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Learning from historical periods: zeitgeist correlations between environment, leadership, and strategy

Murthy, Vikram; McKie, David - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 4 (2008) 4, pp. 331-344

This paper posits that a firm's strategy, leadership responses and processes are correlated to specific environments, with characteristics that broadly correlate with different eras. It suggests how theories of leadership styles, which have emerged as a consequence of environmental changes, can...

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Business strategy and performance of small and medium manufacturing firms in Malaysia

Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin; Zakaria, Mustafa - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 6 (2010) 1/2, pp. 125-134

Although business strategy has attracted much attention in the literature, the review of past research suggests limited number of studies have attempted to investigate business strategy in the context of local firms, particularly among the small and medium manufacturing firms (SMMFs). The...

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Learning from historical periods: zeitgeist correlations between environment, leadership, and strategy

Murthy, Vikram; McKie, David - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 4 (2008) 4, pp. 331-344

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Challenges of performance measurement and management in public healthcare services

Saunila, Minna; Ukko, Juhani; Rusila, Pasi; Rantanen, Hannu - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 2, pp. 181-195

measurement and management. The research has been carried out using the qualitative research approach. The findings of the study … management in the public sector in general. This paper contributes to the prior research by presenting some insights especially … in performance measurement and management in healthcare services. Various challenges faced in the designing of …

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Macro-level perspective of consumer ethnocentrism: a panel data study in Turkey

Altintas, Murat Hakan; Harcar, Talha; Dulgeroglu, Ismail; … - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 4, pp. 402-421

This article analyses the relationship between the main antecedents of and imports/GNP ratio as a subtle reflector of macro-level consumer ethnocentrism (CE). We constructed a model that reflects the macro level ethnocentrism in a domestic country. This ratio expresses the economy openness of a...

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The impact of overconfidence and gender on trading activity: how well do investors assess probability?

Kufepaksi, Mahatma - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 4, pp. 440-462

People unconsciously exhibit overconfident behaviour in the capital market. Previous empirical research demonstrates that there is no conclusive result whether male or female investors tend to be more overconfident. The purpose of this research is to investigate whether male investors tend to be...

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The moderating effect of feminist identity on transformational leadership and sales performance relationship

Cinar-Altintas, Fusun; Altintas, M. Hakan; Isin, F. Bahar; … - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 2, pp. 192-211

positive effect on sales performance as expected. This article will enhance sales management literature from a feminist …

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'E-banking' initiatives in Indian banks – a case of business process reengineering (BPR) implementation

Datta, Saroj K.; Kundu, Sukanya - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 2, pp. 174-191

The intention of the paper is to find out whether e-banking initiatives in Indian public sector banks (PSBs) can be considered as a successful case of BPR implementation. Attempt has been made to study e-banking solutions adopted by Indian PSBs and to evaluate their performance in improving the...

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Just a game? How continuous time modelling can ameliorate corporate strategy games

Kuppinger, Bernd; Wust, Kirsten - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 4, pp. 422-439

Strategy games are a popular part of today's management training in education and business. Complex economic …

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An investigation of e-business risks in UK SMEs

Sukumar, Arun; Edgar, David; Grant, Kevin - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 4, pp. 380-401

Electronic business is a phenomenon that is now well defined and has emerged as a field of study. In parallel, businesses are increasingly embedding technology into their business processes and seeking to exploit the potential efficiency and effectiveness gains that can occur. As such, industry...

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