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strategic knowledge management and in the literature of organizational learning. Innovation needs a business environment that is …Innovation has become a central theme and challenge in the literature of entrepreneurship, SMEs management, and … conducive to long-term investments in new business activities. This way, the development of innovation policy in SMEs forms an …
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This research explores the impact of gender on managerial styles, especially the strategic typology employed by hotel managers in Canada during economic stressful times. Miles and Snow’s strategic typology framework of defender, prospector, analyzer and reactor was employed and explored...
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The article shows a surprising way of how management consultant's daily practices play a role in managers' decisions. Beyond the traditionally recognized roles of consultants (high level staff, energy catalyst), we pinpoint the importance of information transmission and the ambiguity of this...
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After the 2008 events that occurred in world financial markets, all organizations have increased interest in risk management. It is very clear that risk management brings benefits to the organization. By taking a proactive approach to risk and risk management, organizations will be able to...
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After the 2008 events that occurred in the world financial markets, all organizations have increased interest in risk management. It is very clear that risk management brings benefits to the organization. By taking a proactive approach to risk and risk management, organizations will be able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010698875
Kaizen is a philosophy of life that addresses to the best who want to be more and better. It is a process of improvement that never ends and it results in many advantages. The Japanese leadership model has shown that progress in small steps, but fast, conduces to doubtless long-term wins. Kaizen...
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Research on the linkages between family firms, innovation and change is scant and lacking empirical investigation. In … capacity of family businesses and the degree and manner to which innovation can lead to change or even be the change needed in … the context of strategic reorientation. The research investigates innovation with reference to the resource perspective …
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This paper presents an analysis of two American and Japanese management strategies, the reengineering and Kaizen strategies, which can be used successfully by the Romanian companies, too. Reengineering is the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic...
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This research identified the capabilities used by Canadian hotel general managers during a time of economic stress and examines the relationships between capabilities and hotel performance. The instrument used in this study was the New Zealand Management Capability Index (NZIMCI) and contains...
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