This paper establishes the importance of competitive performance for software firms and highlights the potential of reusability in increasing competitive performance. The importance of reusability is discussed by examining its effect on three different software process dimensions flexibility, productivity and predictability. From the literature, a research model is developed and used as the bas...

Distributed heterogeneous search environments are an emerging phenomenon in Web search. They can be viewed as a federation of independently controlled metasearchers and many specialised search engines. Specialised search engines provide focused search services in a specific domain (e.g. a particular topic). Metasearchers help to process user queries effectively and efficiently by distributing t...

While self-controlled practice has been shown to enhance motor learning with various populations and novel tasks, it remains unclear if such effects would be found with athletes completing familiar tasks. Study 1 used a single case-study design with a world-champion kickboxer. We investigated whether giving the athlete a choice over the order of punches would affect punching velocity and impact...

The resource-based view of the firm (RBV) hypothesizes that the exploitation of valuable, rare resources and capabilities contributes to a firm’s competitive advantage, which in turn contributes to its performance. Despite this notion, few empirical studies test these hypotheses at the conceptual level. In response to this gap, this study empirically examines the relationships between value, ra...