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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Dependence theory"”.
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The Influence of Board Diversity: An Investigation of Management Fraud
… of fraud perpetrated by managers. The Resource Dependence Theory (Pfeffer & Salancik, 1978) suggests that organizations exert control of their environments by co-opting the necessary resources for survival by choosing board members that bring different perspectives, experiences, values, social …
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Power, conflict, norms, and transaction costs: A synthetic transaction cost analysis of discrete and relational exchange behavior between channel members
… costs with implications for both marketing theory and application. Further, the relationship between the economic constructs of TCA and the constructs of power, conflict, and contracting behavior are explored. Resource dependence theory constructs are recast within an economic transaction …
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Learning with generalized negative dependence : probabilistic models of diversity for machine learning
This thesis establishes negative dependence as a powerful and computationally efficient framework to analyze machine learning problems that require a theoretical model of diversification. Examples of such problems include experimental design and model compression: subset-selection problems that …
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Influence of Organizational, Operational, Financial AndEnvironmental Factors on Hospitals' Adoption of Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems for Improving Patient Safety: A Resource Dependence Approach
… regions of the Leapfrog initiatives.Resource dependence theory provides theoretical basis for the study. The study is retrospective observational in design. Individual hospitals are the unit of analysis. The Leapfrog Group's 2002-survey collection serves the primary data source. Univariate …
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Enterprise Risk Management: The Transformation of Board-level Engagement as Evidenced by Disclosure
… strategic use of ERM, consistent with resource dependence theory, but do not value additional ERM governance, consistent with the cost/benefit rationale of agency theory. Finally, the study finds that the association of BODERMX and current year audit fees is not significant., suggesting that the …
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MODERATING EFFECT OF SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS STRATEGIES: THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN SUPPLY CHAIN RELATIONSHIP AND PERFORMANCE
… supply chain management and organization theory (resource dependence theory). This interdisciplinary approach provides a broader perspective in operations management research. Third, through this research, guidelines are provided for not only powerful firms but also the weak ones on how to …
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Modeling and analyzing information usage in supply chains
… the first one utilizes organizational learning theory and focuses on the relationships among information shared, information used, operational performance, and organizational performance along with mediating impacts of information usage, and perceived logistics performance. The second model put …
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The effect of board characteristics on firm financial performance of listed companies in Hong Kong
… theories of corporate governance, i.e., agency theory, stewardship theory, and resource dependence theory. The agency theory explains the relationship between the board and the shareholders as well as other stakeholders. The stewardship theory explains the relationship between the board and the …
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Two for the Price of One! A Study of Persistence of Adult Education Students pursuing a High School Equivalency Credentiial and a Study of the Researcher's Experience Conducting that Study.
… a high school equivalency credential. Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy and Lewin’s Force Field Analysis offered an effective framework for considering this relationship. The findings of this study were statistically insignificant due to the low response rate.</p> <p>The second study, a …
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Modeling the Determinants of Satisfaction and Commitment in Buyer-Seller Relationships in the Less-Than-Truckload Segment of the Motor Carrier Industry
… and conceptual work based on Resource Dependence Theory and Social Exchange Theory, this dissertation focused on the buyer-seller dyad in the less-than-truckload segment of the motor carrier industry. The buyer-seller dyads in this segment are particularly interesting since deregulation …
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Civil Society Organisations and Food Poverty in the UK: A Case Study of the London Borough of Islington
… in this field. This thesis draws on resource dependence theory (RDT) to conduct a critical case study of a cross-section of this sector in one locality in order to draw out the details of how the organisations in this sector act and interact. This case study focuses on CSFPOs in the London …
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Work-family responsiveness in organizations: The influence of resource dependence and institutionalization on program adaptation
… is relatively small. The frameworks of resource dependence theory and institutional theory were used to develop a model to explain differences in work-family responsiveness among for-profit companies. The theoretical models were tested on survey data collected through a stratified random sample …
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The impact of sustainability committee characteristics on corporate sustainability performance: Evidence from the FTSE 150 non-financial companies
… by examining through the lens of stakeholder theory, Resource Dependence Theory (RDT) and legitimacy theory: through (1) the impact of sustainability committee characteristics (SCC) on Corporate Sustainability Performance (CSP) and (2) any significant differences between findings when focused …
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An Investigation of CSR as a Source of Corporate Political Power
… underpinned by insights from the Institutional Theory, the Resource Dependence Theory, and the Resource-Based View of the firm. Using a hybrid constructivist-realism epistemology and a processbased analysis, three exploratory case studies were carried out in construction companies operating in …
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Factors Associated with Hospital Commitment to Provide Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
… of services. Two macro-level theories, Resource Dependence Theory and Institutional Theory were used to identify environmental and organizational factors. A nationwide sample of hospitals was drawn from the 2003 AHA annual survey. Data from the 2002 AHA annual survey, Area Resource File and …
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Dynamic Entrepreneurial Networks: An Investigation Of Entrepreneurs, New Ventures And Their Networks
… development process. This work relies on network theory integrated with resource dependence theory arguments, work that examines founder attributes as associated with entrepreneurial outcomes and research that investigates the stages of new venture development. Predictions developed from the model …
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Entrepreneurship and environments: start-ups, growth aspirations, and exit
… and entrepreneurial start-ups. Drawing on the theory of planned behaviour and the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach, the second study looks at entrepreneurs’ growth aspirations in China. The results suggest that there is a positive relationship between attitude and growth aspirations and that …
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Spinning Straw into Gold: A Study of Resource Creation, Flow, and Conversion in a Nonprofit Collaboration
… to sustain the backbone organization. Resource dependence theory is sometimes proposed as an explanatory framework, yet it does not explain the generation of a double bottom line (simultaneous production of social and financial returns).</p> <p>To address this gap in the literature, this study …
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SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES AND GREENWASHING ALONG FOOD VALUE CHAINS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS
… framework is developed by combining Stakeholder theory, GVC theory and Risk dependence theory to explain sustainability strategies adoption, and the focus is on the role of firm characteristics. Three samples of companies operating along different agri-food value chains were selected, and three …
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The Governance of Long-Term Investing in Knowledge Creation - Novel Control Mechanisms for Reducing Managerial Myopia and Increasing Growth in Organizations
… controls, to lower organizational levels. Agency theory, organizational control theory, and resource dependence theory are the key theories applied in this dissertation, following the tradition of previous research on corporate governance and corporate internal controls. This dissertation proposes …
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