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Factors affecting SMEs' willingness to share knowledge online : a path model
Carr, Rodney; Castleman, Tanya; Mason, Cecily; Parker, Craig - 2010
This paper presents the findings of a study of SME owner-managers that examined their willingness to share information online with other members of a local business network. The main variables associated with willingness to share knowledge online were found to be willingness to share information...
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Exploring perceptions of "foreignness" in virtual teams: The impact on member satisfaction and turnover intention
Garrison, Gary; Harvey, Michael G.; Moeller, Miriam - 2009
This paper uses status inconsistency theory to identify factors related to satisfaction with the composition of virtual teams to predict turnover intentions. The paradox that increasing diversity maximizes the creation and use of organizational knowledge while increasing dissatisfaction and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441741
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Creating Effective Global Virtual Teams: A Transactive Memory Perspective.
Oguntebi, Joy O. - 2009
This dissertation examines global groups at work through an intensive study of cross-national student teams and case studies of exemplar companies that work across boundaries. We consider the role of transactive memory systems (TMS) as a way to create effective team processes. A TMS is a...
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The Alignment of Partnering Strategy, Governance and Management in R&D Projects: The Role of Contract Choice
MacCormack, Alan; Mishra, Anant - 2010
Firms increasingly look outside their organizational boundaries to identify partners that can improve the effectiveness of R&D projects. The strategy for using partners, however, varies significantly across projects. In some, partners are used primarily to lower development costs and/or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432717
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Production structure models and applications within a Statistical Activity Cost Theory (SACT) Framework
Turner, Lyle Robert - 2007
Statistical Activity Cost Theory (SACT) is an axiomatic and statistical theory of basic accounting measurement practice. The aim of the SACT analysis, among others, is to determine the statistical nature of both the physical production system of an accounting entity and its related costs, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437995
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Business Process Outsourcing: An Exploratory Study
Johnson, David - 2005
This study examines the emergence of Business ProcessOutsourcing (BPO) in white collar occupations. Recent BPOpractices are compared to the offshore outsourcing of productionin the context of the shift from Fordist to flexible production. Thestudy considers BPO in light of Harry Braverman’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468607
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Business Process Outsourcing: An Exploratory Study
Johnson, David - 2005
This study examines the emergence of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in white collar occupations. Recent BPO practices are compared to the offshore outsourcing of production in the context of the shift from Fordist to flexible production. The study considers BPO in light of Harry Braverman's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451065
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An econometric approach to measuring productivity: Australia as a case study
Agbenyegah, Benjamin K. - 2007
capital, foreign direct investment (FDI) and information and communication technology (ICT). The Johansen (1988) cointegration … capital, FDI and ICT are very strong determinants of long-run GDP and productivity growth in Australia. The study finds that … these models recognise human capital, FDI and ICT and include them as separate factors in the production function, This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434905
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IT enhanced communication protocols for building project management by small and medium enterprises in the Indian construction industry
Ahuja, Vanita - 2007
The Research has developed protocols for effective adoption of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for … Communication Technologies (ICT). As the majority of the construction organizations are Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the … balance check mechanism, the research was divided into four phases: Interpretive analysis of perceived benefits of use of ICT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437851
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Innovation, Collaboration, and the International Firm
Hargreaves, Michael - 2004
Technology (ICT) Companies proudly displayed inter-firm allegiances on their newly created websites. These collaborative … relationships were in reality licensing agreements to develop or market new products internationally. Phenomena associated with ICT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438085