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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Resource acquisition"”.
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Entrepreneurial external resource acquisition and exit via IPO
… Offering (IPO), as a major event for external resource acquisition, is a milestone in both the life of an entrepreneurial venture and the entrepreneur himself. How to gain a good performance in IPO? What factors drive their leave from the business they set up after IPO? And whether and how the …
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The impact of resource acquisition policies on corporate growth
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Management, 1963.
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Honey Bee Colony Resource Acquisition, Population Growth, and Pollen Foraging in Diversified Native Grass-Wildflower Grazing System
… may have a slight advantage in population resource acquisition, population growth, and winter survival following the first year of establishment, though further research is needed. Pollen DNA metabarcoding revealed that honey bees in both diversified and conventional pasture systems have …
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Spatial energetics : a thermodynamically-consistent methodology for modelling resource acquisition, distribution, and end-use networks in nature and society
Resource acquisition, distribution, and end-use (RADE) networks are ubiquitous in natural and human-engineered systems, connecting spatially-distributed points of supply and demand, to provide energy and material resources required by these systems for growth and maintenance. A clear understanding …
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Integrated optimization and simulation model for resource acquisition and utilization : an application to ocean/river articulated tug/barge system
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1997.
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The Competitive Implications of Intra-industry Diversification, the Firm-Investor Network, and Resource Acquisition Across the Firm Boundary: Evidence From The Hedge Fund Industry
… 2), the firm-investor network (chapter 3) and resource acquisition across the firm boundary (chapter 4) are of central concern to this thesis. The analysis draws on qualitative evidence, a quantitative, large-scale, longitudinal panel dataset (chapters 2 and 3), as well as conceptual reasoning …
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Mate Selection Comparisons in Heterosexual and Homosexual Individuals
… women are more interested in traits that signal resource acquisition and high socioeconomic status, and also support the hypothesis that men are more interested in traits that signal youth and physical attractiveness.
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Niche differentiation in savannas : exploring competition-based hypotheses for inter-life form coexistence
… occupy different niches when exploiting limited resources such as water and nutrients. I investigated two competition-based models, each of them considering a different axis for niche separation: the two-layer hypothesis, which is based on differences in rooting depth, and the phenological niche …
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Investigations of physiological and competitive relationships of Elymus species related to establishment in the Great Basin, USA.
… Bromus tectorum employs ruderal strategies of resource acquisition, is an effective competitor for water and nitrogen, and can cause mortality of natives in invaded fields as well as prevent establishment of native seedlings. In response to the survival pressure placed on native communities by …
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Growth of technology-based social enterprises in the manufacturing sector
… – Stage 1 was structured around an initial resource-based conceptual framework derived from the literature; Stage 2 was structured around a legitimacy-based framework derived from literature. Findings from Stage 1 revealed the similarities and differences of growth between TSEs and …
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The interaction between a voluntary nonprofit social service organization and its financial environment: A case study of Chinese Children's Fund in Taiwan
… unsuccessful measures deterred CCF-Taiwan's resource acquisition. The most successful measures were localization of Family Helper Projects, diversification of service programs and sources of financial resources, and demonstration of accountability. CCF-Taiwan's continuing difficulties in …
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At the water's edge: an archaeological investigation of playa occupation in the Central Plains
… vegetation. The availability and abundance of resources create an environmental pull within the Plains that is ideal for ancient hunter-gatherer site choice in a region where resources are relatively scarce. This thesis provides an ecological and human behavioral approach to analyze the ancient …
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Does it matter how you tell it? On how entrepreneurial storytelling affects the opportunity evaluations of early-stage investors
… communication strategies in the entrepreneurial resource acquisition process.
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Sexual dimorphism in the genus Leucadendron : Morphology and plant hydraulics
… where highly serotinous females may incur extra resource costs in order to keep their transpiring cones alive between fires. This hypothesis predicts that the female morphology might be associated with more efficient resource acquisition compared to males in order to support their greater …
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Understanding the International Entrepreneurial Process of Emerging Economy Firms: Evidence from Nigerian SMEs
… disruptive is significantly supported through resource acquisition and development. However, this process of IE is heavily shaped by the institutional conditions of the international entrepreneur’s host and home markets. The institutional environment impeded growth and entrepreneurial …
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Rapid nutrient fluctuations and their implications for bacterial growth
Bacteria, like all lifeforms, rely on resource acquisition for growth, and the tight coupling between bacterial growth physiology and nutrient availability has long been observed. When nutrient environments shift on timescales of hours, days or seasons, bacteria adapt to a physiological steady …
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Unpacking Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Health: An Entrepreneurial Process Approach
… health consists of six dimensions: ecosystem resources (supply-side, intermediary, and demand-side resources), entrepreneurial process (resource acquisition in opportunity and organisational creation stages, resource exploitation in organisational creation and technology set-up stages, …
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The Relationship of Dominance, Reproductive State and Stress in a Non-Cooperative Breeder, The Domestic Horse (<em>Equus caballus</em>)
… in a hierarchy with rank determining access to resources. Maintaining a dominant position requires a high rate of energetically expensive aggressive displays and physical exertion. Lab based winnerloser studies, often conducted with individuals from non-social species, have shown that …
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An investigation into political connections: literature review and empirical tests of the impact and antecedent
… connections may paradoxically influence firms’ resource acquisition and utilization for innovation performance (in Chapter 3) and to examine how the emphasis the firm places on financial vs. nonfinancial goals acts as an antecedent of formation of different types of political connections (in …
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The diffusion of university spinoffs: Institutional and ecological perspectives
… effects of these companies on university resource acquisition. The study used two broad theoretical perspectives from the sociology of organizations: institutional theory and organizational ecology. It blended elements from other related perspectives such as organizational evolution and …
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