...). It is the RSN's activities that constitute the network processes. The analytical model appears in Figure 1 . The importance of relationships and networks for business development (BD) is widely acknowledged (Bessant, 1995 ; Rosenfeld, 1996 ; Håkansson et al., 2004 ; McDonald et al., 2006...

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... million (about US$900,000) in form of bad debt (Bamisile, 2006). Despite this policy direction, insecurity, corruption, and poor infrastructure prevent them from really serving as motors of growth (Kauffmann, 2005). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Credit Business development...

... on industrial coordination and strategy, or the economics of ICT standards, are especially needed. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Process management Business development Human resource management Information systems Recruitment Standardization To answer this question, we...

... Organizational structures Business development Corporate ownership Business groups have been known under various names across countries, such as the keiretsu in Japan, the chaebol in South Korea, grupos in Spain, the qiye jituan in mainland China, and business houses...

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... it. Finally, success is measured by the level of attainment of these goals. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Small enterprises Business development Business performance Finland The importance of small and microbusinesses is widely acknowledged. For example, in Finland only...

... sound and rigorous business model conceptualizations. To advance this new field the paper concludes that the taxonomical criteria can aid in the future research endeavors to design relevant business model conceptualizations. General management Business development Business enterprise ©...

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