performance of US public firms. In addition, both the knowledge capabilities of the firms and the knowledge profiles of the open … source projects they sponsor matter for performance. In terms of firm knowledge capabilities, internet service firms perform … better than other firms owing to their advantageous complementary capabilities. Also, strong knowledge exploitation …

factors. Interestingly, our finding with respect to capabilities suggests that this intangible resource might not be the …

Europe (CEE), the capabilities underlying their expansion into international markets have received very little attention in … CEE countries, we examine the impact of different capabilities on the level of internationalization. The results indicate … that low-cost manufacturing capabilities and pro-active managerial orientation towards international operations are …

capabilities of TNC-affiliates vis-à-vis local firms in order to assess whether or not TNC-affiliates are suitable learning and … technology and knowledge in Thailand. However, the absorptive capacity of local firms for the absorption of new technology and …

spillovers. This ability not only works through firms’ R&D capabilities, but also through such factors as the quality of the …

because a higher productivity of talentedworkers raises not only the value but also the cost of signaling; thelatter stems … from more effort and the choice of a high visibility jobbeing substitutes for the purpose of signaling. Results naturally …

for dividend increases. Uniquely, this study simultaneously tests the signaling and agency abatement motivations as … increased dividends constrict management's future behavior, abating the agency problem with shareholders. The signaling … partitions dividend increases into a sample motivated by agency abatement and a sample motivated by cash flow signaling. Further …