33 Result(s)
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Navigating MNE control and coordination: A critical review and directions for future research
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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Managerial negative interpretation and environmental CSR: Evidence from China
This study takes a managerial cognition perspective and investigates how managerial negative interpretation of the external environment influences firm engagement in environmental CSR. We also explore how owne...
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Open AccessDoes the height to entrepreneurship nexus have two stages? New evidence from 27 nations
We examine the association between height and entrepreneurship in 27 nations, finding that the relationship between height and entrepreneurship can be considered to be a two-stage process. During the first sta...
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A privacy protection method for health care big data management based on risk access control
With the rapid development of modern information technology, the health care industry is entering a critical stage of intelligence. Faced with the growing health care big data, information security issues are ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Distribution of the Profit in Used Mobile Phone Recovery Based on EPR
In 2018, more than 300 million used mobile phones were produced, but the recovery rate of regular channels was less than 5%. Most of the recyclers were unwilling to recycle low-value used mobile phones, which ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Emergency Evacuation Model for Large Multistory Buildings with Usual Entrances and Emergency Exits
When emergencies such as fires, earthquakes or terrorist attacks occur, the effective evacuation of all personnel from buildings is the primary objective. Sometimes, in order to further reduce the losses, we s...
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The China-West divide on social capital: A meta-analysis
The mixed empirical results on the impact of social capital call for a better understanding of the conditioning effect of contextual differences. We conducted a meta-analysis to assess whether and how social c...
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Syndication through social embeddedness: A comparison of foreign, private and state-owned venture capital (VC) firms
This paper explores the different syndication behavior in various types of Chinese venture capitals (VC), in particular it focuses on foreign, private-owned and state-owned VC firms and these firms’ behavior w...
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Adapting and sustaining operations in weak institutional environments: A business ecosystem assessment of a Chinese MNE in Central Africa
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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Initial submarket positioning and firm survival: evidence from the British automobile industry, 1895–1970
A firm’s initial choice of its submarket may have a long-lasting influence on its subsequent performance. By examining the duration of firm survival in the British automobile industry between 1895 and 1970, we...
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Does social exchange relationship impair audit committee effectiveness?
This research applies the three-tier agency theory and social exchange theory to study the role of audit committees in improving financial reporting quality and reducing the likelihood of earnings restatements...
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Good Laboratory Practice for optimization research
Good Laboratory Practice has been a part of non-clinical research for over 40 years. Optimization Research, despite having many papers discussing standards being published over the same period of time, has yet...
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Solving non-linear portfolio optimization problems with interval analysis
Estimation errors or uncertainities in expected return and risk measures create difficulties for portfolio optimization. The literature deals with the uncertainty using stochastic, fuzzy or probability program...
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The Business Ecosystem Life Cycle and Its Phase-Ending Status
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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Introduction
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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Conclusion and Discussion
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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Research Design
This chapter has two aims:
to discuss the key research framework and research questions;
to develop the appropriate research...
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Intel Re-Enters the Mobile Computing Business Ecosystem
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 Nurtures the Business Ecosystem from the Beginning
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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MTK Enhances the Business Ecosystem Efficiency
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...
