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This paper analyzes the human capital training strategies adopted between the 1850s and 1930s by railroad companies in Mexico and Chile. These two countries enable one to contrast the different routes taken by the same type of firm, technology and labor force. A propos of this, we suggest that...
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W niniejszym opracowaniu podjęto próbę identyfikacji znaczeń i zastosowań tayloryzmu do opisu obecnych warunków i sposobów zarządzania. Przeprowadzona analiza źródeł literaturowych umożliwiła wyodrębnienie kilku oddzielnych interpretacji, które podzielono na dwa główne nurty....
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This paper analyzes the human capital training strategies adopted between the 1850s and 1930s by railroad companies in Mexico and Chile. These two countries enable one to contrast the different routes taken by the same type of firm, technology and labor force. A propos of this, we suggest that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039978
This paper’s objective is to take a more in-depth look at, and encourage debate on, the mechanism that were in force in the birth, growth and crisis of traditional electrical systems. The merit of Arteta, as with other SMEs in the electrical sector, resided in its ability to provide, almost...
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The study of the Irati hydroelectric company aims to show some of the business strategies behind the first stages of the development of electricity in Spain and, in turn, pose new questions regarding the factors and conditioning elements of the country’s regional industrialization processes....
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productividad más altos cuando pasan a ser privadas, en un contexto de competencia y liberalización. Esta investigación busca … Productividad Global (IPG), Productividad Parcial del Trabajo (IPAT) y del Capital (IPAC), además de los indicadores financieros ROA … un patrón similar al de sus pares de otros países, al mostrar aumentos en sus índices de productividad y en algunos de …
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This article presents a brief review of the literature on the effect of supermarkets on productivity, employment, the survival of small retailers, prices, and competition in retailing. The following stylized facts emerge: (1) the retail sector has undergone a major concentration around the...
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The article formulates the information theory of firm, introduces the concept of firm as an operating system, which controls the firm’s operation by the means of the information resources processing, in an analogy with the operating system at a microprocessor in the computing devices,...
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The "recovered businesses" are firms that after facing economic difficulties to continue to operate have been managed by staff with the clear intention to continue the operation with auto-coordination, usually taking the form of Cooperative Work. This phenomenon has intensively taken place after...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical trajectory of African management research and managerial thinking. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws from a review and synthesis of the literature from 1960–2012. Findings – The analysis led to the...
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