infonet-economy

This study examines the effects of hybrid product and organizational identities on members’ identification with their organization. Borrowing from the identity congruence model of Foreman and Whetten (2002), the effects of dual identities are operationalized in the form of a current-ideal congruence of normative and utilitarian organizational identity elements. In addition, products…

Growing requirements for accountability and risk management put decentralized models of public governance under pressure. This article investigates the drivers for change from a completely decentralized, network-oriented model to a more centralized, and procedural governance model of school restaurants in a Swiss city. It focuses on the pressures and challenges that this municipality…

While business model innovations are critical to a company’s long-term survival, they are still poorly understood compared to other kinds of innovations. In this paper, we investigate prior research and reframe business model innovation through a practitioner lens. We report on a content analysis of interviews with CEOs of small and medium enterprises in the technology industry, with…

Internationalization speed currently receives once again substantial attention in the internationalization literature. Internationalization speed already formed an integral part of the incremental approach to internationalization 40 years ago. It received center stage position in the more recent born global and international new venture debate. However, there are new developments in…

This paper explores the extent to which Idiosyncratic risk of the target increases acquires shareholders wealth in cross-border takeovers. Using a sample on 15,619 cross-border takeovers, we find that cross-border add value to target firms stockholders. Our results show that the well documented superior acquirer gains in cross-border deals do not persist for firms with low…

Customer relationship management (CRM) is one of the most frequently adopted management tools and has received much attention in the literature. This study advances research on CRM by investigating the impact of the relative time according to which interventions are implemented in different areas (customer management, CRM technology, organizational alignment, and CRM strategy) on CRM…

L’interrogation liée à la manière dont la volatilité de cash-flow affecte la valeur des entreprises a également suscité un intérêt considérable de la part des économistes financiers. Les débats théoriques et les preuves empiriques, ne sont pas concluants. Les débats théoriques et les preuves empiriques mixtes nous ont amené à proposer un éclairage nouveau sur cette question dans le…

Using data on corporate venture capital (CVC) investments by US corporations between 2001 and 2013, we analyze their CVC expenditures based on their positions in syndication networks and their financial resources. The generalized-method-of-moments models used show that these companies’ annual CVC expenditures depend on the number of co-financing relationships they have and their cash…