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Tooth replacement patterns in Eutheriodontia
Ongoing study of the tooth replacement patterns in various eutheriodonts—the 250+ million year old ancestors to modern mammals—using X-ray microtomography.
Collaborators: Prof. Fernando Abdala, Prof. Bruce S, Rubidge, Prof. Jennifer Botha, & Pr...
Project · August 26, 2025
Demand-Side Strategy, Relational Advantage and Partner-Driven Corporate Scope: The Case for Client-Led Diversification
Abstract
We advance research on corporate diversification by joining insights from the demand-side and relational views in strategy to offer a novel theory of client-led diversification. We propose that client-led diversification results from a ...
Publication · August 26, 2025
Employee Mobility and Organizational Outcomes: An Integrative Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda
Abstract
A large and growing literature spanning multiple fields has identified employee mobility as a critical influence on several important organizational outcomes. However, extant research on the topic is highly fragmented and lacks a unifyin...
Publication · August 26, 2025
Client-Related Factors and Collaboration Between Human Assets
Abstract
Collaborations between individuals in firms have important implications for the development of relational and human capital. In knowledge-intensive contexts where collaborations are formed to deliver services to clients, collaboration d...
Publication · August 26, 2025
Relational Embeddedness, Breadth of Added Value Opportunities, and Business Growth
Abstract
The current paper complements and extends traditional Penrosean theories of firm growth by examining how a (supplier) firm’s relational embeddedness with its portfolio of existing buyers affects its business growth. Our theorizing rests...
Publication · August 26, 2025
Do you trust your policymakers? Effects of competence- and integrity-based trust on perceptions of sustainable food policies in Chile and Germany
In the global quest for containment of the climate crisis, government incentives and measures play an important role to promote consumers' preferences for sustainable products. For policies to be effective, achieving public acceptance is particula...
Publication · August 26, 2025