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The Economics of Business Enterprise
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The third edition of The Economics of Business Enterprise as discussed by the authors provides stimulating insights suggestive of further research in the field of economics and business, and students and researchers specialising in the fields of economic and business will find that this third edition continues to provide stimulating insights.Abstract:
Students and researchers specialising in the fields of economics and business will find that this third, updated edition of The Economics of Business Enterprise continues to provide stimulating insights suggestive of further research.read more
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Location, control and innovation in knowledge-intensive industries
TL;DR: In this paper, two distinct strategies can be discerned with regard to the control of the value chain: a vertical integration strategy emphasizes taking advantage of linkage economies, whereby controlling multiple value chain activities enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of each one of them.
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The Strategic Nexus of Offshoring and Outsourcing Decisions
Ram Mudambi,Markus Venzin +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the magnitude, sequence, and dynamics of interdependent decisions regarding the location and control of various parts of the value chain in mobile handset and financial services industries.
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Perceived Environmental Uncertainty and Innovation in Small Firms
TL;DR: In a recent survey of Scottish and Northern English small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the authors of as mentioned in this paper provided new evidence of the extent to which perceptions of environmental uncertainty (dynamism, complexity and hostility), along a number of dimensions, discriminate between small firms engaged in various levels of product innovation.
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Interests, Information, and Incentives in Higher Education: Principal-Agent Theory and Its Potential Applications to the Study of Higher Education Governance
Jason E. Lane,Jussi Kivistö +1 more
TL;DR: McLendon et al. as mentioned in this paper integrate principal-agent theory into the study of higher education governance, accountability, and oversight, and find evidence that the way in which governance structures are organized can impact policy outputs.