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An investigation of the effects of IT investment on firm performance: The role of complementarity.
(2006)
The concept of complementarity has been introduced into IT-based firm performance research in order to address inconsistent magnitudes of the impacts from IT investments across studies. This dissertation seeks to understand ...
Government, business groups, and corporate entrepreneurial intensity during institutional transition.
(2002)
With archival and perceptual survey data from 992 member firms of the largest 250 business groups in the transition economy of China, it is found that formal institutions in various forms of government influence exert ...
Trust in virtual teams: The role of task, technology and time.
(2004)
Virtual teams face major impediments to developing trust given their relative inability to evaluate other members' abilities, motivations and work patterns. However, trust is the foundation on which virtual teams can build ...
Accountability as it influences ethical behavior.
(2001)
The Ethical Decision-Making Model with Accountability proposes that various forms of accountability will influence ethical intentions, with moral intensity moderating this relationship. The model also shows that cognitive ...
To what extent is slack conditioned on munificence? Extending the behavioral theory of the firm.
(2004)
This dissertation studies the accumulation and "spending" of organizational slack dependent on environmental munificence. Over five decades have passed since the "behavioral theory of the firm" formally introduced the idea ...
Reasoned and institutional explanations for the use of software development project management practices.
(2007)
Abstract not available.
Exploring the impact of industry structure on the emergence of e-marketplaces.
(2005)
The emergence of e-marketplaces is a tremendous phenomenon across nearly all industry in the beginning of 21st century. As a population of strategic IT initiative, e-marketplaces interact with their surrounding industry ...
Capturing strategic orientation toward inpatriation in management staffing policies of global organizations.
(2001)
This dissertation examines the judgment of international human resource managers in global organizations entering emerging markets about the appropriateness of inpatriation practice. First, the strategic drivers and the ...
An examination of new ventures going through the initial public offering: The impact of firm capabilities and characteristics on performance.
(2004)
Entrepreneurship as a field of study generally focuses on the pursuit of new opportunities and the activities of firms engaged in bringing new ideas to financial fruition. Due to their liability of newness, growth and ...
Assessing reverse logistics complexity: Conceptual model, scale development, and a case study.
(2007)
Paper three represented a case study at one of the biggest computer wholesale distribution companies in the USA. Under conditions of anonymity, the reverse logistics program development and implementation was studied in ...