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An overview of the role of information technology in strategic management: Part 2

Galbreath, Jeremy - 2006

Strategic management of the firm includes the strategic management of information technology in the context of business relationships. Firms do not exist in isolation. Multiple constituents make up a relationship network that constitutes the vital resources needed to fulfil the mission of a...

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Mixed Source

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Llanes, Gaston - Harvard Business School; Harvard Business School - 2009

We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms thatsell software and complementary goods or services. In addition totactical price competition, we allow firms to compete through businessmodel reconfigurations. We consider three business models: theproprietary model (where all...

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Value creation in a virtual world

Hales, Kieth R - 2006

During the past two decades, increasingly powerful and capable information technologies have made information more accessible and valuable so that it has become the prime resource for business; ahead of the traditional resources of land, labour and capital. Improved information acquisition,...

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Cross-Sector Models of Collaboration for Social Innovation

Le Ber, Marlene J - 2010

This dissertation consists of three studies that collectively examine the genesis and dynamics of collaborative cross-sector partnerships between nonprofit and for-profit organizations. The overarching question that frames the papers is how cross-sector partnerships organize across sectoral...

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Productive, Unproductive and Destructive Entrepreneurship: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration

Sauka, Arnis - 2008

Drawing on Baumolís concepts of productive, unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship and relevant amendments, this thesis aims to contribute to the entrepreneurship literature by developing a conceptual framework which allows operationalising the concepts for empirical assessment....

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Integrated project delivery: a normative model for value creation in complex military medical projects

Brennan, Michael D. - 2011

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is a collaborative project delivery process that reduces waste and maximizes value creation by harnessing the expertise and experience of all relevant stakeholders throughout the design and construction process of a given project. The owner, designer, builder,...

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Mit Sicherheit besser? : Aktivierung und Flexicurity in Dänemark

Bogedan, Claudia - 2005

Labour market policies in Denmark, especially measures for the unemployed, recently received much attention, because of …. Denmark offers a flexible labour market with minimal regulations combined with high social security. This ‘flexicurity’ has …. However, Denmark has been able to embed activation into the tradition of a generous and universal welfare state. The paper …

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Economic analysis for Australian Seafood Chains: development and application of a generic value-chain model

Nath, T.; Islam, M.; Howieson, Janet - 2011

This report is the result of a study undertaken by the Centre of Excellence Science Seafood & Health (CESSH) and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) as part of the Seafood CRC Project improving the Supply chain for selected WA Seafood Products The primary objectives...

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Trader-supplier Coordination in the Agrifood Supply Chains in Northern Ethiopia

Alemu, Abebe Ejigu; Mathijis, Erik; Maertens, Miet; … - 2011

There exists a huge agrifood potential in Ethiopia. However, the country's agrifood supply chains are underdeveloped to deliver quality supply to traders and supplement household livelihoods from the sector. The key factors that determine the proper functioning of supplier-trader chains were not...

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Trust in the US‐EU Fruit and Vegetable Chain: Do US Exporters Understand EU Importers?

Ameseder, Christoph; House, Lisa; Haas, Rainer; … - 2010

Research on organizational and inter‐organizational trust has become an important field in management andmarketing literature, as it is perceived as a pivotal aspect of business transactions. However, clarifications arestill needed on the issue of whom we trust; is the person whom we are...

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