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Instrumental leadership : extending the transformational-transactional leadership paradigm
Rowold, Jens - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung : ZfP 28 (2014) 3, pp. 367-390
Although the transformational-transactional leadership paradigm is successful in explaining considerable portions of …. Thus, Antonakis and House (2002) suggested that instrumental leadership might extend the transformational- transactional … leadership paradigm and allow for a more detailed and realistic description of the leadership phenomenon. The present study is …
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Successful leadership behaviours in Slovak organizations’ environment – an introduction to Slovak implicit leadership theories based on GLOBE study findings
Bauer, Dávid - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 20 (2015) 1, pp. 9-35
The aim of this paper is to identify dimensions of leadership in the Slovak organizational environment. For this, the … GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organization Behaviour Effectiveness) study was utilized as an empirical base. The results … obtained from the research - generated via a factor analysis – have proved that implicit leadership theories do indeed exist …
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The connection between trust and leadership styles in Slovene organizations
Kovac, Jure; Jesenko, Manca - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 15 (2010) 1, pp. 9-33
In leadership, trust between superiors and subordinates plays a very important role. This article presents the results … of empirical research covering the connection between the level of trust within an organization and leadership styles … between trust and leadership on a deeper level, we selected delegation, communication and control as important elements in the …
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Brand management throughout professional athletes' careers
Schweizer, Nicolas; Dietl, Helmut - 2015
This paper examines how professional athletes can optimize commercial revenues from endorsement and sponsorship agreements throughout their careers. We use athlete brand management, defined as the balancing of brand building and brand selling activities, to understand the dynamics of commercial...
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Outsourcing sports sponsorship activities: a multi-theoretical approach
Dietl, Helmut; Schweizer, Nicolas - 2015
The purpose of this paper is to understand and explain why some professional sports organizations outsource their sponsorship-related activities to sports marketing agencies whereas others purposely retain these activities in-house. The paper applies the Resource-Based View (RBV) and Transaction...
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R&D, patenting and growth : the role of public policy
Westmore, Ben - 2013
This paper uses panel regression techniques to assess the policy determinants of private sector innovative activity – proxied by R&D expenditure and the number of new patents – across 19 OECD countries. The relationship between innovation indicators and multifactor productivity (MFP) growth...
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Knowledge-based capital, innovation and resource allocation
Andrews, Dan; Criscuolo, Chiara - 2013
Investment in knowledge-based capital (KBC) – assets that lack physical embodiment, such as computerised information, innovative property and economic competencies – has been rising significantly. This has implications for innovation and productivity growth and requires new thinking on...
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Knowledge-based capital, innovation and resource allocation : a going for growth report
Andrews, Dan; Criscuolo, Chiara - 2013
Investment in knowledge-based capital (KBC) – assets that have no physical embodiment, such as computerised information, innovative property and economic competencies – has been rising significantly. This has implications for innovation and productivity growth and requires new thinking on...
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Intangible assets, resource allocation and growth : a framework for analysis
Andrews, Dan; De Serres, Alain - 2012
This paper explores the growing importance of intangible assets as a potential source of innovation and productivity gains, and the contribution of efficient resource allocation to this process. Realising the growth opportunities implied by intangible assets depends on the ability to reallocate...
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How Swiss small- and medium-sized firms assess the performance impact of mergers and acquisitions
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Stucki, Tobias - 2012
While previous studies on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) mostly relied on large firms, our study is based on a sample that includes all Swiss M&As that took place in the period 2006-2008, mostly of which have been SMEs. We investigate the firm characteristics that determine the innovation and...
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