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Università della Svizzera italiana

Identity reinforcement or risky organizational change? : Category spanning in humanitarian projects

Kooijman, Eva A. P. ; Beck, Nikolaus

In: Administrative sciences, 2021, vol. 11, no. 4, p. 17

In this study, we investigate the consequences of organizational change that consist of adding new categories to the portfolio of humanitarian organizations. Our aim is to discern differences in these consequences between specialist and generalist organizations. Previous research has shown that spanning categories lead to disadvantages in the evaluation of organizations by audience members in...

Université de Fribourg

Twenty-seven Years of Service Research : a Literature Review and Research Agenda

Furrer, Olivier ; Yu Kerguignas, Jie ; Delcourt, Cécile ; Gremler, Dwayne D.

In: Journal of Services Marketing, 2020, vol. 34, no. 3, p. 299-316

Purpose – The growing service sector has experienced several revolutions that have transformed the way services are created and delivered. In parallel, services increasingly pique the interest of scholars, resulting in an expanding body of knowledge. Accordingly, it is time to reflect on extant service research, assess its boundaries, and think about its future. This paper aims to consider...

Université de Fribourg

Impact of Clusters on Regional Economic Performance : a Methodological Investigation and Application in the Case of the Precision Goods Sector in Switzerland

Resbeut, Mathieu ; Gugler, Philippe

In: Competitiveness Review, 2016, vol. 26, no. 2, p. 188-209

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the methodology used to identify clusters on the one hand and assess the economic impact that those may have on regions on the other hand. Design/methodology/approach – The influential work on “clusters”lead by Michael Porter since the 1990s has become a tool for promoting innovation and growth at national and regional level. Even if the theory has...

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Does prospective payment increase hospital (in)efficiency? Evidence from the Swiss hospital sector

Widmer, Philippe

In: The European Journal of Health Economics, 2015, vol. 16, no. 4, p. 407-419

Université de Fribourg

The Causal Effects of Competition on Innovation : Experimental Evidence

Aghion, Philippe ; Bechtold, Stefan ; Cassar, Lea ; Herz, Holger

In: The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2018, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 162-195

We design two laboratory experiments to analyze the causal effects of competition on step-by-step innovation. Innovations result from costly R&D investments and move technology up one step. Competition is inversely measured by the ex post rents for firms that operate at the same technological level, i.e. for neck-and-neck firms. First, we find that increased competition leads to a significant...

Université de Fribourg

Auditor expertise : Evidence from the public sector

Schelker, Mark

In: Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 116, no. 3, p. 432-435

This paper is the first attempt to study the relationship between public auditor expertise and fiscal performance. I find that states requiring the auditor to hold a professional degree feature significantly higher credit ratings and lower expenditures and debt.