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Task co‐use and product improvement: An organization design perspective

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Co‐using tasks—using the same task to produce more than one product—promises economies of scope. However, task co‐use also ties products together, changing a firm's task network by introducing cross‐product interdependencies. In light of these interdependencies, we identify an unrecognized downside of task co‐use for product ...
Johanna Glauber, Tobias Kretschmer
wiley   +1 more source

Managerial actions using historical values for tackling hyper‐competitive environments: The case of Toyota

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study provides a causal explanation concerning how managerial actions using historical values contribute to dynamic capabilities, or sustaining competitive advantage in changing environments. Based on historical methods that consist mainly of hermeneutics, contextualization, and source criticism, it analyzes sources and ...
Katsuki Aoki
wiley   +1 more source

The practice of sustainable fashion of luxury boutique fashion brands in Vietnam: What go right, and what go wrong. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Nguyen KT, Nguyen PN, Nguyen LTV, Nayak R, Nguyen TQ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The History and Ideas of George Herbert Mead's Pragmatism and Its Relevance for Operational Research and Systems Thinkers

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT George Herbert Mead is an oft forgotten or ignored American philosopher who was one of the originators of pragmatism. Today, he is recognised as a creative thinker who has teased out knotty problems that others in the field had not realised were problems. Understanding Mead's analysis has been made difficult because he died prematurely without
Richard Ormerod
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Consumer Adoption of Luxury Products via Instagram Marketing: A Machine Learning Approach. [PDF]

F1000Res
Nallasivam A, S GK, Jagadeeswari IU, Desai G, Bandhu D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Bird's Eye View of English Grammar: Connecting the Dots in Two Dimensions

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the past few decades, discussions on grammar instruction have primarily focused on teaching methodologies, such as whether grammar should be taught explicitly or implicitly, and whether the focus should be on form or forms. This paper, however, shifts the focus to grammar itself, aiming to provide a “shape” for pedagogical grammar.
Akira Tajino, Yoshitaka Kato
wiley   +1 more source

When Low Independence Fuels Luxury Consumption: Uniqueness as a Defense Mechanism During Collective Threats. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Yook J, Han S.
europepmc   +1 more source

“I Own My Life Now”: Implications of Trauma Survivors' Language Acquisition for a Pedagogy of Empowerment in TESOL

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the language experiences of refugees and asylum seekers who survived sex trafficking, domestic slavery, and sexuality‐based persecution. Drawing on a longitudinal study of 15 respondents followed across two time points separated by 6 years, all members of an England‐based therapeutic community, we focus here on four ...
Sally Rachel Cook, Jean Marc Dewaele
wiley   +1 more source

Vulgar things: Moral dilemmas of luxury consumption in an unequal society. [PDF]

J Consum Cult
Huigen B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Luxury brands : a study of consumers' motivation to purchase luxury brands

, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine consumers’ motives for buying luxury brands. The underlying motivation for why consumers buy luxury branded products is a field that is still lacking former research. The main objective of my research in this thesis was thus to provide new, interesting discoveries to the phenomenon luxury and purchasing motives.
openaire   +1 more source