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Commercial benefits of social entrepreneurship
Meewella, John; Sandhu, Maqsood - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 3, pp. 340-357
Research within social entrepreneurship traditionally operates in the social domain and lacks direct commercial attributes. The aim of this paper is to highlight that social entrepreneurship can be utilised within commercial context. Article attempts to clarify social entrepreneurship relative...
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The vicious cycle: growth and declining quality in the US airline industry: some lessons for new start-ups
Rhoades, Dawna L.; Tiernan, Siobhan D. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 1, pp. 31-44
Since US deregulation, over 200 airlines have started up and failed (Rosen, 1995). While competitive pressures and economic conditions were a factor in the failure of many carriers, the issue of rapid growth and service quality has been blamed for the demise of these carriers. This paper...
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The effects of age, experience and managers upon baseball performance
Demiralp, Berna; Colburn, Christopher; Koch, James - In: Journal of Economics and Finance 36 (2012) 2, pp. 481-498
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A critique of emergency management policy: recommendations to reduce disaster vulnerability
McEntire, David A. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 3 (2008) 5/6, pp. 302-312
The problems currently evident in emergency management give ample reason to reflect upon the direction of this … profession in the USA. This paper evaluates the founding principles upon which this profession was based in the 1980s. It then … for and problems associated with homeland security, this paper puts forward the concept of vulnerability management. This …
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Primary and Secondary Education in the United States
Tulip, Peter; Wurzburg, Gregory - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
The average educational attainment of US students is weak by international comparison. For example, mean results of PISA test scores are below the OECD average. This is despite substantial resources devoted to the schooling system. One partial explanation for this is that academic standards,...
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Creating 21st Century Learning Environments
Li, Phan Pit; Locke, John; Nair, Prakash; Bunting, Andrew - Directorate for Education, Organisation de Coopération … - 2005
building schools are summarised here. A development and management professional explains how the school building can serve as a …
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An experiment with two-way offers into court: restoring the balance in pre-trial negotiation
Main, Brian G.M.; Park, Andrew - In: Journal of Economic Studies 30 (2003) May, pp. 125-143
will lead to out of court settlement. Both in the UK following the Woolf Report and the Cullen Report and in the USA, the …
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The Methodology in Empirical Sales Ethics Research: 1980–2010
McClaren, Nicholas - In: Journal of Business Ethics 127 (2015) 1, pp. 121-147
sales management between 1980 and 2010. The review discusses the sources and authorship of the sales ethics research. To … design, and statistical analysis techniques were examined as part of theory development and testing. The review establishes a … Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management maintaining their position as the main …
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E-HRM: Innovation or Irritation. An Explorative Empirical Study in Five Large Companies on Web-based HRM
Huub Ru‰l; Bondarouk, Tanya; Looise, Jan Kees - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 15 (2004) 3, pp. 364-380
Technological optimistic voices assume that, from a technical perspective, the IT possibilities for HRM are endless: in principal all HR processes can be supported by IT. E-HRM is the relatively new term for this IT supported HRM, especially through the use of web technology. This paper aims at...
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An analysis of the credit rating agencies
D'Amato, Stephen - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 6 (2014) 3, pp. 258-283
rating methodology and assess the ratings of these agencies in regards to Greece, France, and the USA. …
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