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Handling resource deficiencies through resource interaction in business networks
Full text linkThis paper conceptualizes how to handle resource deficiencies due to disruption and turbulence in supply chains from an Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) perspective. A conceptual framework explores how three resource deficiencies, resource scarcity, resource quality, and lack of availability, impacts upon, and is mitigated via, resource interaction. There is a need for reconfiguring resources to cope with both temporary and permanent disruptions in handling resource deficiencies in complex, turbulent contexts. The three deficiencies can occur within a business network both separately and in combination. The paper outlines a dynamic capabilities perspective on resource deficiencies in business networks by linking resource interaction and capabilities. The reality of resource deficiencies requires a sense of urgency; they are disruptive and most likely unplanned. This challenges mainstream IMP understanding about the dynamics of resource development
The role of strategic alliances and networks on the organizing of wine trade between Portugal and Norway
Full text linkThis thesis entitled The role of Strategic Alliances and Networks on the organizing of wine
trade between Portugal and Norway, offers a view about the networks and the strategic
alliances in place in the export of Portuguese wine to the Norwegian market. The author of
this study uses existing literature and qualitative methods to explore the most significant traits
of this relation.
To understand the present situation and role that strategic alliances and strategic networks
have on the organizing of the wine trade between Portugal and Norway, and to verify a set of
hypotheses, the researcher conducted interviews with ten selected organizations with
relevance for his study. The author was not able to find any study on the wine trade between
Portugal and Norway of this kind, leading him to believe that this study is the first about this
specific case. Therefore, the author focused his efforts on understanding the reasoning and
implicit perceptions of each participant. A schematic representation of the structure and
interlinks of the wine trade is provided.
This study found that (1) there is a low level of collaboration between Portuguese wine
producers to explore the Norwegian market due to social/cultural and economical aspects; (2)
the competitive advantage created by interfirm alliances between Portuguese wine producers
and Norwegian wine importers despite important for their success is not sufficient to balance
the dominant position of the wine monopoly; (3) the partner´s knowledge is most valued by
firms in the strategic alliances between Portuguese wine producers and Norwegian wine
importers, being at the center of collaboration; and (4) trust emerges from the experience of
interaction between the members of the alliance, is perceived as part of the culture of the
sector, and is critical for the continuity and success of the functioning of the partnership.
Finally, the author of this study discusses his findings by establishing connections with the
relevant literature, and suggests future research about this trade, which addressees the
limitations of this study and fosters the development of other aspects
Strategic planning as practice : in a logistics family firm context
Full text linkAlthough SMEs and especially family firms are highly influencing the
economy of most countries, there has not been a sophisticated amount of research
covering this field. This master thesis set out to widen the understanding of
strategy as practice perspective in a family firm context. This perspective, which
could gain an increasing followership over the last years, should support
academics to develop an understanding of actual strategy making at a family
business context. These practices of strategy appear to vary from firm to firm,
since each company develops unique rules of game. Strategic planning as one part
of strategy as practices perspective should be in focus of this thesis. By combining
in-depth literature analysis of strategy as practice perspective and strategic
planning theory with several months of empirical research, the author hoped one
the side to solidify the proposed three dimensional model of Nordqvist and Melin
(2010) and on the other side to further enhance that model. Both goals could be
achieved over the discourse of the study. The focal firm not only confirms the
three dimensions: planning modes, planning motives and planning arenas, but also
revealed the emergence of a fourth dimension the so-called planning impulses.
Furthermore, the author uncovered a salient aspect of the four dimensions by
adding the existence of networks and their effect on the organization to the
equation. This contribution to the strategic planning theory as well as the strategy
as practice perspective can help researcher to further comprehend the actual
strategy making practices of family firms
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Resource interaction and resource integration: Similarities, differences, reflections
Full text linkThe purpose of this paper is to provide a state-of-the-art comparison of the conceptualization of resources in ‘Resource Interaction’ (IMP) and ‘Resource Integration’ (SDL). Both are engaged with understanding how value is (co)-created, but with different emphases. Existing comparisons are limited and out of date. We trace how each has evolved over time by analyzing key developments. The focus of SDL has shifted from operant resources towards resource integration, and from a dyadic view towards ecosystem contexts. Within IMP, research takes a network perspective in investigating the nature of resource interaction in a variety of empirical contexts. An analysis of similarities and differences highlights key assumptions, the classification of resources, and the role for the actor. The comparison offers a thorough understanding of Resource Interaction and Resource Integration. The paper concludes by proposing suggestions for further research for Resource Interaction
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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