Solowian view on miracle growth rate in NIEs as a result of productivity growth whereas many others (e.g. Krugman [1997]) convince that broad capital accumulation is only true engine underlying NIEs’ growth. Krugman’s view is correct in the short and mid terms, however in the long term, TFP is the main engine of growth. We underpin the importance of …xed costs, qualities of human capital, knowl...

Purpose – This paper seeks to elicit the challenges faced by the UAE dates industry in adopting and aligning its business strategy with the use of information system and information technology (IS/IT) within its operations. Design/methodology/approach – The adopted approach is based on the combination of conclusive feedback research technique and action research. The intention is to elicit back...

This paper examines the need for explicit representations of the design space, in response to Woodbury and Burrow. Specifically, their proposal for a particular search strategy, by means of which one can reuse past experiences explicitly represented by previously traversed paths, is examined. This is done by exploring issues with respect to design search and representation in general, while rel...

From around 2000 onwards, donors and recipient governments embarked upon a new aid paradigm. The most important elements include increased selectivity in the aid allocation, more ownership of recipient countries based on nationally elaborated Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), and more donor alignment and harmonization via programme-based approaches such as budget support. The paper ass...

We present an empirical analysis of product differentiation using a new dynamic panel data set on film programming choice in a major U.S. metropolitan motion-pictures exhibition market. Using these data, we compute two measures of film programming choice, which allow us to investigate the determinants of strategic product differentiation in a multi-characteristics space. Our evidence is consist...

At present, in spite of its increasing diffusion in the industrial world, Ecodesign seems to be not successful from a marketing perspective, i.e. development of successful products. The main reason of this situation can be found in the inability of most companies to persuade customers by appealing to understanding the higher value of their eco-products, which is a critical missing factor that h...

Based on the environment-strategy-performance paradigm, the paper constructs a theoretical framework on the relationship among government regulations, manufacturing strategy and performance. Using structural equation model and a sample of 135 SME of Jiangsu Province, this paper examines the relationship among government regulations, manufacturing strategy and performance, the result of which sh...

Please consider the environment before printing this document In today’s competitive global business environment virtually all firms work diligently to analyze alternatives and to create a business strategy that enables competitive advantage. Once the strategy has been defined however, nine out of ten organizations fail to implement it effectively.1 Trends such as globalization, increasingly em...

In a human-computer dialogue system, the dialogue strategy can range from very restrictive to highly flexible. Each specific dialogue style has its pros and cons and a dialogue system needs to select the most appropriate style for a given user. During the course of interaction, the dialogue style can change based on a user’s response and the system observation of the user. This allows a dialogu...

Assessing a system’s vulnerability is a widely used method to estimate the effects of risks. In the past years, increasingly dynamic vulnerability assessments were developed to display changes in vulnerability over time (e.g. in climate change, coastal vulnerability, and flood management). This implies that the dynamic influences of management strategies on vulnerability need to be considered i...