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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"Empirical insights"”.
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The nature of corporate entrepreneurship: theoretical and empirical insights
… third and last essay, I sought to demonstrate empirically the theoretical results that emerged in the previous essays, analyzing how relationships with external agents could affect the strategic innovation of a company. More specifically, the first essay aimed to reveal the conceptual structure …
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Towards sustainable agriculture in the developing world: Theoretical perspectives and empirical insights
<p>This dissertation is based on the journal article format with a collection of four separate papers, three of which have been published. The objective of this dissertation is to offer perspectives to contextualize sustainable agriculture in relation to two societal contexts beyond farm and …
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Advancing Sustainable Business Models For Social Enterprises: Conceptual Development And Empirical Insights [before doctoral defense]
… of the extended canvas. Study 2 utilizes an empirical case study to examine the effectiveness and feasibility of the extended canvas in a real-world social enterprise context. Recognizing that social impact components are the most challenging to execute, Study 3 adopts a Q method study to …
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Testing the Major Theories Concerning the Evolution of Sex using Experimental Evolution
… sex, there is relatively little well controlled empirical data. This thesis is an attempt to use an experimental evolution based approach in order to provide empirical insights into two different areas in the evolution of sex: the relative effects of beneficial and detrimental mutations on sex, …
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The paradox of prosperity in China: the interplay among entrepreneurs, government, and venture capitalists at initial public offering
… essays aim to develop new theories and provide empirical insights into initial public offering of new ventures in the Chinese context.
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Evaluating Poverty Alleviation: Essays on Microfinance, Energy Access and Limits to the Gold Standard in Empirical Economics
… with methodological contributions on how empirical economics research can contribute to effective policymaking. Chapter 1 reviews the existing experimental evidence on microfinance. We use this deep literature to highlight challenges in generalizing from empirical research. Chapter 2 and 3 …
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Policy information and policymaking in governmental bureaucracies: A causal modeling of processes and impacts
… More specifically, this study attempts to empirically investigate causal relationships among the factors involved in the ""impact stage"" of information utilization in bureaucratic decisionmaking. This study is conducted on the basis of a comprehensive conceptual framework, which combines …
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Buy or boycott?: an examination of mediated consumer animosity effects on purchase intentions
… The present study provides theoretical and empirical insights into direct and indirect effects of consumer animosity on purchase intentions, which may be beneficial for both manufacturers and retailers who suffer from the boycott of foreign merchandise.
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Three Essays on Global and Local Brands
… brands, while also offering managers valuable insights for their branding strategies. The first essay provides scholars and practitioners a detailed state of the art of global/local brand research and proposes promising angles for future research, especially considering major challenges for our …
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An Assessment of Corporate Governance Practices: A Case Study of Kuwait's State-Owned Enterprise
… it highlights a contextual gap by providing rare empirical insights into SOE governance in the GCC region. Second, it addresses a methodological gap by employing an embedded case study that integrates academic and professional perspectives. Third, it responds to a theoretical gap by synthesising …
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The Adoption of the National Traffic Information System (NaTIS) by the Citizens during the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa
… influencing NaTIS adoption. The study provides empirical insights into citizens' interactions with NaTIS. Key findings emphasize the importance of - user-friendliness, adaptability to new technologies, and social influence - in promoting technology acceptance. These findings present valuable …
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LTE radio analytics made easy and accessible
… or provider support. It provides deep insights into the PHY-layer protocols deployed in these networks. LTEye's analytics enable researchers and policy makers to uncover serious deficiencies in these networks due to inefficient spectrum utilization and inter-cell interference. In …
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Strategic management in the public sector: An interpretive study of the application of strategic management practices in the local authorities in Malaysia
… in the study of strategy, this thesis presents empirical insights into three important areas in the field of strategic management, namely, strategic positioning; approaches to strategy development; and the nature of organisational strategy in the Local Authorities (LAs) in Malaysia. Its …
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Strategic responses of family firms to external disruption: Examining the role of family and dynamic capabilities with evidence from China
… framework of DCs in strategic management and empirical insights from family firms, this research emphasises the role of resources and knowledge and a conceptual model of DCs to explain the recovery process of family firms during external disruptions (EDs). This research adopts an exploratory, …
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Investigating the Use of Physiological and Behavioral Signals to Facilitate Empathic Human-AI Interaction for Daily Stress Management
… that physiological signals provide valuable insights into stress and affect, and that systems with physiology-driven adaptation are effective at improving both user experiences and mental health interventions. Autoethnographic and pilot studies with graduate students on different prototypes …
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Assessing the impact of domestic and external debt on the Gambia’s economic growth : an ardl analysis
… shift toward concessional borrowing. By offering empirical insights and policy-oriented solutions, this research adds value to the limited literature on debt-growth dynamics in aid-dependent economies and provides actionable strategies for achieving sustainable economic development.
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The Cocaine-Wildlife Connection: Crime Convergence in Central America
… States. Interview analysis provides four further empirical insights into the ways in which these illicit commodity chains intersect: 1) narco-traffickers increase demand for trafficked wildlife; 2) drug trafficking results in land use change that makes wildlife more vulnerable to trafficking; 3) …
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Rethinking systems use in information systems research – theories on individuals’ use of multiple information systems
… (Gerlach & Cenfetelli, 2022), theoretical and empirical insights into the nature and behavioral manifestations of multiple IS use remain limited. To advance the discipline’s understanding of the multiple IS use reality, this dissertation theorizes mechanisms that are idiosyncratic to the …
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Gambling behavior through the lens of big data
… novel methodological frameworks, and provides empirical insights into gambling decision mechanisms by leveraging newly collected, publicly available datasets derived from cryptocurrency-based online gambling platforms. The work is structured into three interconnected studies. First, it …
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