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This paper explores the robustness of materials selection decisions when using various life-cycle assessment methods. Improving the environmental performance of vehicles is a topic of growing concern met by today’s designer. One approach to this goal is through vehicle mass reduction, enabled through the implementation of a growing array of material candidates. While LCA methods are available t...

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Alliance research has traditionally focused on structural and relational aspects of the networks in which firms are situated, paying less attention to the inherent characteristics of their partners. This study introduces the notion of alliance portfolio internationalization (API), which refers to the degree of foreignness of partners in a firm’s collection of immediate alliance relationships. W...

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Interorganizational relationships (IORs, e.g. alliances) have become increasingly popular across industries – particularly in knowledge-intensive industries as organizations seek ways to learn and innovate at a faster pace. Health care organizations have been especially inclined to form IORs recently, with many joining quality improvement collaboratives, in which multidisciplinary teams from mu...