Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage has become a major area of research in strategic management. Building on the assumptions that strategic resources are heterogeneously distributed acrossfirms and that these differences are…
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Practice is a familiar term in everyday language but it also has a long history of scholarship. What then does it mean to turn towards practice, and how would we know when a practice turn has occurred? To answer these questions, this article…
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This paper integrates elements from the theory of agency, the theory of property rights and the theory of finance to develop a theory of the ownership structure of the firm. We define the concept of agency costs, show its relationship to the…
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This study examines the relation between measurement system satisfaction, economic performance, and two general approaches to strategic performance measurement: greater measurement diversity and improved alignment with firm strategy and value…
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We develop a simple model of the interbank market where banks trade a long term, safe asset. When there is a lack of opportunities for banks to hedge idiosyncratic and aggregate liquidity shocks, the interbank market is characterized by excessive…
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Despite the large output declines suffered by emerging Europe in 2008-09, a major currency and banking crisis was avoided. This paper argues that European economic and political integration was a mitigating factor in this. Cross-border banking…
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This paper describes the process of inducting theory using case studies-from specifying the research questions to reaching closure. Some features of the process, such as problem definition and construct validation, are similar to hypothesis-testing…
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IN ITS ROLE as the final arbiter for the allocation of our scarce capital resources, the American securities market has been the object of continuing close scrutiny by both the scholarly community and the architects of public policy. The pre-…
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When I hear businessmen speak eloquently about the social responsibilities of business in a free-enterprise system , I am reminded of the wonderful line about the Frenchman who discovered at the age of 70 that he had been speaking prose all his…
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One of many theoretical approaches to link bet progressive HRM and sustained competitive advantage - points to importance of human resources in creation of firm competitive advantageIncludes typology of competitve strategies in business policy- cost…
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Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly can develop their own new products and services. These innovating users - both individuals and firms - often freely…
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The capitalist system is under siege. In recent years business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely thought to be prospering at the expense of their communities. Trust in business…
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OBJECTIVES: It is to estimate the trend of suicide rate changes during the past three decades in China and try to identify its social and economic correlates. METHODS: Official data of suicide rates and economic indexes during 1982-2005 from…
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This paper considers a firm that must issue common stock to raise cash to undertake a valuable investment opportunity. Management is assumed to know more about the firm's value than potential investors. Investors interpret the firm's actions…
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We merge research into knowledge management, absorptive capacity, and dynamic capabilities to arrive at an integrative perspective, which considers knowledge exploration, retention, and exploitation inside and outside a firms boundaries. By…
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Lack of user acceptance has long been an impediment to the success of new information systems. The present research addresses why users accept or reject information systems and how user acceptance is affected by system design features. The…
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Presents a brief review of event study methods in economics and finance. Steps in event study; Analysis of the power of an event study; Nonparametric approaches in event studies which eliminate the need for parametric structure; Issues concerning…
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The resource-based view (RBV) of the firm has been around for over 20 years-during which time it has been both widely taken up and subjected to considerable criticism. The authors review and assess the principal critiques evident in the literature,…
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This paper examines the role of the corporate objective function in increasing corporate productivity, social welfare, and the accountability of managers and directors. Because it is logically impossible to maximize in more than one dimension,…
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Retailers, such as Starbucks and Victoria's Secret, aim to provide customers a great experience across channels. In this paper we provide an overview of the existing literature on customer experience and expand on it to examine the creation of a…
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