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From Disunited to Joint Action: Dialogue Reflecting the Construction of Organizational Identity After a Merger
(SAGE Publications, 2015-08-10)
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Inter-organizational collaboration can be understood as a product of sets of conversations that draw on existing discourses. This article examines one public organization going through a fundamental organizational change. ...
Does market orientation pay off without brand orientation? A study of small business entrepreneurs
(Informa UK Limited, 2015)
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Market orientation and brand orientation are usually modelled as distinct antecedents of business performance, and the simultaneous performance effects of these orientations are empirically under-explored. Moreover, studies ...
Feelings over facts – a university merger brings organisational identity to the forefront
(Informa UK Limited, 2015)
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This article presents a qualitative case study based on an analysis of the outcomes and meanings attributed by university academics to an institutional merger, from the perspective of organisational identity. The change ...
Survivor - innovation: Dynamism and instability in networks
(International society of professional innovation management, 2015)
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In intra- and interorganizational innovation networks, complementary, collaborative, coopetitive and competitive elements are present continuously. This can give start to instability and tensions that eventually lead to ...
Engaging consumers online through websites and social media: A gender study of Italian Generation Y clothing consumers
(Elsevier BV, 2015)
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Consumers increasingly search for, evaluate, and buy items via social media and websites, but little is known about how these activities affect their level of trust, attitudes toward online retailing, and online shopping ...
Client-consultant interaction: the dynamics of and conflicts in value co-creation and co-destruction
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2015)
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The paper explores how value is co-created and co-destructed in the social interaction between consultants and clients. Prior research on management consultancy as service production has elaborated on the question of how ...
The Dynamics of Co-creation and Co-destruction: A Company-Consultant Interaction
(Bloomsbury Publishing India, 2015)
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The case study examines how a consultant and a client make sense of their mutual interaction, the aim of which was to co-create value for the client’s business. The theoretical framework of the study draws from the discussions ...
An examination of strategic orientation profiles of low- and high-performing international SMEs
(Australian & new zealand marketing academy conference, 2015-11-30)
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Strategic orientations are believed to be associated with the international performance of SMEs, but empirical evidence on the subject is scarce. Addressing this research gap, the present study examines whether low- and ...
Self-employment in a worker co-operative: Finding a balance between individual and community needs
(The Committee on Co-operative Research (CCR), 2015)
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This research explores self-employment in a worker co-operative context. The empirical case study was conducted using qualitative methods, with a focus on interpreting the motivations for choosing a co-operative as a ...
From Top Research to Business - A Case Study of the Barriers Involved with Academic Commercialization
(Bloomsbury India, 2015)
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This intensive case study examines the barriers for commercializing academic research. The data is collected from a twoyear commercialization project, KnoPro, in which one university, several life science companies, and a ...