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Essence of Strategy: Controversial Choices
(, 2006)
The essence of strategy is to make controversial choices; this is the only way to gain a
competitive advantage. Both strategy development and execution require making
difficult choices and trade-offs often in the context ...
Intra-industry Trade of Transition Countries: Trends and Determinants
(2003-06-26)
This paper analyzes trends in different components of trade of transition countries. To explain the cross-country differences, the paper points out the important distinction between the determinants of inter-industry trade ...
Some fine-tuning for dominant diagonal matrices
(Elsevier, 1989-09)
Given a linear system Ax = b, where A is a dominant diagonal matrix with positive diagonals and non-positive off-diagonals, but b has both positive and negative components, necessary and sufficient conditions on bj are ...
A Capabilities-Based Perspective on Target Selection in Acquisitions
(2015-03)
We develop a capabilities-based theory of acquirer target selection, arguing that acquirers will pursue both low capability targets in existing contexts to deploy existing capabilities, and high capability targets in new ...
Class Action Litigation after Dukes: In Search of a Remedy for Gender Discrimination
(2013-11)
In this Article we argue for substantial reforms to our system of combating workplace gender discrimination in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes. To help counter discrimination victims’ ...
Productivity Consequences of Product Market Liberalization: Micro-evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector Reforms
(2006-10)
We use a new plant-level dataset to study the effect of two reforms aimed at increasing product market competition in India -- liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) and reduction in tariff rates. First, we ...
Neighborhood Planning Organizations: Perspectives and Choices
(Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1985)
Reductions in government expenditures for human services have worsened conditions in lowincome urban neighborhoods at a time when needs are increasing. Despite these conditions, some neighborhood planning organizations ...
Doing Business in a Connected Society: The GSK Bribery Scandal in China
(2015-03)
Focusing on the bribery scandal plaguing global healthcare giant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK), this manuscript documents and offers proposals to redress the myriad of harms caused when multinational corporations (MNCs) accept ...
The Role of Networks, Mentors and the Law in Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Leadership for Women with Children
(2013-12)
Having dependents is an important family status variable in the larger scheme of social differentiators that account for sex differences in careerrelated outcomes. In this study, we are interested in whether men or women ...