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Abstract We analyse the behaviour of multinational enterprises (MNEs) within a host nation – Australia – during deglobalization (1914–79). Deglobalization is often portrayed as a drastic event to which MNEs respond swiftly, probably through withdrawal from host countries.
Pierre Van der Eng +4 more
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APPLICATION OF CRM-SYSTEMS IN THE WORK OF RETAIL FRANCHISE NETWORKS
In this article, CMR-systems as a tool for increasing the efficiency of a company's interaction with clients are characterized. The essence of CRM-systems and the role of their implementation at an enterprise are determined. The main functions and benefits of using CRM are defined.
Smirnova, Elena +3 more
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Liberate or Subjugate Them? The Effect of Supplier Dependence on Buyer Innovation
ABSTRACT This study extends the current understanding of buyer–supplier relationships (BSRs) and innovation by investigating the supplier dependence—buyer innovation relationship. Drawing from resource dependence and exploration‐exploitation perspectives, we hypothesize that supplier dependence negatively affects buyer innovation performance, and that ...
Chanchai Tangpong +4 more
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Regulation, Competition and Liberalization [PDF]
In many countries throughout the world, regulators are struggling to determine whether and how to introduce competition into regulated industries. This essay examines the complexities involved in the liberalization process. While stressing the importance
David Sappington, Mark Armstrong
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Learning Through Co‐opetition: How Knowledge Sharing Builds Supply Chain Resilience
ABSTRACT This study explores how knowledge sharing among competing firms (co‐opetition) influences risk management and enhances supply chain resilience. Grounded in organizational learning theory, the study examines how co‐opetition enhances firms' visibility into the emerging challenges of tomorrow's world, enabling proactive risk management that can ...
Jacob C. Jensen +4 more
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Determinants of E-commerce adoption by franchisors: Insights from the U.S. market [PDF]
E-commerce has grown tremendously over the past decade. This paper focuses on E-commerce adoption within the franchising sector. We formulate various hypotheses on the factors that influence the adoption of an E-commerce strategy by franchisors, namely ...
Rozenn Perrigot, Thierry Pénard
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Grocery Retail Location Patterns in Brno: Clustering, Inequality and Street Network Centrality
Abstract This study aims to evaluate the spatial distribution and clustering patterns of grocery retail chains in Brno, Czech Republic, focusing on national and multinational stores. By employing Geographic Information Systems and advanced spatial analysis techniques, including the nearest neighbour method, standard deviational ellipse, Kernel density ...
Josef Kunc +5 more
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Abstract Research Summary We study how the entry of a rival platform affects the strategies of the incumbent's complementors. The latter face a trade‐off: While the entry threatens their benefits from indirect network effects, it also allows them to escape intense within‐platform competition.
Johannes Loh, Ambre Elsas‐Nicolle
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Franchise in Romanian tourism [PDF]
Both on national and international scale, tourism business is improving continuously, by adjusting to the tourists' demands, resulting in modification and adaptation of organization and association forms in this area.
Bunea-Bontaş, Cristina Aurora +1 more
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Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
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