No. of Pages 23 ARTICLE IN PRESS i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l o f m e d i c a l i n f o r m a t i c s x x x ( 2 0 1 1 ) xxx–xxx journal homepage: www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/ijmi Older adults: Are they ready to adopt health-related ICT? Tsipi Heart ∗ , Efrat Kalderon Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel a r t i c l e Article history: i n f o a b s t r a c t Background: : The proportion of older adults
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FIRST-MOVER ADVANTAGES Marvin B. Lieberman David B. Montgomery’ October 1987 Research Paper No. 969 //~‘L~ 1The authors are, respectively, Assistant Professor of Business Policy, and Robert A. Magowan Professor of Marketing, at the Stanford Business School. We thank Piet Vanden Abeele, Rajiv Lal, Mark Satterthwaite and Birger Wernerfelt for helpfiul discussions on earlier drafts. The Strategic Management Program at Stanford Business School provided financial support. / ~‘N ~ Abstract
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CASE STUDY No. 1: FOOD AND BEVERAGES AT SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAMES GROUP 3: Bascos, Regina Domingo, Eina Gali, Geralyn Lirio, Pau Plaza, Mayet Tecson Carla I. CASE BACKGROUND Southwestern University (SWU) is a state college and long time football power house as one of the top 20. With its goal of reaching the no.1 ranking, in 2010 they hired the legendary Bo Pitterno as head coach. After just announcing the new coach’s arrival, from an average
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Analysis of the Use of the Blue Ocean Strategy; Case Study Analysis on 14 Different Agencies Zainal Abidin Mohamed, Graduate School of Management/ Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Putra Malaysia E-mail: zainal@econ.upm.edu.my ABStrAct Fourteen companies who have applied the use of Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) participated in this study through the case study approach. Basically, the data were focussed on the four action framework of BOS namely eliminate, reduce, raise and create activities
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putting greater emphasis on maintaining a balance of cost versus service than the cost-centered focus found in a prior study. Research limitations/implications – This study focused on US retailers and therefore results should be cautiously extended to the retailing environment in other countries. Practical implications – Retailing is not a “one size fits all” business, and study results suggest the SCM strategies used by retailers depend greatly on the nature of each retailer’s model. However, the
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Vertex R&D portfolio Decision Joshua Boger, CEO of Vertex has to decide on two out of four R&D portfolios that are to be fully funded by Vertex and to decide on the fate of the other two portfolios i.e. whether to partner or hold them as backups. In order to decide on the R&D portfolio, an objective quantitative analysis might not be suitable considering the high levels of uncertainities and consequently the risks involved in pharmaceutical research projects. It is important to have a qualitative
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he purpose of this study is to determine 1) the effectiveness of perfume packaging in representing its brand personality; and 2) its effectiveness in conveying the desired traits. The study was conducted through a quantitative approach in which Gucci Envy Me and Christian Dior J’adore were examined as the subject perfume brand to a sample group of 400 women at the age of 18 years and older in representation of the brands’ target consumers. In conducting the study, the sample group was given
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Journal of International Business Studies (2009) 40, 901–925 & 2009 Academy of International Business All rights reserved 0047-2506 www.jibs.net Why are companies offshoring innovation? The emerging global race for talent Arie Y Lewin1, Silvia Massini2 and Carine Peeters3 The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, USA; 2Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; 3 Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Brussels, Belgium Correspondence:
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PROCESS OF THE THE INTERNATIONALIZATION DEVELOPMENT FIRM-A MODELOF KNOWLEDGE FOREIGN AND INCREASING MARKET COMMITMENTS JAN JOHANSON* Center of International Business Studies University of Uppsala JAN-ERIK VAHLNE* Institute of International Business Stockholm School of Economics Abstract. On the basis of empirical research, a model of the internationalization the firm is developed. The model focuses on the gradual acquisition, integration knowledge about foreign markets and operations, and on
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Innovation and project development: an impossible equation? Lessons from an innovative automobile project development Franck Aggeri and Blanche Segrestin Ecole des Mines de Paris, 60 Boulevard Saint Michel, 75272 Paris cedex 06, France. Franck.Aggeri@cgs.ensmp.fr; Blanche.Segrestin@cgs.ensmp.fr Product development performance has become a key issue for car manufacturers. But innovation seeks to outperform dominant design, whereas project development targets welldefined areas (costs, lead
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