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An overview of the role of information technology in strategic management: Part 2

Galbreath, Jeremy - 2006

Strategic management of the firm includes the strategic management of information technology in the context of business relationships. Firms do not exist in isolation. Multiple constituents make up a relationship network that constitutes the vital resources needed to fulfil the mission of a...

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Mixed Source

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Llanes, Gaston - Harvard Business School; Harvard Business School - 2009

We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms thatsell software and complementary goods or services. In addition totactical price competition, we allow firms to compete through businessmodel reconfigurations. We consider three business models: theproprietary model (where all...

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Value creation in a virtual world

Hales, Kieth R - 2006

During the past two decades, increasingly powerful and capable information technologies have made information more accessible and valuable so that it has become the prime resource for business; ahead of the traditional resources of land, labour and capital. Improved information acquisition,...

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Productive, Unproductive and Destructive Entrepreneurship: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration

Sauka, Arnis - 2008

Drawing on Baumolís concepts of productive, unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship and relevant amendments, this thesis aims to contribute to the entrepreneurship literature by developing a conceptual framework which allows operationalising the concepts for empirical assessment....

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Integrated project delivery: a normative model for value creation in complex military medical projects

Brennan, Michael D. - 2011

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is a collaborative project delivery process that reduces waste and maximizes value creation by harnessing the expertise and experience of all relevant stakeholders throughout the design and construction process of a given project. The owner, designer, builder,...

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Cross-Sector Models of Collaboration for Social Innovation

Le Ber, Marlene J - 2010

This dissertation consists of three studies that collectively examine the genesis and dynamics of collaborative cross-sector partnerships between nonprofit and for-profit organizations. The overarching question that frames the papers is how cross-sector partnerships organize across sectoral...

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Which entrepreneurs expect to expand their businesses? Evidence from survey data in Lithuania

Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2004

This paper presents an empirical study based on a survey of 399 small and medium size companies in Lithuania. Applying bivariate and ordered probit estimators, we investigate why some business owners intend to expand their firms, while others do not. Our main findings provide evidence that the...

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Across the pond : a comparison of the Mexican & British SMEs and their dealings with sustainability.

Victoria-Uribe, Ricardo; Lofthouse, V.A. - 2006

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are widely recognized as an importantpart of the worldwide economy, acting both as the backbone of local economiesand as consumers of natural resources. In light of this, since the 1990’s,research to investigate how to make them more sustainable through the...

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Did the bank capital relief induced by the supporting factor enhance SME lending?

Mayordomo Gómez, Sergio; Rodríguez Moreno, María - 2017

como SME SF, por sus siglas en inglés— permite a los bancos reducir los requerimientos regulatorios de capital por dar … forma de nuevos préstamos. El presente trabajo muestra que el SME SF contribuyó a aliviar las restricciones de crédito de … las empresas medianas que eran elegibles para la aplicación del SME SF, pero no así de las pequeñas y microempresas. Estos …

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