This study suggests the concept of Metabolism of organization that explains how public organizations use and/or transform inputs (mainly public funding) to produce and supply products and services. This approach is useful for analyzing costs and supporting best practices of management to...

It is widely recognized in the technology strategy literature that firms cannot develop all the required technology by themselves. Other than performing in-house R&D, firms can acquire technology through various modes like technology licensing, R&D contracting, R&D joint venture, technology...

The use of resource-based theory (RBT) in marketing research has increased by more than 500% in the past decade, which suggests its importance as a framework for explaining and predicting competitive advantages and performance outcomes. This article provides a comprehensive review of RBT,...

The profitability of a firm is jointly determined by it's organizational structure and the market structure. To explore the effects of market factors on optimal organizational structure we develop a real-time information processing model of a multi unit firm in a dynamic duopoly environment. Our...

To survive and flourish in a changing and unpredictable world, organizations and people must maintain strategic power over necessary resources - often in the face of competition. Knowledge contributes to that strategic power. Without vigilance to maintain its currency and accuracy, the value of...

This paper examines a Cournot game where capacity constraints are determined in an auction prior to the market interaction. Traditional auctions may not generate a profit-maximizing allocation of capacity in this case, a failure that is traced to the presence of externalities in the valuations....