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Complementarity: Ensuring that Contracts Are Compatible with Collaborative Relationships
AbstractContracts, with their focus on safeguarding a firm’s interests, traditionally, have been considered to be incompatible with collaborative relationships. This chapter explains the basis for this incompatibility and considers how it may be resolved. The key to ensuring that contracts complement collaboration is in the way the coordination function of contracts is aligned with mutuality and consequent trust development. Even dysfunctional relationships may then be repaired.</jats:p
Open Innovation and Competitive Advantage: The Roles of Organizational Strategy and Corporate Risk Management
Aquesta tesi es desenvolupa a partir de la premissa de que el model d'innovació oberta millora les capacitats
innovadores de les empreses, influint en la gestió del risc empresarial, l’estratègia organitzativa i l'avantatge
competitiu. L’objectiu principal de l’estudi és, doncs, analitzar la relació de la innovació oberta amb la gestió del risc
corporativa, l’estratègia organitzativa i l’avantatge competitiu i, addicionalment, l’efecte mediador de la gestió del risc
corporativa en la relació entre la innovació oberta i l’estratègia organitzativa.
El marc teòric-conceptual es va elaborar a partir de la revisió bibliogràfica sobre el tema, de la qual es va derivar la
construcció del model analític, a partir del qual es van formular les hipòtesis de recerca dels estudis. La contrastació
empírica s’ha dut a terme a partir d'una metodologia quantitativa, que ha suposat la construcció d’un qüestionari que
s’ha aplicat, en forma d’enquesta en línia, a una mostra de màxims directius de 251 empreses del sector de l’hostaleria
a Portugal. Les dades primàries recollides van ser sotmeses a tractaments d’anàlisi estadística descriptiva i inferencial,
destacant l’aplicació del model d’equacions estructurals.
Els resultats d’aquesta tesi confirmen que (1) la innovació oberta millora positivament la gestió del risc empresarial,
l'estratègia organitzativa i l’avantatge competitiu i (2) la gestió del risc corporativa millora positivament l'estratègia
organitzativa i l’avantatge competitiu.Esta tesis se desarrolla a partir de la premisa de que el modelo de innovación abierta potencia las capacidades
innovadoras de las empresas, influyendo en la gestión del riesgo corporativo, la estrategia organizativa y la ventaja
competitiva. Así, el objetivo principal del estudio es analizar la relación de la innovación abierta con la gestión del
riesgo empresarial, la estrategia organizativa y la ventaja competitiva y, adicionalmente, el efecto mediador de la
gestión del riesgo empresarial en la relación entre la innovación abierta y la estrategia organizativa en esta relación.
El marco teórico-conceptual se elaboró a partir de la revisión de la literatura sobre el tema, de la que se derivó la
construcción del modelo analítico, a partir del cual se formularon las hipótesis de investigación de los estudios. La
contrastación empírica de las mismas se realizó a partir de una metodología cuantitativa, que implicó la construcción
de un cuestionario que se aplicó, en forma de encuesta online, a una muestra de 251 altos directivos de empresas del
sector de la hostelería en Portugal.
Los datos primarios recogidos fueron sometidos a tratamientos de análisis estadístico descriptivo e inferencial,
destacando la aplicación del modelo de ecuaciones estructurales.This thesis is developed from the premise that the open innovation model enhances the innovative capabilities of firms,
influencing corporate risk management, organizational strategy and competitive advantage. The main objective of the
study is thus to analyse the relationship of open innovation with corporate risk management, organizational strategy
and competitive advantage and, additionally, the mediating effect of corporate risk management on the relationship
between open innovation and organizational strategy in this relationship.
The theoretical-conceptual framework was elaborated based on the literature review on the subject, from which the
construction of the analytical model was derived, from which the research hypotheses of the studies were formulated.
The empirical contrasting of these was carried out based on a quantitative methodology, which involved the
construction of a questionnaire that was applied, in the form of an online survey, to a sample of 251 firms’ top
managers in the hospitality sector in Portugal. The primary data collected were subjected to descriptiv
A Multi-level Analysis on Implementation of Low-Cost IVF in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Uganda.
