Purpose – The paper has dual objectives. First, the paper aims to consolidate prior research in the area of population … extensive, covering all major theoretical streams in population ecology. Second, the paper aims to highlight a new and hitherto … unexplored area for future research, which lies at the intersection of population ecology and sustainability. Design …

This paper focuses on the use of the ISO 9000 series certification and the use of self‐assessment against an excellence … model, as two examples of management fads which have survived for a long period of time. The literature suggests that two …

that have been set by upper management. However, this type of approach often results in a lack of productivity. Managers … strategies to help sales managers avoid the micro management trap and to increase productivity of the field sales representative.  …