We study the single allocation hub covering problem, which is a special case of the general hub locationproblem. The hub covering problem is also an important extension to traditional network coveringproblems. Hubs are located at some nodes in the network and are used to facilitate –...

Based on the observation of best practice and detailed case studies we observe thatcompanies have started to organise themselves in loosely coupled networks, similar to themediaeval ‘commons’, and which we call ecosystems. These are far less structured than jointventures, but have at the...

The rapidly expanding literature on knowledge in management research, has outlineda number of different knowledge ‘processes’ such as knowledge sharing, knowledgecreation, knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer. A critical issue, oftendiscussed in terms of enabling innovation or...

Market orientation relates to how well an organization is aligned towards identifying,disseminating and responding to market intelligence. Prior research has typicallyconceptualized and examined market orientation as a property of an individual firm orbusiness unit. Such research has shown that...

Despite the call for pluralism in IS research there is a lack of multi-method research published ininformation systems journals. While many researchers might find the idea of using multiple methodsattractive, there are barriers that prevent them from employing this approach in practice. In this...

Leadership is often defined as the capability to successfully manage change inorganisations. The way one manages change is to some extent contextual and influenced bythe environment. The environment our future leaders have to operate in is quite differentfrom what we were used to in the previous...

The People’s Republic of China (Zhonghua renmín gongheguo) henceforth to bereferred to as ‘PRC’, or just ‘China’, is the country with the oldest continuous existenceas a political entity in the world, going back millennia. It was known as the ‘MiddleKingdom’ and was for centuries...

The literature shows that for most UK industries privatization might be necessary but is not sufficient to produce economic benefits. Often prior changes in management or later changes in market structure and regulation have larger impacts than privatization itself. We ask what changes around...

We apply insights from Edith Penrose`s work to extant theory of the multinationalenterprise (MNE) as enveloped by John Dunning`s Ownership, Location,Internalization (OLI) Paradigm...