Since the early 1990s the theoretical and practical issues associated with organizational capabilities have been a major research focus in marketing. However, there has been little focus simultaneously on industry environment and internal competitive capability development. A manager's...

Firm spending on innovation and marketing, as measured by research and development (R&D) and advertising expenses, respectively, are expected to yield positive returns in terms of share price performance. Given resource limitations, firms prioritize the quantum of their investments in R&D and...

Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...

Over the past two decades, the resource-based view of the firm (RBV) has emerged as one of the more influential paradigms from the field of strategic management. However, the theory has been subjected to a number of criticisms, particularly related to the use of methodologies in past research....

"Globalization, Technology Transformation, and Entrepreneurship," Proceedings of the 2005 Academy of International Business Northeast Conference. Edited by Dr. Raj G. Javalgi. Held at Nance College of Business Administration, Cleveland State University: Cleveland, Ohio: 6-8 October 2005.

This research considers the question “Does it Pay to be Green?” which has been debated by forest industry practitioners and scholars for several decades. It was the same question that I encountered from time to time during my work with local industries and communities in the Asia-Pacific...

Society's concern over the negative impact of business activities on the naturalenvironment has significantly increased and, as a result, environmental regulationshave grown considerably both in number and scope. As these policies affectbusinesses and their competitive environment, firms are...

The return that organizations derive from investments in information systems and technologycontinues to disappoint. While there are many theoretical prescriptions as to how theplanned benefits from an IT project might best be realized, there is very little empiricalevidence, as to whether such...