The primary goal of this research is to assess the ways in which rival organizations interact. It is argued that they will generally cooperate as well as compete with each other as they attempt to manage their interdependence. A dilemma of the commons is used as a metaphor to describe the nature...

This dissertation reports the results of three pilot studies, one background field study, and a large survey to buyers and suppliers of market-data systems. The dissertation uses a cognitive perspective on market structuring, competitive definitions, and rivalry.

This study investigates the empirical relationship between synergy and related diversification. Multi-dimensional measures of related diversification and relatedness are developed. These are hypothesized to be correlated with synergy, also a multi-dimensional construct. It is argued that...

This is a study of financial and strategic factors relating to the failure and bankruptcy of 73 firms that went bankrupt from 1980 to 1986. The characteristics of the bankrupt firms were compared with those of a matching sample of nonbankrupt firms. On average the bankrupt firms were weaker than...

Purpose ? The purpose of this paper examines some of the controversies facing business schools in their future evolution and pays particular attention to their competitive positioning as centres of management research. Design/methodology/approach ? The paper combines and builds on current...

"Without a doubt, business schools have been a success story in higher education over the last 50 years (the period of EFMD's existence). Even so, they have come under scrutiny, and attack, over their academic legitimacy and value proposition for business and society. In this book, drawn from a...

With contributions from some of the leading thinkers in business school education, this book explores the impact and purpose of the business school, and addresses some of the most important questions facing management education today. The diverse perspectives brought together by the EFMD in this...

This second book in the EFMD Management Education series explores business schools’ increasing focus on, and search for, meaningful societal and economic research impact. This involves, in particular, co-operation and collaboration in both knowledge creation and implementation of the findings...