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Shaping Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Managing Uncertainty and Equivocality in the Entrepreneurial Process.
Barton, Michelle A. - 2010
’s internal and external environment. This dissertation contributes to the entrepreneurship and innovation literatures by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477278
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Market orientation in production agriculture: measurement, relationships, and implications
Micheels, Eric T. - 2010
market orientation, innovation, entrepreneurship and organizational learning among Illinois beef producers, and measures the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477728
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Organizational Learning for Evidence-based Practice: A “PAKT” for Success
McWilliam, Carol L.; Kothari, Anita; Kloseck, Marita; … - 2008
This article presents a participatory action knowledge translation (PAKT) framework for creating a learning organization to implement and sustain evidence-based practice in health services. Developed and piloted in the home care sector in Ontario, Canada, the PAKT framework inextricably...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447249
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The Art and Science of Discontinuous Innovation: A Case Study in Product Reinvention
Smoot, Daniel C 1975- - 2006
Divergence of new and old technologies is a source of tremendous innovation potential. As the dizzying pace of … technological innovation accelerates indefinitely into tomorrow, not only do new paths diverge exponentially; doors already opened … encouraged through the learning and application of universal innovation principles and processes. The implications of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009456843
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475396
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Transferring Collective Knowledge: Collective and Fragmented Teaching and Learning in the Chinese Auto Industry
Zhou, Jane; Anand, Jaideep; Mitchell, Will - 2001
Collective knowledge, consisting of tacit group-embedded knowledge, is a key element of organizational capabilities. This study undertakes a multiple-case study of the transfer of collective knowledge, guided by a set of tentative constructs and propositions derived from organizational learning...
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Foreign Market Development As Well As Entry: An Empirical Analysis of Two Fast-Food Chains.
Leibsohn, David L. - 2007
This dissertation consists of three empirical studies on foreign market entry and development by US fast-food chains. While prior international business research has principally sought to explain when, where and how firms enter foreign markets, surprisingly little attention has been given to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477297
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Information sharing as enabler for the virtual team: an experimental approach to assessing the role of electronic mail in disintermediation
Rafaeli, Sheizaf; Ravid, Gilad - 2003
This paper is an attempt to document empirically the relation between information sharing accomplished via electronic mail and the performance of teams. We report on an experimental study of the role of electronic mail in the operation of supply chains. A variation of the well known ‘Beer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477396
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Order Lead-Time Improvement Following Enterprise Information Technology Implementation: An Empirical Study
Cotteleer, Mark; Bendoly, Elliot - 2006
This paper investigates the influence of enterprise systems implementation on operational performance. The work extends the literature on enterprise systems by focusing on changes in process dynamics as a source for ongoing firm-level performance improvement. A case discussion of Tristen...
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What is brand mimicry? a conceptual investigation in the luxury brand industry
Huimin, Teah - 2010
innovation. While Mimicry has been applied to various areas of sciences such as engineering, biomimetics and behavioural sciences … whether mimicry inhibits innovation, or which type of mimicry would be better evaluated. As such, mimicry in Marketing is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435010