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Technological Characteristics and R&D Alliance Form: Evidence from the U.S. Biotechnology Industry
Wang, Xia - 2005
This study seeks to advance and test the knowledge-based theory of the firm as it applies to explaining the governance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430026
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Predictive Modeling of Alumni Donor Behavior
Prue, Lauren - 2010
In recent years, college and universities have relied increasingly upon the charitable contributions of its previous graduates; as the costs of tuition rise substantially, development offices are facing the challenge of creating annual fund campaigns that are minimally expensive while providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450203
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Optimal Test for Parameter Instability When the Unstable Process and the Error Distribution are Unknown
Lee, Dong Jin - 2008
This paper proposes asymptotically optimal tests for unstable parameter process under the feasible circumstance that the researcher has little information about the unstable parameter process and the error distribution, and suggests conditions under which the knowledge of those processes does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430182
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Understanding knowledge management and organizational adaptation and the influencing effects of trust and industrial cluster.
Niu, Kuei-Hsien - 2008
organizational adaptation, while the independent variables were knowledge management, trust and industrial cluster. Data were … does have significant influence on organizational adaptation and both industrial cluster and trust impact on organizational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475011
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Climate change, carbon prices and insurance systems
Phelan, Liam; Henderson-Sellers, Ann; Taplin, Ros - 2010
Market approaches to limit CO2e emissions such as carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes (ETSs) aim to avoid dangerous anthropogenic climate change by ascribing a financial cost to emissions. Yet such approaches have failed to establish either emissions limits or carbon prices equal to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441812
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Adaptation, Internalization and Environmental Damage
Abrego, Lisandro; Whalley, John - 2002
Existing literature ignores adaptation responses to external effects which, in turn, affect the design of appropriate …. Results show that not taking adaptation responses to environmental damage into account can seriously mislead analyzes of the … consequences of internalizing externalities. If adaptation is present, externalities will be partially internalized, the gains from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447218
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Implementing Vanilla ERP Systems: Factors to Consider in Strategy, Business Alignment, and Customization
Yick, Janice - 2011
strategic and cost implications, organizational adaptation to ERP functionality, deploying strategies to minimize customizations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447339
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The value of evaluation: A case study of evaluating strategic plan initiatives
Dalrymple, Margaret L - 2007
The current environment of oversight and accountability, along with declining state support for higher education, have prompted many universities to utilize strategic planning in order to achieve their objectives. Yet strangely, relatively little research has been done on evaluation models for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430441
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Benchmarking an undergraduate convention curriculum: An analysis of convention industry growth and human resource needs
Phelan, Kelly Virginia - 2008
The convention and event segment represents a major part of the hospitality industry in the United States. MICE services currently account for an annual economic impact of more than $122 billion (Meetings & Conventions, 2006), making it the 29th largest contributor to gross national product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430801
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The impact of selected higher education institutions on single family home values: A hedonic approach with GIS application
Stewart, Spencer Daniel - 2010
The presence of a college or university in a community can be a source of great pride and economic vitality. An institution's presence, however, may also generate unintended off-site impacts, such as traffic congestion, inadequate parking, heightened crime, insufficient taxable property, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438467