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• A contingency theory of internationalization performance for emerging market multinational enterprises.

Abstract: * Studies of the internationalization-performance (I-P) relationship for emerging market multinational enterprises (EM MNEs) have yielded ...

• Management International Review
• Band 51 Nr. 5, September 2011

• Effective global strategy implementation: structural and process choices facilitating global integration and coordination.

Abstract: * This article offers a contingency framework of global strategy implementation effectiveness on firm performance. The research question w...

• Management International Review
• Band 51 Nr. 2, März 2011

• Selective Attention Model of Moving Objects

Tracking moving objects is a vital visual task for the survival of an animal. We describe oscillatory neural network models of visual attention with a central element that can track a moving target among a set of distracters on the screen. At the initial stage, the model forms the focus of attention on an arbitrary object that is considered as a target. Other objects are treated as distracters. We present here two models: 1) synchronisation based model designed as a network of phase oscillators and 2) spiking neural model which is based on the idea of resource-limited parallel visual pointers. Selective attention and the tracking process are represented by the partial synchronisation between the central unit and a subgroup of peripheral elements. Simulation results are in overall agreem...

• Neural Network World; International Journal on Neural and Mass - Parallel Computing and Information Systems
• Band 19 Nr. 5, September 2009

• Impacts of risk and service type on nearshore and offshore investment location decisions: an empirical approach.

Abstract: * Offshoring of services has gained considerable attention in management circles. However, little empirical research has explored the emer...

• Management International Review
• Band 51 Nr. 3, Mai 2011

• Dealing with market dynamism: the role of reconfiguration in global account management.

Abstract Following a dynamic capabilities approach, this study offers a contingency view of global account management in a highly dynamic market. ...

• Management International Review
• Band 51 Nr. 5, September 2011

• A Probabilistic Prediction Method for Object Contour Tracking

We present an approach for probabilistic contour prediction within the framework of an object tracking system. We combine level-set methods for image segmentation with optical flow estimations based on probability distribution functions (pdfs) calculated at each image position. Unlike most recent level-set methods that consider exclusively the sign of the level-set function to determine an object and its background, we introduce a novel interpretation of the value of the level-set function that reflects the confidence in the contour. To this end, in a sequence of consecutive images, the contour of an object is transformed according to the optical flow estimation and used as the initial object hypothesis in the following image. The values of the initial level-set function are set accordi...

• Neural Network World; International Journal on Neural and Mass - Parallel Computing and Information Systems
• Band 19 Nr. 5, September 2009

• An Endogenous Human Resources Selection Model Based On Linguistic Assessments

This paper proposes an endogenous human resources selection process by using linguistic information from a competency management perspective. We consider different sets of appraisers taking part in the evaluation process, having a different knowledge about the candidates that are being evaluated. Then, appraisers can express their assessments in different linguistic domains according to their knowledge. The proposed method converts each linguistic label into a fuzzy set on a common domain. Candidates are ranked by using different aggregation operators in order to allow the management team to make a final decision.

• Neural Network World; International Journal on Neural and Mass - Parallel Computing and Information Systems
• Band 20 Nr. 1, Januar 2010

• Disentangling the roles of international experience and distance in establishment mode choice.

Abstract: * The empirical results concerning the role of international experience in establishment mode choice decisions have, until now, been ambig...

• Management International Review
• Band 51 Nr. 3, Mai 2011

• Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Cell-mediated immunity (CMI) response of healthy humans and cancer (Ca) patients to specific tumor antigen and nonspecific (LDV - lactate dehydrogenase virus) antigen, and of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and schizophrenia (Sch) patients to nonspecific antigen was investigated. Large differences of CMI response of healthy humans in comparison with Ca, AMI, Sch patients were found. CMI response to antigens displays transferred information about cells under immune surveillance. LDV disturbs the oxidative energy production system. We assume that CMI response to LDV antigen monitors pathological states of mitochondrial energy production which results in disturbances of electromagnetic activity of living cells.

• Neural Network World; International Journal on Neural and Mass - Parallel Computing and Information Systems
• Band 19 Nr. 4, Juli 2009

• The stability of offshore outsourcing relationships: the role of relation specificity and client control.

Abstract: * Offshore outsourcing of administrative and technical services has become a mainstream business practice. Increasing commoditization of b...

• Management International Review
• Band 51 Nr. 3, Mai 2011