Introduction: Globally, infertility is a major reproductive disease that affects an estimated 186 million people worldwide. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of infertility is considerably high, affecting one in every four couples of reproductive age. Furthermore, infertility in this context has severe psychosocial, emotional, economic and health consequences. Absence of affordable fertility services in Sub-Saharan Africa has been justified by overpopulation and limited resources, resulting in inequitable access to infertility treatment compared to developed countries. Therefore, low-cost IVF (LCIVF) initiatives have been developed to simplify IVF-related treatment, reduce costs, and improve access to treatment for individuals in low-resource contexts. However, there is a gap between the development of LCIVF initiatives and their implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda is the first country in East and Central Africa to undergo implementation of LCIVF initiatives within its public health system at Mulago Women’s Hospital.
Methods: This was an exploratory, qualitative, single, case study conducted at Mulago Women’s Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. The objective of this study was to explore how LCIVF initiatives have been implemented within the public health system of Uganda at the macro-, meso- and micro-level. Primary qualitative data was collected using semi-structured interviews, hospital observations informal conversations, and document review. Using purposive and snowball sampling, a total of twenty-three key informants were interviewed including government officials, clinicians (doctors, nurses, technicians), hospital management, implementers, patient advocacy representatives, private sector practitioners, international organizational representatives, educational institution, and professional medical associations. Sources of secondary data included government and non-government reports, hospital records, organizational briefs, and press outputs. Using a multi-level data analysis approach, this study undertook a hybrid inductive/deductive thematic analysis, with the deductive analysis guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).
Findings: Factors facilitating implementation included international recognition of infertility as a reproductive disease, strong political advocacy and oversight, patient needs & advocacy, government funding, inter-organizational collaboration, tension to change, competition in the private sector, intervention adaptability & trialability, relative priority, motivation &advocacy of fertility providers and specialist training. While barriers included scarcity of embryologists, intervention complexity, insufficient knowledge, evidence strength & quality of intervention, inadequate leadership engagement & hospital autonomy, poor public knowledge, limited engagement with traditional, cultural, and religious leaders, lack of salary incentives and concerns of revenue loss associated with low-cost options.
Research contributions: This study contributes to knowledge of factors salient to implementation of LCIVF initiatives in a Sub-Saharan context. Effective implementation of these initiatives requires (1) sustained political support and favourable policy & legislation, (2) public sensitization and engagement of traditional, cultural, and religious leaders (3) strengthening local innovation and capacity building of fertility health workers, in particular embryologists (4) sustained implementor leadership engagement and inter-organizational collaboration and (5) proven clinical evidence and utilization of LCIVF initiatives in innovator countries. It also adds to the literature on the applicability of the CFIR framework in explaining factors that influence successful implementation in developing countries and offer opportunities for comparisons across studies
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The impact of employees' working relations in creating and retaining trust: the case of the Bahrain Olympic Committee
Introduction: This thesis investigates the impact of employees’ working relations in creating, maintaining and retaining trust in the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC).
Aim: The main aim of this thesis is to determine how the three groups of Organisational Trust variables, namely Social System Elements (SSE), Factors of Trustworthiness (FoT) and Third-Party Gossip (TPG), affect employees’ Organisational Trust (OTR) in the BOC and promote Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB). To answer this main aim, a conceptual framework was created that focused on exploring the following research aims: (1) the interrelationship between SSE and FoT, (2) the effect of SSE on OTR, (3) the impact of TPG on OTR and (4) the effect of OTR on overall OCB.
Methodology: The study uses a mixed-method case study research style that included in-depth semi-structured interviews with 17 managers, an online questionnaire survey with 320 employees of the BOC and an analysis of the BOC’s Annual Reports from 2015 to 2018.
Results: The qualitative and quantitative findings indicate, firstly, that there is a significant interrelationship between SSE and FoT, establishing that SSE’s perception of organisational justice (OJ), including that FoTs benevolence and integrity as the most important factors in yielding employees’ trust in the BOC. Secondly, it has been established that SSEs have significant direct and indirect effects on OTR. Thirdly, negative and positive TPG concurrently occurred in the BOC and the prevalence of negative TPG poses more impact on OTR. Finally, this study’s findings demonstrated OTR’s effect in generating OCB, including that Civic Virtue was rated as the most preferred of the five OCB themes; this indicates the managers’ and the employees’ strong emotional attachment and support of the activities taking place at the BOC.
Contributions: Overall, this thesis substantially contributes to OTR literature, particularly in the context of the Middle East. It also proposes several insightful recommendations for future research and practical implications for practitioners in the field of Organisational Trust
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