Purpose – To test the hypothesis of increased specialisation during the 1980s in the aggregate pattern of intercorporate ownership in the Canadian economy.Design/methodology/approach – The network of ownership between enterprises and subsidiaries is characterised for the period 1976-1995...

This study proposed a look at the importance and challenges of knowledge management in times of great change. In order to understand the information phenomena of interest, impacts on knowledge workers and knowledge documents in times of great organizational change, the study is positioned in a...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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...

Bei einerseits wachsendem Umweltbewusstsein der Gesellschaft und andererseits abnehmender Ressource "Natur" gewinnen Naturschutzprojekte zunehmend an Bedeutung. Gleichzeitig werden die Durchführungs- und Unterhaltskosten für eine Projektrealisation zunehmend wichtiger. Aus dieser Entwicklung...