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Performance effects of imitative entry
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008-08)
This article examines how waiting to imitate a product affects the performance of the imitator compared to the innovator. Specifically, we address two research questions. Under what conditions does imitation erode the ...
If HR were really strategically proactive: Present and future directions in HR's contribution to competitive advantage
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999)
Current business conditions mandate greater competitive advantage from HR agendas and processes. To add greater competitive advantage, HR must contribute strategic value against criteria from customer and capital markets. ...
A Formal Study of Distributed Meeting Scheduling
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-05)
Automating routine organizational tasks, such as meeting scheduling, requires a careful balance between the individual (respecting his or her privacy and personal preferences) and the organization (making efficient use of ...
What do they know? The effects of outside director acquisition experience on firm acquisition performance
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008-11)
This article contributes to the literature on board effectiveness by being perhaps the first to systematically examine how the nature of outside directors' prior experience, and resulting expertise, will influence the ...
Search reduction in hierarchical distributed problem solving
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1993-09)
Knoblock and Korf have determined that abstraction can reduce search at a single agent from exponential to linear complexity (Knoblock 1991; Korf 1987). We extend their results by showing how concurrent problem solving ...
Breaking rules for the right reasons? An investigation of pro‐social rule breaking
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012-01)
Where do resources come from? The role of idiosyncratic situations
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-08)
In this paper, we examine the emergence of resources. Our analysis of technological capability acquisition by global U.S.-based chemical firms shows that the emergence of resources is inherently evolutionary. We find that ...
The scope and governance of international R&D alliances
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-08)
Participants in research and development alliances face a difficult challenge: how to maintain sufficiently open knowledge exchange to achieve alliance objectives while controlling knowledge flows to avoid unintended leakage ...
Zest and work
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009-02)
Zest is a positive trait reflecting a person's approach to life with anticipation, energy, and excitement. In the present study, 9803 currently employed adult respondents to an Internet site completed measures of dispositional ...
The dominant logic: A new linkage between diversity and performance
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1986-11)
Current research offers alternative explanations to the ‘linkage’ between the pattern of diversification and performance. At least four streams of research can be identified. None of these can be considered to be a reliable, ...