Annual Report on the Development of the Indian Ocean Region (2015)
21st Century Maritime Silk Road
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Control and coordination efforts are at the heart of MNE functioning. Yet, our review reveals that the literature on MNE control and coordination lacks conceptual clarity, which may hamper the development of t...
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Viewed as a nonfinancial resource residing in social relations, the concept of social capital has universal appeal. Given China’s distinct culture and tradition, however, whether and how social capital in Chin...
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Multinational enterprises (MNEs) sometimes pursue opportunities in largely uncharted, distinctive institutional environments. How do these firms sustain operations in such settings? We explore how MNEs tailor ...
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We explore the emerging body of research focusing on business ecosystems (BEs). The study of inter-organizational relationships has evolved from a focus at the level of firm, to the supply chain, the platform,...
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Previous studies indicate that consumers generally favor ads featuring racially similar models. However, distinctiveness theory suggests that people in a homogeneous society may not treat race as a similarity ...
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Learning from the three cases, by combining the common features of each phase, this chapter is to develop the typical life cycle of a business ecosystem. Moore’s life cycle was mainly developed from a stable P...
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The mobile phone industry has experienced dramatic changes in the last five years. In the West, while Apple has dominated the industry and Samsung has risen in popularity, previously established players such a...
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This chapter concludes the book by summarising the research findings, discussing their theoretical and practical implications, and suggesting future research directions as below:
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This chapter has two aims:
to discuss the key research framework and research questions; to develop the appropriate research...
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Intel is an IDM (Integrated Device Manufacturer) company and is the top player in the semiconductor industry. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968, based in Santa Clara, California. Intel mostly focused on the c...
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ARM is the world’s leading semiconductor IP (intellectual property) supplier. IP1 is designed to generate a specific function, which is equivalent to the heart of semiconductor chips. ARM has offered the IP licen...
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MediaTek (MTK), founded in 1997,1 was a leading IC design company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. The company was a market leader and well known for its single-chip solutions for mob...
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This chapter categorises the different configuration patterns of business ecosystems through the data gathered from exploratory and main cases. The outcome of this chapter focuses on the following objectives: ...
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By studying exploratory cases in the mobile computing industry, this chapter seeks to explore and discuss emerging industrial issues with which the business ecosystem research is booming.
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The five-phase business ecosystem life cycle (BELC) has been developed as well as the ecosystems’ construct and configuration patterns along the life cycle. This chapter especially addresses the question of ho...
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This chapter will re-examine how the relevant manufacturing system theories tackle the emerging industrial challenges: uncertainty and interoperability which identify the research gaps — the potential and dema...
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As learned from the review of existing literature, the constructs of a business ecosystem should be addressed further as the system could be understood through exploring its constructive elements (Von Bertalan...
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As China seriously lacks trained and experienced personnel at its current stage of development, management consultancy may be adopted as an economical solution to improve efficiency and performance. However, a...