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81. IT Capabilities and Firm Performance: A Resource-based, Alliance Perspective

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Addas, Shamel and Pinsonneault, Alain
Abstract:: Information technology-based alliances are rapidly spreading in organizations, which calls upon researchers to develop an adequate theoretical lens to examine this phenomenon and its key associated outcomes, such as the business performance of alliance firms. However, strategic alliances are mostly examined from a transaction cost economics perspective, and the results on performance are inconclusive at best. This paper proposes an alternative lens - the resource-based view - and applies an extended version of it to explain the performance of firms in IT-based alliances. A conceptual model is developed that examines the impact of shared information technology resources on firm performance. Also, a measurement scale for these resources is developed and preliminarily validated.
Date Created:: 2007-02-01

82. L'entrepreneuriat social, mieux connaître Ie concept

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Brouard, Francois
Abstract:: Entrepreneurship is a recognized concept both for research and practice. It is possible to find university courses, research published in specialized journals, associations dedicated to entrepreneurship promotion and governmental support. In a regional economic development context, a special form of entrepreneurship could achieve other objectives. Social entrepreneurship is an emergent concept earning more popularity than ever around the planet. However the concept is not well known. The objective of the paper is to present an overview of the social entrepreneurship concept.
Date Created:: 2007-02-01

83. The Use of Affect in Positioning Strategy

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Murphy, Steven, Butt, Ifran, and Papadopoulos, Nicolas G.
Abstract:: This paper examines the role of affect in marketing positioning strategy and individual positioning judgements. We examine affect in both the marketing and positioning literatures and argue that vestiges of the dual mind perspective are alive and well in positioning. Viewing 'thinking' and 'feeling' as entirely separate (as in utilitarian vs. hedonic product distinctions) runs counter to advances in neuroscience and devalues individual differences and brain functioning. As a result of our own coding of positioning dimensions, we advocate for a greater understanding of the complex interplay between affect and cognition in positioning strategy and judgements.
Date Created:: 2007-02-01

84. A Model of International Product and International Destination Relationships

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Elliot, Statia and Papadopoulos, Nicolas G.
Abstract:: Potential synergies between international trade and tourism are viewed optimistically by governments, yet research to assess their association is limited. To gain an understanding of trade and tourism relationships, this paper reports on a study which examines both product-related and tourism-related place image effects on consumer behavior simultaneously. Using the U.S. as the country of focus, key product and travel relationships are measured by structural equation modeling of consumer data from South Korea. Findings support the cross-over effect between one's beliefs about a country as a destination and as a producer, and one's willingness to travel to it and/or buy its products, and most strongly, that product beliefs affect views of travel destinations.
Date Created:: 2007-02-01

85. Review of Management Control Systems in Their Organizational and Environmental Context : Managerial Perspective and Control Typology

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Pollanen, Raili
Abstract:: This paper provides a critical review of literature on management controls and their context. The review indicates that more emphasis has been placed on organizational than environmental factors and that the effectiveness of different controls in different contexts remains practically unaddressed. In general, research has been ad hoc and focused on results-oriented financial controls, short-term efficiency, and individual level of analysis. Even for commonly studied topics (e.g., budget controls), evidence has often been inconsistent and limited to manufacturing organizations, with little integration and refinement of previous theoretical models based on new evidence. Further research is required to investigate the relative importance of different financial and nonfinancial controls in different types of organizations in order to develop more comprehensive performance measurement and management frameworks.
Date Created:: 2007-02-01

86. The Four or Five Barred Cage: The Consequences of Hofstede's View of Culture

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Cray, David
Abstract:: A study of citations in four prominent journals indicates how deeply Hofstede's conceptualization dominates the understanding of culture in international business research. The implications of this intellectual hegemony for the development of the field are examined After considering some critiques of Hofstede's approach, three diverse alternatives to the value-based approach are discussed.
Date Created:: 2007-02-01

87. The Strategic Dimensions of information Systems Capability: An Evolutionary and Resource-based View

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Grant, Gerald and Liebenau, Jonathan
Abstract:: Research emphasizing evolutionary and resource-based perspectives of the firm highlights the importance of core capabilities as sources of superior performance, and views capabilities in computer-based IT systems as instrumental in leading to strategic advantage. However, the asymmetrical results from such systems present a somewhat confusing picture as to the key issues that managers should be addressing. We present an approach to IS capability development that applies a combined evolutionary and resource-based perspective. We propose that IS capability is determined along three strategic dimensions and will result from effective and sustained efforts in three complementary areas that are discussed in this paper. We use three case studies to illustrate the use of the proposed IS capability framework in analyzing information systems in organizations.
Date Created:: 2007-02-01

