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- Systematic Risk in Emerging Markets: The D-CAPM
- There is by now a growing literature arguing against the use of the CAPM to estimate required returns on equity in emerging markets. The model characterizes that it measures risk by beta, which follows from an equilibrium in which investors display mean-variance behavior. The semi variance of returns is a...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Managing Customer Switching Costs: A Framework for Competing in the Networked Environment
- Previous research argues that customer switching costs play an important role in the firm's ability to retain customers and achieve competitive advantage. Despite switching costs 'recognized role in contributing to competitive advantage and their increasingly strategic characteristics in the expanding networked environment, this paper finds a lack of coherence and...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Sustainable Development And Sustainability Of Competitive Advantage: A Dynamic, Sustainable View Of The Firm
- The core idea of the paper relates to the role of business in society at large. The paper presents a proposal for a dynamic and sustainable view of the firm, explaining the normative and instrumental character of its foundations. It shows how sustainable development changes the competitive landscape and in...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- Governance Changes in Strategic Alliances: Antecedents of Contractual Renegotiations
- This study provides an empirical investigation of the incidence and antecedents of contractual renegotiations in strategic alliances. It brings together initial conditions based on transaction cost theory and ex post contingencies highlighted by recent conceptual and qualitative research on the evolution of collaborative agreements. The results indicate that firms tend...
- White papers 2000-04-01
- Roles Played by Relational Trust in Strategic Alliances
- This paper develops the concept of relational quality as a proxy for relational trust. Exploration of data from 67 alliances confirms that relational quality is composed of three elements: initial conditions, partner interactions, and external events. It offers propositions on the relative importance of each of these elements depending on...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- Internationalization Via Strategic Alliances in Family Businesses
- This report indicates three important pre-requisites for family businesses that are seriously considering internationalization as an aid to growth: they need to have a market-leading product, adequate financial resources, and a suitable organizational structure. part from these preliminary conditions, the example of the family businesses studied here demonstrates that success...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Alliance Dynamics for Entrepreneurial Firms
- Small firms are thought to encounter various difficulties implementing strategic alliances. Due to these problems, they may be less able to reap the benefits of alliance adaptation, and the changes that occur in alliances over time often will not coincide with the small firm's interests. The evidence presented in this...
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Innovation And The Export-Productivity Link
- This paper explores the relationship between innovation activity, productivity, and exports using a panel of Spanish manufacturing firms for 1990-1998. The results - based on nonparametric tests - suggest that firm innovation status is critical in explaining the positive export-productivity association documented in prior research. For the sample of small...
- White papers 2007-04-01
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- Program on European Logistics.(Cranfield University, University of Navarra, Spain)(Brief Article)
- University of Navarra's IESE Business School and Cranfield University have developed a joint program on European logistics. The four-day course will explore the trends, opportunities, and challenges faced by European supply chains. The progra University of Navarra's IESE...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Top Private-Equity Firms Outperform Public and Private Rivals
- Despite the current turmoil in global credit markets, private equity is here to stay and will continue to be an important source of capital, according to a new report from The Boston Consulting Group BCG and the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra in Spain. The sector's...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Mediterranean diet also protects against diabetes: study
- PARIS AFP — The Mediterranean diet, which is famously beneficial for the cardiovascular system, also helps protect against diabetes, according to a paper published online Thursday by the British Medical Journal. The mainstays of the Mediterranean diet are olive oil, fish, grains, fruit, nuts and vegetables, usually supplemented by...
- Research articles 2008-05-29
- The Navarra University Clinic: Integrated Cancer Treatment Without Comparison
- At the Navarra University Clinic in Pamplona, Spain, it is obvious that the patient is given absolute priority. Personal care and special attention, as well as the integration of leading technology - all of the hospital's daily activities are designed to benefit the patients and their families. The idea of...
- Case studies 2005-10-01
- Earthly treasures; material culture and metaphysics in the Heptameron and evangelical narrative
- Earthly treasures; material culture and metaphysics in the Heptameron and evangelical narrative. Randall, Catharine. Purdue University Press 2007 354 pages $43.95 Paperback Purdue studies in Romance literatures; v.40 PQ1631 A scholar specializing in Protestantism, Randall (Fordham U.) argues that Marguerite de...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
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