Marketing researchers have recently begun exploring the specific context of subsistence marketplaces in developing and emerging economies using a bottom-up approach. Such literature offers an increasing number of conceptual frameworks and theoretical approaches derived from or inspired by a sound understanding of the real-life contexts of subsistence marketplaces. This article draws attention t...

Differences in cultural contexts constitute differences in cognition, and research has shown that different cultures may use different cognitive tools for perception and reasoning. The cultural embeddings are significant in relation to HCI, because the cultural context is also embedded in the techniques and the tools that we apply. We lack a framework for discussing what and who we are, when we...

This paper presents a uni­ ed critical-point theory in non-smooth, non-convex and dissipative Hamilton systems. The canonical dual/polar transformation methods and the associated bi-duality and triality theories proposed recently in non-convex variational problems are generalized into fully nonlinear dissipative dynamical systems governed by non-smooth constitutive laws and boundary conditions....

In this article, the authors argue that there is no one best way to make placement decisions on self-managed teams. Drawing from theories of supplementary and complementary fit, they develop a conceptual model that suggests that (a) maximization principles should be applied to extroversion variance (i.e., complementary fit), (b) minimization principles should be applied to conscientiousness var...

Most complementary medicine is distinguished by not being supported by underlying theory accepted by Western science. However, for those who accept their validity, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities offer clues to understanding physiology and medicine more deeply. Ayurveda and vibrational medicine are stimulating new approaches to biological regulation. The new biophysics c...

Current biological theory has no commonly accepted view on the phenomenon of aging. On the one hand it is considered as an inescapable degradation immanent to complex biological systems and on the other hand as outcome of evolution. At the moment, there are three major complementary theories of evolutionary origin of senescence – the programmed death theory, the mutation accumulation theory, an...

Contributions to the theory and application of the Williamson’s transaction cost framework by scholars in Marketing are reviewed. From its initial appearance in the late 1970s, the Williamsonian approach has moved from a theoretical curiosity to the workhorse model in one subfield of marketing; viz. channels. Possible reasons for this success are traced here. The consistent empirical support fo...

In this paper, we analyze two theoretical perspectives and investigate their explanatory power on information systems development (ISD) projects. Building upon a case study, we illustrate that the perspectives of ISD as an economic transformation process and ISD as complex problem solving address different but complementary ISD phenomena. By integrating both theoretical perspectives, we are abl...