88. A Critique of Partial Least Squares, and a Preliminary Assessement of an Alternative Estimation Method

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Thomas, Roland, Cedzynski, Marzena, and Lu, Irene
Abstract:: Partial least squares (PLS) is sometimes used as an alternative to covariance-based structural equation modeling (SEM). This paper briefly reviews currently available SEM techniques, and provides a critique of the perceived advantages of PLS over covariance-based SEM as commonly cited by PLS users. Specific attention is drawn to the primary disadvantage of PLS, namely the lack of consistency of its parameter estimates. The instrumental variables (IV) /two stage least squares (2SLS) method of estimation is then described and presented as a potential alternative to PLS that might yield its perceived advantages without succumbing to its primary disadvantage. Preliminary simulation results show that: PLS parameter estimates exhibit substantial bias when the number of items is moderate; SEM-based methods yield lower bias; and IV/2SLS estimates may indeed provide a viable ordinary least squares (OLS)-based alternative to PLS.
Date Created:: 2007-02-01

89. Relationships among Evaluative Criteria, Uncertainty, Organizational Size, and Performance: Empirical Evidence in Public Organizations

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Pollanen, Raili
Abstract:: This survey study of senior municipal administrators examines the use of evaluative criteria in managerial performance evaluation and extends previous findings in the public sector context. The results reveal that the use of evaluative criteria is very similar to that found in Otley and Pollanen's (2000) public-sector study, but significantly different from those reported in several private-sector studies. Substantially lower proportions of budget-based criteria are found in both public-sector studies than in private-sector studies. Performance is higher under low- than high-uncertainty conditions and in larger than smaller organizations. The findings suggest that different evaluative criteria may be appropriate in the public and he findings suggest that different evaluative criteria may be appropriate in the public and private sectors, and that uncertainty and organizational size may affect performance.
Date Created:: 2007-02-01

90. Particle-based participating media rendering using density octrees

Resource Type:: Article
Creator:: Whitehead, Anthony D. and Monette, Richard
Abstract:: In order for computer generated imagery to recreate the characteristic visual appearance of phenomena such as smoke and fog it is necessary to compute the way in which light interacts with participating media. In this work we present a novel technique for computing volumetric single scattering lighting solutions for particle-based inhomogeneous participating media data sets. We seek to calculate volumetric lighting solutions for particle-based data sets as such data sets have the advantage of being spatially unbounded and relatively unrestricted with regard to memory as compared to uniform grids. In order to perform the calculations which are required for computing such a lighting solution, we introduce a novel octree based data structure. We refer to this new data structure as a density octree. The design of the density octree allows for efficiently computing light attenuation throughout the spatial extent. Using our data structure, we are able to produce high quality output imagery of arbitrary particle data sets in the presence of arbitrary numbers of lights.
Date Created:: 2014-07-02

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81. IT Capabilities and Firm Performance: A Resource-based, Alliance Perspective

82. L'entrepreneuriat social, mieux connaître Ie concept

83. The Use of Affect in Positioning Strategy

84. A Model of International Product and International Destination Relationships

85. Review of Management Control Systems in Their Organizational and Environmental Context : Managerial Perspective and Control Typology

86. The Four or Five Barred Cage: The Consequences of Hofstede's View of Culture

87. The Strategic Dimensions of information Systems Capability: An Evolutionary and Resource-based View

88. A Critique of Partial Least Squares, and a Preliminary Assessement of an Alternative Estimation Method

89. Relationships among Evaluative Criteria, Uncertainty, Organizational Size, and Performance: Empirical Evidence in Public Organizations

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85. Review of Management Control Systems in Their Organizational and Environmental Context : Managerial Perspective and Control Typology

86. The Four or Five Barred Cage: The Consequences of Hofstede's View of Culture

87. The Strategic Dimensions of information Systems Capability: An Evolutionary and Resource-based View

88. A Critique of Partial Least Squares, and a Preliminary Assessement of an Alternative Estimation Method

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