Firm boundaries have been the subject of much scholarly interest in recent years, as firms increasingly hire external, "contingent" workers and outsource previously core activities. However, little empirical research has ...

This thesis explores the potential improvements in Revenue Management from two distinct perspectives. The first piece of work is to explore the potential operational improvements, in which we aim to develop competitive and ...

In 1975, Allentown, Pennsylvania and Youngstown, Ohio could be considered of a piece. Both were mid-sized cities in which nearly 35% of the local work force was employed in manufacturing. By 1983, both had taken on the ...

The evolution of the internet, digital design tools, and more importantly, increasing access to global markets and workforce, has increased the interest of firms in offshoring their engineering and product development ...