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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Complementary assets"”.
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Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Operations and Supply Chain Practices, Complementary Assets, and Performance
… programs. In particular, it is hypothesized that complementary assets and capabilities, such as quality practices, just-in-time practices and flexibility will positively moderate the relationship between environmental practices and environmental as well as operational performance. Using a survey …
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A study of US government's satellite incumbents and follow-on competitions
… firms particularly in settings with minimal complementary assets, few intellectual property rights and limited technical expertise. This thesis will explore a different competitive setting - the U.S. Government's unclassified satellite competitions - an arena characterized by deep technical …
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Organizational capabilities, organizational structure, and their dynamics: three essays on boundary choice and capability development in entry decisions
… radical technology, asking how non-redeployable complementary assets embedded in an incumbent’s existing capabilities and boundaries affect managers’ decision-making in the face of uncertainties. I further enhance the theoretical coherence across the three essays by employing the same empirical …
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Divestiture governance modes and innovation outcomes
… and that better technology markets and access to complementary assets allow smaller firms to appropriate technology returns, this chapter finds that parent company diversification, importance of intellectual property rights, and parent company complementary assets, moderate the relationship …
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Information technology and business transformation : work location and the allocation of decision rights
… is highly dependent on co-investment in complementary assets (for instance, tacit knowledge and specialized work processes). Many of these additional investments are intangible and highly dependent on the local expertise and the knowledge of the branch or division. When local knowledge is …
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Telecom value chain dynamics and carriers' strategies in converged networks
… providers. Fourth, carriers should also build complementary assets, such as "design-for-manageability" know-how/patents and the position to aggregate contents/applications/ ASPs, taking advantage of their operation volume in back-end network services.
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Batch sizing strategy & production load leveling in a multi-step chemical manufacturing process
… changed dramatically. Some of the tightly held complementary assets that gave Kodak a competitive advantage are no longer as critical as were in the past. Kodak management has set a very strong emphasis on running a lean operation. At the same time, executive management has set very aggressive …
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Developing strategies to capture value from emerging technologies
… emphasizing emergent strategy, the transition to complementary assets, and a focus on navigating the limited application phase of technology commercialization. The product specific strategy provides a rigorous process for exploring the value chain
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Can Nintendo get its crown back? : examining the dynamics of the U.S. video game console market
… firms with dominant market position and strong complementary assets were not able to extend their advantage to the next generation. The dynamic cause and effect relationships associated with the multi-generation video game console industry makes an intriguing subject for economic research. This …
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Entry and exit innovative industries
… laser printer industry. I find that firms with complementary assets are less sensitive to competition from similar products than are firms without these assets. Not only do the products of complementary asset firms survive longer, but such firms are more likely to introduce new products in …
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Benefit from Web services in the mobile Internet industry
… integration of a variety of Web services as complementary assets from their business partners into their content. System Dynamics modeling methodology is used to examine how Web service requesters could promote product and process innovation as well as outsourcing. The analyses indicate that …
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Value Creation from Complements in Platform Markets: Studies on the Video Game Industry
… and market performance for providers of complementary goods (“complementors”) in platform-based markets. The studies all investigate the video game industry as a canonical example of a platform market. Three empirical studies are preceded by an industry chapter outlining the evolution of …
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Eco Innovation and Firm Performance in OECD Countries: Moderating Effects of Firm Age and Firm Size
… in monetizing high-quality innovation through complementary assets. Furthermore, the study identifies a ‘Maturity Premium,’ demonstrating that older firms leverage established legitimacy and supply chains to outperform younger counterparts in the green transition. These findings counter the …
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Technology strategy : real options in research, development and engineering
… and development of a large set of complementary assets. The thesis also shows that a firm should use a mix of those assets depending on the technology development stage. Next the thesis investigates profit extraction in depth. The thesis describes how real options theory can be used …
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The Early Stages of Collaborative Commercialisation of Science: What Enables and Constrains the Development of Generic Technologies
… First, actors formed collaborations by seeking complementary assets required to advance early-stage technological development. Second, uneven access to resources and capabilities generated asymmetric constraints and opportunities that shaped development decisions over time. Third, decisions …
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Essays on the dynamics of alternative fuel vehicle adoption : insights from the market for hybrid-electric vehicles in the United States
… producer learning, consumer familiarity and complementary assets that spillover to the radical technology. However, EVs remain expensive, have a limited electric range and lack a ubiquitous recharging infrastructure, while HEVs are relatively cheaper and refuel from the existing gasoline …
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Technology commercialization, competition, and the direction of innovation
… on access to critical resources and complementary assets, which in many markets are concentrated among a small number of firms. This structure may enable an efficient division of labor, with smaller actors specializing in upstream innovation and larger firms in downstream …
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Technology innovation management in the Nigerian banking industry: integrating stakeholders' perspectives, an exploration of strategy and policy implications.
… three types of switching costs, the available complementary assets and the usefulness of available services. Based on this DIT extended model, adoption levels of five e-banking platforms: ATM; POS; Online banking; Mobile banking and telephone banking services were investigated. Data for this …