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Incentives to improve education : a new perspective
McMeekin, Robert W. - 2003
Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers), competition (educational choice, often in the form of payment for education by voucher) and threats (introduction of external standards and accountability for performance)
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Management and happiness
Cooper, Cary L. - 2013
Psychology: The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions', American Psychologist, 56 (3), March, 218-26 -- Yoichi Chida and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852156
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A psychological approach to entrepreneurship : selected essays of Dean A. Shepherd
Shepherd, Dean A. - 2014
Within an entrepreneurial context, what a person thinks and feels and how they behave are hugely consequential. Entrepreneurs often work in scenarios of considerable time pressure, task complexity, uncertainty and high performance variance. This fascinating volume explores the unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851228
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Ranking business schools : forming fields, identities and boundaries in international management education
Wedlin, Linda - 2006
International comparisons and rankings of universities and business schools have proliferated in recent years. Ranking Business Schools provides a welcome analysis of this development and its implications for the field of management education, theorizing the role of classifications such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852053
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Handbook of research methods for studying identity in and around organizations : usual suspects and beyond
Winkler, Ingo (ed.); Reissner, Stefanie (ed.);  … - 2023
"This practical yet cutting-edge Handbook includes both established and innovative methods for studying identity in management, organisations, and cognate fields. Incorporating a breadth of narrative, visual, ethnographic and embodied methods, as well as ways for analysing naturally occurring...
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Concise introduction to organization theory : from ontological differences to robust identities
Lounsbury, Michael; Gehman, Joel - 2024
Lounsbury and Joel Gehman set out an overview of organization theory that clarifies how to cultivate a robust scholarly identity …
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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall
Thirlwall, A. P.; McCombie, J. S. L.; Arestis, Philip; … - 2006
demonstrates the considerable influence that his work on economic theory has had on his contemporaries, and the profession as a … / Mark Roberts -- Endogenous growth theory : a partial critique / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- The nature of economic … growth and the neoclassical approach. : more questions than answers? / John McCombie -- On the core of macroeconomic theory …
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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges
Djellal, Faridah - 2008
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850594
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Financing transportation networks
Levinson, David M. - 2002
explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway finance, in particular the use of tolls, and supports that theory with …
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Contracts and trust in alliances : discovering, creating and appropriating value
Vlaar, Paul W. L. - 2008
Paul Vlaar contends that strategic alliances and other forms of cooperation, such as buyer-supplier relationships, joint ventures and offshoring initiatives, increasingly stand at the basis of competitive advantage. Although contracts and trust play a crucial role in such relationships, prior...
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