from a Colorado and Utah survey of manufacturing and business service establishments … which provided information on the use of business services among different types of firms in this interior region of the … consistent with those found by studies in other areas. Manufacturers are not a major source of sales for business service firms …
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&D. Our theory draws on perspectives that emphasize the need to develop new competencies within a business organization and to …
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This paper studies how firms use acquisitions to achieve long-term business reconfiguration. We base the study in a … routine-based perspective on business dynamics. We develop and test hypotheses concerning the relative extent of change by … between 1978 and 1995. We find that acquisitions play a major role in business reconfiguration, offering opportunities for …
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This paper studies acquisitions of nursing home facilities by chains. We first test alternative ‘cream-skimming’ and ‘turn-around’ arguments concerning nursing home acquisitions. We then consider post-acquisition changes in nursing home health performance, differentiating effects of the...
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Recent research shows that preexisting network structure constrains the formation of new interorganizational alliances. Firms that are poorly embedded in a network structure are less likely than richly embedded firms to form alliances, because they lack informational and reputational benefits....
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A key enabler of environmental projects is the ability of the project champion to gain commitment to the project from other stakeholders in his or her organization. This paper develops a model of commitment-gaining success that is based on intra-organizational influence theory. The model also...
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