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Influence of Customer Orientation Posture on Transient Competitive Advantage Adoption among Private Hospitals in Nairobi City County, Kenya

open access: yesThe University Journal, 2023
Dynamic changes in business environment have led to switch from pursuit of sustained competitive advantage to transient competitive advantage which enables the firm to adapt swiftly to a fast-changing environment. This study’s’ purpose was to assess the influence customer orientation, on the adoption of transient competitive advantage by private multi ...
Veronicah Kaluyu, Lawrence Odollo
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Modeling the Bimodal Behavior of Self-Repairing Optical Window Systems Prone to Brittle Failure

open access: yesФізика і хімія твердого тіла, 2019
Using an exact solution for transient state population of a three-stage absorbing Markov chain the problem ofmodeling the bimodal behavior of three window materials represented as some self-repairing optical systemsprone to brittle failure is considered ...
O. L. Kapitanchuk, V. I. Teslenko
doaj   +1 more source

Natural variation in preparation for nutrient depletion reveals a cost-benefit tradeoff. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2015
Maximizing growth and survival in the face of a complex, time-varying environment is a common problem for single-celled organisms in the wild. When offered two different sugars as carbon sources, microorganisms first consume the preferred sugar, then ...
Jue Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resource-Based View of Information Systems: Sustainable and Transient Competitive Advantage Perspectives

open access: yesAustralasian Journal of Information Systems, 2018
The resource-based view (RBV), or resource-based theory, is one of the oldest and most influential theories in the field of information systems. This paper contends that it is timely to revisit, reflect on, and reposition RBV to ensure its continued disciplinary relevance and progress.
Gaurav Gupta   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Adjustment of corporate real estate during a period of significant business change

open access: yesInternational Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2019
This paper seeks to understand whether the alignment process between business strategy and Corporate Real Estate (CRE) between 2007 and 2014 was dynamic.
Howard Cooke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persistent and Transient Efficiency of International Airlines

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2018
This paper examines the efficiency of international airlines for the period 1998-2012 using some competing stochastic frontier (SF) panel data models.
Almas Heshmati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Notch2 blockade enhances hematopoietic stem cell mobilization and homing

open access: yesHaematologica, 2017
Despite use of newer approaches, some patients being considered for autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) may only mobilize limited numbers of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) into blood, precluding use of the procedure, or being ...
Weihuan Wang   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colloidal Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Ultrafast Optical Switching and Laser Pulse Generation

open access: yesFrontiers in Materials, 2018
Light-matter interactions are greatly enhanced and spatially well-confined in plasmonic nanostructures in the spectral resonance range. In colloidal plasmonic nanoparticle (NP), this effect is manifested by the strong absorption caused by the collective ...
Xiaofeng Liu
doaj   +1 more source

Structure‐forward targeting of claudins with synthetic binders

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Claudins form the paracellular barriers between epithelial and endothelial tissues at tight junctions and are targets for molecular binders with the goal of modulating barrier permeability. Claudin‐binding molecules are relevant in drug delivery or in altering claudin interactions with disease‐causing proteins.
Alex J. Vecchio
wiley   +1 more source

L-serine promotes pro-carcinogenic effects of colibactin-producing E. coli

open access: yesGut Microbes
Colonic tissues are abnormally colonized by colibactin-producing Escherichia coli (CoPEC) in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. CoPECs have been shown to promote colorectal carcinogenesis in several pre-clinical CRC mouse models.
Amandine Devaux   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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