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Inter-firn Contracts Governing Cooperative Business Relationships
(2009)
Contracts are vital components of the governance mechanism between firms organizing to conduct transactions over a longer-term time horizon. The business management literature has advocated the importance of trust to ...
The role of organizational identification in marketing channels: A quantitative and qualitative assessment.
(2001)
This dissertation develops theory and empirically tests developed hypotheses. A survey instrument is developed and administered to collect data for analysis. Primarily, the data was analyzed through regression analysis 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 ...
IT personnel sourcing decisions in IT projects.
(2006)
The evolutionary growth of information technology, during the past few decades, has created the impetus for change in the organizational workplace from a focus on narrow and specific tasks, carried out by individuals, to ...
State ownership and investor protection: Dynamic model of the cost of capital; empirical investigation of a worldwide panel of firms.
(2003)
The empirical part of this work uses a worldwide panel dataset to document the effect of state and insider ownership on the firm's cost of capital. Using panel data allows me to resolve some of the econometric problems ...
An examination into the nature of satisfaction formation in a continually delivered business service context.
(2006)
The next two papers are empirical pieces that test different portions of the conceptual framework. Data for both papers were collected from the customers of third-party logistics (3PL) service providers via an online survey ...
AN EXAMINATION OFTHE DRIVERS OF EXPLORATORY AND EXPLOITATIVE SEARCH
(2009)
Engaging in search behaviors is a critical activity of firms. Traditionally, the extent to which firms engage in search has been modeled as the level of R&D in which firms engage, or their patenting propensity. However, ...
An investigation into the effects of birth order, sex, and personality on the likelihood of engaging in unethical behavior.
(2003)
Recently revived interest in the role of birth order in the development of personality has resulted in research investigating the relationship between birth order and the five-factor model (FFM) of personality. One ...
Effects of venture capital social advice networks on escalation of commitment.
(2006)
Characteristics of focal VC firms and the various advice network indices attached to their position in the network were used to predict escalation of commitment in new start-ups where the first round of funding was between ...
Technological readiness and strategic interactive fit: Dynamic capabilities impacting logistics service competency and performance.
(2003)
In today's business environment, retailers and manufacturers face increasing complexity when it comes to managing the supply chain. As complexity increases, these retailers and manufacturers often look to technology as a ...