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Post-M&A absorption-related invention capacity in the biopharmaceutical industry.
No full textRecognizing the importance of external knowledge flows is fundamental in sectors characterized by dynamic information and strong intellectual property rights (Chesbrough, 2003). Consequently, firms have progressively forsaken the idea that new knowledge has to be generated through internal processes (Arora et al., 2001; Gans and Stern, 2003) and have begun considering external knowledge appropriation. From this perspective, strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are alternative organizational forms that, besides being renowned for their ability to promote entry into new markets and their effectiveness to achieve economies of scale and scope, have progressively become efficient means to access and assimilate knowledge from other organizations (De Man and Duysters, 2005)
Turismo del benessere e offerta agrituristica: l’agri-SPA come nuovo modello di business
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The evolution of OSS governance: a dimensional comparative analysis
No full textThe competiveness of Open Source Software (OSS) communities depends on the quantity and combination of resources and competencies attracted to and retained at each stage of the innovation process. To this purpose, given the lack of proprietary control over source code, the way mechanisms of governance combine through a coherent and emergent process of governance is important to shaping the attractiveness and sustainability of these communities. Despite their importance, we still know little about how governance mechanisms are combined in OSS communities. This paper contributes to filling part of that gap. The study is based on an explorative factor analysis conducted on a database of 40 case studies of OSS projects hosted in Freshmeat. The results show OSS governance is configurational, and highlights four likely configurations of governance. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd
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