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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 acquiring and non-acquiring businesses, focusing on...
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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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In the first part of this thesis, we consider a manufacturer who has a process with an increasing failure rate over time. In order to improve the performance of the process, the following two types of maintenance activities are outsourced to an external contractor: (a) Preventive maintenance...
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channel coordination when the contractor is risk averse toward uncertain repair costs caused by process failures. We find … cases in which channel coordination cannot be achieved because of the contractor's risk preference. Furthermore, the … contractor's risk preference may make channel coordination more difficult or easier, depending on the parameters considered in …
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a high risk in fund selection, gambling on HF managers' skills and performance. HF managers' compensation contracts have …, Hasanhodzic and Lo (2007) demonstrate that a factor-based approach based on a linear regression model with 5 tradable risk factors … separate return points into different polyhedral regions, even high dimensions (multiple risk factors). By using 12 major …
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In this dissertation, two research topics are investigated: the demand information asymmetry in a decentralized inventory sharing supply chain and the quality-based supplier selection. For the first research topic, previous literature on inventory sharing has assumed that retailers' demand...
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