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Industry Clockspeed: Measurement and Operational Implications
Mendelson, Haim; Pillai, Ravindran R. - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 1 (1999) 1, pp. 1-20
We argue that industries and industry segments are characterized by a clockspeed that gauges the velocity of change in the external business environment and sets the pace of their firms' internal operations. Using data from the electronics industry, we develop and validate an integrated metric...
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Simulation of Order Fulfillment in Divergent Assembly Supply Chains
Strader, Troy J; Lin, Fu-ren; Shaw, Michael J - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 1 (1998) 2, pp. 5-5
Management of supply chains is a difficult task involving coordination and decision-making across organizational boundaries. Computational modeling using multi-agent simulation is a tool that can provide decision support for supply chain managers. We identify the components of a supply chain...
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Foreign direct investments as an engine of technological change in Malaysia: the role of social interactions
Jonas, Manja - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 164-186
Many developing countries – including Malaysia – try to leverage FDI for local technological change. But our understanding of inter-firm-level processes of technological learning from FDI is still rather limited. This study attempts to shed some light on the role for social interaction in...
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International Production Networks And Changing Trade Patterns In East Asia The Case Of The Electronics Industry
Ernst, Dieter; Guerrieri, Paolo - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 1997
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the spread of different international production networks in East Asia has affected the trade links of the region with the U.S. and Japan. We concentrate on one particular aspect, i.e. changes in the product composition of U.S. and Japanese electronics...
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Lobbying in the European Union: From Sui Generis to a Comparative Perspective
Woll, Cornelia - Sciences économiques, Sciences Po - 2006
This article reviews the literature on lobbying in the European Union. After initial surveys of the landscape of non … of Europeanization. Yet studies have increasingly moved away from considering EU lobbying as a sui generis phenomenon … literature on lobbying and EU studies. This article makes a first step towards such a comparison and points to concepts common in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212261
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Lobbying in the European Union: From Sui Generis to a Comparative Perspective
Woll, Cornelia - Department of Economics, Sciences économiques - 2006
This article reviews the literature on lobbying in the European Union. After initial surveys of the landscape of non … of Europeanization. Yet studies have increasingly moved away from considering EU lobbying as a sui generis phenomenon … literature on lobbying and EU studies. This article makes a first step towards such a comparison and points to concepts common in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010756658
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Lobbying in the European Union: From Sui Generis to a Comparative Perspective.
Woll, Cornelia - Sciences Po - 2006
This article reviews the literature on lobbying in the European Union. After initial surveys of the landscape of non … of Europeanization. Yet studies have increasingly moved away from considering EU lobbying as a sui generis phenomenon … literature on lobbying and EU studies. This article makes a first step towards such a comparison and points to concepts common in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008575371
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SECTORSource data supplement to the report on the production of electronic components for the IT industries
Doggett, Ralph M - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003
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Differential merger effects: the case of the personal computer industry
Genakos, Christos D. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper examines how information on the purchasing patterns of different customer segments can be used to more accurately evaluate the economic impact of mergers. Using a detailed dataset for the leading manufacturers in the US during the late nineties, I evaluate the welfare effects of the...
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The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution
Norman, Donald A. - The MIT Press
Technologies have a life cycle, says Donald A. Norman, and they must change as they pass from youth to maturity. Alas, the computer industry thinks it is still in its rebellious teenage years, exalting in technical complexity. Customers want change. They are ready for products that offer...
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