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The Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of current strategic management issues and demarcates the major investigation strands that are likely to shape the field into the future. The Handbook is the outcome of a far-reaching endeavour including new contributions from highly-reputed experts around the world, outlining the conceptual and empirical advancements and assessing the promises and practical relevance of the competitive strategy field. Looking at key areas such as alliances and innovation, ownership and networks, coopetition and entrepreneurship, multinational and trust management, and firm's financial structures and business m...
'A remarkably insightful collection of contributions, combining the strategy capability and the knowledge creation and sharing perspectives. Very useful reading for the serious scholar.' - Yves L. Doz, INSEAD, France This volume is the imaginative outcome of several international strategy scholars who have cultivated original research on the broad relationship between strategic capabilities and knowledge transfer at both intra- and inter-organizational levels.
The economic power of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) is rapidly increasing, changing the landscape of global economics and politics. Top scholars of international business address in this vital volume the markets, strategy implications, challenges and possibilities of this new economic reality. As these four nations acquire greater economic clout, the opportunities for other countries increase. The contributors describe the favorable circumstances these evolving economies could provide for the US and other countries, such as expanded markets and services, higher returns on investments, and new partners in building a more peaceful and prosperous world. In contrast, they also discuss ...
This insightful and comprehensive Handbook explores the concept of start-up incubation ecosystems, investigating the various factors that interact to provide a nurturing environment suitable for the successful development of start-ups and illustrating the critical part this plays within entrepreneurial ecosystems. Chapters include literature reviews, theoretical studies, and empirical research featuring both quantitative and qualitative methods, using data from a range of countries analyzed by an international team of authors.
"Family firms represent over 90 per cent of businesses globally, and play a significant role in the economies of many nations. This innovative book takes an interdisciplinary, cross-national approach to the study of family firms as institutions as well as the relationship between family firms and external institutions. In doing so, it demonstrates the impact of these interactions both on the firms and institutions themselves and on the wider economic context. Featuring in-depth analysis of original research, chapters take both theoretical and empirical approaches to explore the family firm as an organization, and include several key case studies. At a micro level, the social and cultural uni...
This Handbook provides a comprehensive picture of the issues surrounding the structure, governance, and performance of private equity.
The promotion of entrepreneurship in higher education appears in the political spectrum as a new economic policy arena. In this field policy blanks and new kinds of problems need to be addressed. Scholars agree that many of the current structures and models in higher education do not fit the necessary requirements for the development of entrepreneurship training. New perspectives in this field can be gained through an analysis of the feasibility of a policy transfer of the German EXIST-II-Program to Mexico. This program was developed to address the entrepreneurial potential within higher educational institutions through the coordination of entrepreneurial efforts carried out by regional, nat...
Ad Alzapietra, un paese dell’entroterra siciliano arrampicato sui monti Nebrodi, una ditta sta curando la manutenzione di alcune pareti rocciose che rischiano di franare sull’abitato. Ad una richiesta estorsiva in stile mafioso segue un duplice omicidio: tra i cadaveri, il direttore dei lavori che non si era sottomesso al ricatto, sfregiato da un colpo di lupara in faccia. Tutto appare una logica concatenazione di eventi, come tante altre volte è già tragicamente accaduto in Sicilia nel campo dell’edilizia e del commercio. Ben presto emergerà invece, dietro la facciata delle cose, l’interesse bramoso per i terreni comunali da pascolo: appezzamenti da prendere in affitto e trasform...
Capitò di tutto, in Sicilia, tra il 1943 e il 1947. Anche che il migliore soldato tedesco fosse una donna, Eughenia Lenbach, bella e giovane. Una spia selezionata direttamente da Hitler per una missione di estrema importanza. Nome in codice “Uova del drago”: in caso di sconfitta del Reich sarà lei a dover organizzare presso le giovani generazioni focolai di riscossa. Ad aiutarla, proprio mentre gli Alleati sbarcano sull’isola, undici musulmani travestiti da frati cappuccini... Pietrangelo Buttafuoco mette in scena una storia vera, intricata e affascinante; e lo fa coniugando le cadenze di un robusto realismo venato di umori sulfurei con il ritmo fantastico del teatro dei pupi; fondendo il mondo corrusco e taciturno delle saghe nordiche con la loquace solarità mediterranea nell’unione più bizzarra eppure coerente che si possa immaginare.