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Does State Ownership Really Matter? The Dynamic Alignment of China’s Resource Environment and Firm Internationalization Strategies
Ren, Monica - 2019
Recent research suggests that unequal access to home country institutional resources affects firm internationalization strategies. We add to this debate, based on an analysis of state-owned (SOEs) and non-state-owned (NSOEs) Chinese mining firms, by developing a more dynamic and multi-layered...
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The Ambivalent Effect of Complexity on Firm Performance : A Study in the Global Service Provider Industry
Larsen, Marcus M. - 2018
Prior literature is ambivalent about whether organizational complexity has positive or negative effects on firm performance. Using rich data on global service providers, we explore this ambivalence by disentangling performance consequences of different types of organizational complexity. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012928385
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A Dynamic Perspective on Next-Generation Offshoring : The Global Sourcing of Science and Engineering Talent
Manning, Stephan - 2011
The seemingly unlimited availability of science and engineering (Samp;E) talent in emerging economies and the increasing difficulties of finding such talent in advanced economies have given rise to a new trend: the global sourcing of Samp;E talent. This paper examines the antecedents and...
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The Stability of Offshore Outsourcing Relationships : The Role of Relation Specificity and Client Control
Manning, Stephan; Lewin, Arie Y.; Schuerch, Marc - 2012
Offshore outsourcing of administrative and technical services has become a mainstream business practice. Increasing … commoditization of business services and growing client experience with outsourcing have created a range of competitive service … and training, and by involving clients in outsourcing operations, thereby increasing relation specific joint equity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014186470
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The Rise of Hollywood East : Regional Film Offices as Intermediaries in Film and Television Production Clusters
Foster, Pacey; Manning, Stephan; Terkla, David - 2017
Prior research on project-based organizing in creative industries has emphasized the importance of regionally embedded institutions, creative networks and intermediaries in the development of regional project ecologies. Recently, film and television production in the United States has expanded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158585
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Customizing Clusters : On the Role of Western Multinational Corporations in the Formation of Science and Engineering Clusters in Emerging Economies
Manning, Stephan - 2011
Western multinational corporations (MNCs) increasingly locate advanced functions, including product development and engineering, in emerging economies to gain access to lower-cost science and engineering (S&E) talent and specialized service providers. Over time, new S&E clusters have developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133139
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From Blind Spots to Hotspots : How Knowledge Services Clusters Develop and Attract Foreign Investment
Manning, Stephan - 2011
This paper explores local and global dynamics underlying the development of knowledge services clusters, which we define as new geographic concentrations of technical talent and service providers offering upstream technical and knowledge-intensive business services to regional and global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133184
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The Hidden Costs of Offshoring : The Impact of Complexity, Design Orientation, and Experience
Larsen, Marcus M. - 2011
This paper investigates hidden costs of offshoring, i.e. unexpected and often hard to measure costs resulting from the relocation of business tasks and activities outside the home country. Particularly, the paper shows that hidden costs can be explained by the degree of offshoring complexity....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013126018
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New Silicon Valleys or a New Species? Commoditization of Knowledge Work and the Rise of Knowledge Services Clusters
Manning, Stephan - 2017
This paper explores knowledge services clusters (KSCs) as a distinct and increasingly important form of geographic cluster, in particular in emerging economies: KSCs are defined as geographic concentrations of lower-cost skills serving global demand for increasingly commoditized knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942062
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Global Sourcing of Business Processes : History, Effects, and Future Trends
Manning, Stephan - 2016
associated with ‘offshoring' and ‘offshore outsourcing', has co-evolved over the past three decades with the advancement of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984379