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Cross-Function and Same-Function Alliances: How Does Alliance Structure Affect the Behavior of Partnering Firms?

Amaldoss, Wilfred; Staelin, Richard - 2010

Firms collaborate to develop and deliver new products. These collaborations vary in terms of the similarity of the competencies that partnering firms bring to the alliance. In same-function alliances, partnering firms have similar competencies, whereas in cross-function alliances, partners have...

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Punish in Public

Xiao, Erte; Houser, Daniel - 2006

Convergent evidence for detrimental effects of punishment on cooperation has been obtained in a wide variety of … detrimental effects. In a public goods game, privately implemented punishment reduces cooperation in relation to a baseline …, cooperation is sustained at significantly higher rates than in both baseline and private punishment treatments. Our data provide …

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Dynamic decision making and race games

De, Shipra - 2011

Frequent criticism in dynamic decision making research pertains to the overly complex nature of the decision tasks used in experimentation. To address such concerns we study dynamic decision making with respect to the simple race game Hog, which has a computable optimal decision strategy. In the...

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Government Services Information Infrastructure Management

Cavallini, J.S.; Aiken, R.J. - 2009

The Government Services Information Infrastructure (GSII) is that portion of the NII used to link Government and its services, enables virtual agency concepts, protects privacy, and supports emergency preparedness needs. The GSII is comprised of the supporting telecommunications technologies,...

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Audit unto others{hor_ellipsis}

Maday, J.H. Jr. - 2008

My first encounter with a quality assurance auditor is reminiscent of an old Dodge commercial. You remember? The old sheriff, masked in mirrored sunglasses, paunch hanging over his gun belt, prophesying, ``You`re in a heap o` trouble boy!`` Well, my auditor could have been kin to the sheriff; they...

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United States -- Mexican joint ventures: A case history approach

Moore, N.L.; Chidester, R.J.; Hughes, K.R.; Fowler, R.A. - 2008

Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a Mexican business that a US company can hold, joint ventures are more attractive now than they had been in the past. This study provides preliminary information for US renewable...

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The difference between teamwork and compliance: The application of game theory to real-world research teams

Frank, J.R. - 2009

This study explores the relationships between cooperation, teamwork, and game theory in actual multidisciplinary … research teams. Two types of cooperation have been differentiated as ``compliance`` (cooperation, which is enforced by short … modification of Axelrod`s Theory of Cooperation and is best applied to problem-solving, non-routine activities. These exploratory …

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Report to the President on agreements and programs relating to the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

2008

The Department of Energy monitors commercial natural gas production activities along the boundaries of Naval Oil Shale Reserve No. 1 and Naval Oil Shale Reserve No. 3, which are located in Garfield County, Colorado, and were created in the early part of this century to provide a future source of...

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The changing structure of the international commercial nuclear power reactor industry

Forsberg, C.W.; Hill, L.J.; Reich, W.J.; Rowan, W.J. - 2008

The objective of this report is to provide an understanding of the international commercial nuclear power industry today and how the industry is evolving. This industry includes reactor vendors, product lines, and utility customers. The evolving structure of the international nuclear power...

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NPDES permit compliance and enforcement: A resource guide for oil and gas operators

2009

During the fall of 1996, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission sponsored sessions for government and industry representatives to discuss concerns about the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program under the Clean Water Act. In January 1997, the NPDES...

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