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Management of coopetitive tensions in SMEs of the Ecuadorian agro-industrial sector: Conflicts, rivalries, and interests
Díaz-Cueva, Jimmy Gabriel; Guevara-Moncada, Rubén - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 3, pp. 1-23
The purpose of the research was to identify the sources of tensions, the factors that determine their magnitude and the circumstances that influence the management of said tensions in the context of coopetitive interactions between SMEs belonging to the agro-industrial sector of Ecuador. In the...
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Contradictions and Interventions in Health IS
Weeger, Andy; Wagner, Heinz-Theo; Gewald, Heiko; … - In: Business & Information Systems Engineering 63 (2021) 6, pp. 689-710
contradictions between elements of the activity systems that are created or amplified by the new IS. The authors find that some … contradictions are latent and become salient when introducing a new IS, while other contradictions are (unintentionally) newly … created. Also, the study shows that contradictions are more complex than hitherto assumed and often concern more than two …
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Dialectical conditions: Leadership structures as productive action generators
Martin, Albert - In: Management Revue 17 (2006) 4, pp. 395-419
This article introduces a model of productive leadership structures. It is based on the idea that structures should stimulate dialectical processes which activate functional and simultaneously restrict dysfunctional behavioural tendencies of the management team. The structural dialectics are...
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Diffusion of a Social Norm: Tracing the Emergence of the Housewife in the Netherlands, 1812-1922
van Poppel, Frans W.A.; van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Walhout, … - 2006
The emergence of the housewife in the Netherlands over the period 1812-1922 was strongly influenced by the social norm that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected in the emergence of the housewife among the lower...
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On the Design of Complex Organizations and Distributive Algorithms
Saari, Donald G. - 1989
To efficiently realize a specified goal in a distributive fashion, there needs to be an appropriate 'division of labor.' This is true for distributive algorithms that take advantage of the concurrent features of the new generation of computers. This is true in the design of a complex...
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Whither the evolution of the contemporary social fabric? New technologies and old socio-economic trends
Dosi, Giovanni; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2019
The reflections which follow build on two interrelated questions, namely, first, whether we are witnessing another "industrial revolution", and second, what is the impact of technological transformations upon the current dynamics of the socio-economic fabric, especially with respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060655
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Whither the evolution of the contemporary social fabric? New technologies and old socio-economic trends
Dosi, Giovanni; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2019
The reflections which follow build on two interrelated questions, namely, first, whether we are witnessing another “industrial revolution”, and second, what is the impact of technological transformations upon the current dynamics of the socio-economic fabric, especially with respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011963533
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Fertility and its consequence on family labour supply
Kim, Jungho; Aassve, Arnstein - 2006
While a large body of literature focuses on how fertility affects female labour market participation, there are relatively few studies that examine the effect of fertility on male labour market participation. Even if the burden of child care falls mainly on women, an exogenous increase in...
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What's the use of marriage?
Cigno, Alessandro - 2009
We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269649
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The division of labour, worker organisation, and technological change
Borghans, Lex; ter Weel, Bas - 2005
The model developed in this paper explains differences in the division of labour across firms as a result of computer technology adoption. We find that changes in the division of labour can result both from reduced production time and from improved communication possibilities. The first shifts...
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