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The silicon dragon : high-tech industry in Taiwan
Tsai, Terence - 2006
The Silicon Dragon is a systematic study of the growth of high-tech giants in the Greater China Region, depicting the success story of the microelectronics industry in Taiwan. The book examines the government policies that acted as catalysts to the growth of high-tech industries in Taiwan, along...
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Leadership in spaces and places
Ropo, Arja (contributor) - 2015
Work that used be tied to offices, cubicles and desks is undergoing a major transformation in terms of where, when and how it is carried out. Space and materiality of workplaces have long been taken for granted amongst organization studies scholars. But the changing definition of work and...
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Wellbeing at work in a turbulent era
Brough, Paula (ed.); Kinman, Gail (ed.) - 2024
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the physical and mental health challenges facing workers today, focusing particularly on the social, technological, and political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delving into core perceptions of work culture, chapters also map out ways of...
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Cross-national appropriation of work systems : Japanese firms in the UK
Saka, Ayse - 2003
The diffusion of work processes across countries through foreign direct investment and technological collaborations is an increasingly important practice in today's global economy. Ayse Saka explores this process both by focusing on the role of actors in appropriating different ways of operating...
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Management in Scandinavia : culture, context and change
Schramm-Nielsen, Jette - 2004
This book contributes to the expanding field of cross-cultural and comparative management, and addresses the issue of whether the main Scandinavian countries--Denmark, Norway and Sweden--exhibit such similarities in management style and practice as to constitute a country cluster
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Organizing in the face of risk and threat
Czarniawska-Joerges, Barbara (ed.) - 2009
Barbara Czarniawska is a distinguished scholar and author in the field of organization. Drawing on her extensive knowledge she has gathered together other leading experts to apply organization theory to yet another relevant field of practice - risk management. There are no prescriptions for...
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The economics of digitization
Greenstein, Shane - 2013
Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft and Cisco Drive Innovation. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. -- Godes, D. and D …-52. -- Goldfarb, A. and C. Tucker (2012). 'Privacy and Innovation,' in J. Lerner and S. Stern (eds), Innovation Policy and the Economy … Avi Goldfarb (2008), 'Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation …
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Employees and entrepreneurship : co-ordination and spontaneity in non-hierarchical business organizations
Pongracic, Ivan - 2009
Over the last few decades, there has been a great deal of management literature recommending the removal of firms' hierarchies and the empowerment of employees. Ivan Pongracic, Jr. examines these themes through the lense of the economic theory of the firm. Balancing the tendency for management...
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The entrepreneur as business leader : cognitive leadership in the firm
Scheer, Silke - 2009
An entrepreneur who decides to found a firm and to hire employees has to tackle two central problems: their employees' coordination and motivation. Drawing on findings from cognitive, social and organizational psychology, this book sheds new light on the relevance of bounded rationality and...
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A research agenda for workplace innovation : the challenge of disruptive transitions
Oeij, Peter R. A. (ed.); Dhondt, Steven (ed.);  … - 2023
. This cutting-edge Research Agenda takes a hard look at workplace innovation practices that are vital for dealing with the … ways in which workplace innovation provided necessary safeguards to deal with technological and environmental change … most renowned scholars in the field of workplace innovation from Europe, Australia and Asia, this Research Agenda looks at …
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