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Balancing firm and network-based resources to gain competitive advantage: A case study of an artisanal musical instruments cluster in Germany
Leick, Birgit - In: Management Revue 24 (2013) 2, pp. 77-95
The question of whether firms gain competitiveness through local networks and clusters becomes more relevant than ever as globalization proceeds. This is particularly true for traditional and craft-based clusters, districts and business networks. A central question emerging for these types of...
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Social capital, transition in agriculture, and economic organisation: a theoretical perspective
Valentinov, Vladislav - 2003
Sozialkapital wird definiert als geteiltes Wissen, Vertrauen und gemeinsame Kultur, eingebettet in Netzwerkstrukturen … und andere stabile Beziehungen zwischen Agenten. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass Sozialkapital schwieriger aufzubauen ist als … ökonomisches Kapital und dass es größere Auswirkungen auf die Gemeinschaft als Ganzes hat. Die Relevanz des Sozialkapital …
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Organisationskapital und Humankapital als strategische Ressourcen
Schneider, Martin - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 22 (2008) 1, pp. 12-34
Die Erfolgswirkungen des Human- und Organisationskapitals werden bislang mit Daten von Unternehmen aus mehreren Branchen untersucht. Dem überlegen wäre eine branchenfokussierte, insider-ökonometrische Forschungsstrategie. Dies wird anhand der veröffentlichten Studien begründet und mit einer...
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Grounding trust in inter-organizational alliances: An exploration of trust evolution
Hatzakis, Tally; Searle, Rosalind - In: Management Revue 17 (2006) 1, pp. 72-89
studies. The first examined a coordinating team tasked to translate an award winning innovative design into a viable museum …, while the second examined a team tasked to manage the provision of outsourced insurance services offered by a financial … of the coordinating team. …
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Interim-Management: A paradox for leadership research?
Bruns, Jürgen; Kabst, Rüdiger - In: Management Revue 16 (2005) 4, pp. 512-524
The study focuses on Interim-Management as a so far rarely discussed phenomenon of the flexible firm. Contradicting popular leadership perception, the authors argue that Interim-Management does not constitute a leadership paradox but can be explained by established organization theory. In...
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A competence-based theory of the firm
Freiling, Jörg - In: Management Revue 15 (2004) 1, pp. 27-52
The research question of the article is: Does the competence-based view, representing a theory of sustaining competitive advantage, offer simultaneously a comprehensive theory of the firm? In order to develop an answer, it appears to be necessary to elaborate the theoretical basis of the...
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Environmental Management Systems as soruces of competitive advantage
Sinding, Knud - 2001
An increasing number of firms are adopting environmental management systems as a way of dealing with challenges from the natural environment. Many of these firms also decide to have their environmental management systems certified according to one or both of the available international...
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The "open innovation" paradigm: A contingency perspective
Torkkeli, Marko T.; Kock, Carl Joachim; Salmi, Pekka A. S. - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 2 (2009) 1, pp. 176-207
The "open innovation" model is currently being touted as a superior path for achieving long-term success. Rather than relying on their own, limited resources for research and development in the traditional, closed invention system, firms are encouraged to share knowledge across firm boundaries...
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Getting nothing from something: Unfulfilled promises of current dominant approaches to entrepreneurial decision-making
Arend, Richard J. - In: Administrative Sciences 10 (2020) 3, pp. 1-22
We provoke. In this conceptual piece, we challenge the value of two dominant models of the entrepreneurial process that have existed over the past two decades-the creativity school and the logic of effectuation. We point out their weaknesses and their unfulfilled promises, and we argue for the...
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Internal and external determinants of corporate social responsibility practices in multinational enterprise subsidiaries in developing countries: Evidence from Ethiopia
Gulema, Tolossa Fufa; Roba, Yadessa Tadesse - In: Future Business Journal 7 (2021) 1, pp. 1-19
The purpose of the study is to investigate the internal drivers and external determinants of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies practiced by multinational enterprises' (MNEs) using institutional theory and the resource-based view. We propose that MNEs' local business orientations...
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