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The Three-Step Test-Interview (TSTI) is an instrument for pretesting a self-completion questionnaire by observing actual instances of interaction between the instrument and respondents (the response process). Because this process mainly consists of cognitive processing (‘thinking’)...
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carrier, increasingly it has the features of an information product. …
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A conceptual framework is developed and tested in which supplier downstream position in the supply chain, supplier innovation strategy and customer development commitment are seen as the antecedents of supplier product development activity. Using partial least squares (PLS), we analyze the...
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In a synthesis of recent advances, this article gives a fresh, balanced theory of inter-organizational relations. It integrates competence and governance perspectives. It considers the choice between mergers/acquisitions and alliances. It offers a toolbox of instruments to govern relational...
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integration could result in the corrosion of character and bowling alone. …
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Personal strategies of owners/founders of small business startups are related to performance and to environmental … strategy and performance. A discrimination is made between four strategies (reactive, critical point, complete planning and …
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customers, and new market leaders. This paper examines the deviation among reviews of a technology’s performance and its …) from 1982 to 2007, the authors find that: (1) there exists vast deviation among reviews of technology performance leading … performance and, (4) both higher technology performance and a higher deviation affect sales positively, also when one controls for …
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To fully understand the relationship between human resource management and performance in different contexts, we are in … policies in a specific company. In this way the paper broadens the present HRM and Performance debate by explicitly taking into …
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An important development that contributes to store brands’ growing success in the grocery market is the increasing …-brand success at discount stores, and lead to positive outcomes for both the manufacturer and the discounter. …
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Small firms face distinct problems and opportunities when procuring IT resources. Whereas previous work focused at the level of firm or buyer-supplier dyad, we address portfolios of buyer-supplier relationships at an online marketplace for IT services. Using the portfolio approach, we develop a...
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