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GLOBAL CRISIS: SEARCHING THE ORIGINS BY BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Massimo, POLLIFRONI - In: Revista Economica 63.4-5 (2012) 4-5, pp. 199-212
Aim and topic of the paper is to research the causes of the current global crisis, which manifests itself in financial terms, but whose origin is due to the ethical model of reference: the question is evident both in macroeconomics and in Business Economics. Just from this last point of view,...
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Managing Relational Legacies: Lessons from British Columbia, Canada
Baba, Sofiane; Raufflet, Emmanuel - In: Administrative Sciences 4 (2014) 1, pp. 15-34
Issues related to company-community relations and the social license to operate have emerged as strategic business issues. This paper aims to contribute to the growing body of research on long-term company-community relations. An analysis of the relationship between Alcan (Aluminum of Canada,...
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Knowledge Transfer to the Subsidiaries: A Case Study of Multinational Enterprise Operating in Overseas
Jos¨¦ Moleiro Martins - In: Review of Economics & Finance 1 (2011) August, pp. 74-84
The business opportunities in Southern Africa have justified any effort to learn more about the phenomenon of the transfer of knowledge to the local subsidiaries. We studied four cases with activities in the industrial sector. The results obtained indicate that an efficient transfer of knowledge...
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The new economics of the business case for sustainability
Pinelli, Michele - Dipartimento di Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2013
phenomenon implies that corporations can be of huge help to regulations in the implementation of sustainability. Finally, by … running analyses of the relevant literature on the business case for sustainability, this paper reconciles the mixed and … inconclusive results which the academic research on the economic rationale of sustainability has always produced. …
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Aktuelle Forschung in der Gartenbauökonomie: Tagungsband zum 1. Symposium für Ökonomie im Gartenbau am 27. November 2013 in der Paulinerkirche Göttingen
Dirksmeyer, Walter; Theuvsen, Ludwig; Kayser, Maike - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2015
[Vorwort] Das 1. Symposium für Ökonomie im Gartenbau fand am 27. November 2013 in der Paulinerkirche in Göttingen statt. Es wurde als Kooperation der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, des Thünen- Instituts für Betriebswirtschaft und des Agrarkompetenznetzes WeGa durchgeführt. Die...
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Projected Destination Images on African Websites: Upgrading Branding Opportunities in the Global Tourism Value Chain
van Wijk, van Wijk, J.C.A.C.; Go, Go, F.M.; Govers, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
upgrading branding capabilities could be sourced in indigenous African cultural attributes, both high and low culture, and in …
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Repatriation Policy Under Uncertainty - Is Optimization Worthwhile?
Schanz, Sebastian - 2008
This paper investigates, to what extent the optimization of dividend repatriations from an Austrian subsidiary - if the shares are held in a German sole proprietorship - will rise the future value of real investments compared to using nominal tax rates for repatriation decisions. Therefor...
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Lean Six Sigma- a Challenge for Organizations Focused on Business Excellence
Petcu, Andreea Jenica; Anagnoste, Sorin; Draghici, Mihai - In: Romanian Economic Journal 14 (2011) 41, pp. 147-158
Business environment, being in a constant change, needs a quick adaptation to global market requirements. Applying Lean Six Sigma is not only key to survive in a global market, but also provides the necessary resources which are redirected to business development. It is found that organizations...
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Sustaining trust as informal governance;mechanism: a competitive edge for family firms?
FREILING, Jorg; LAUDIEN, S.M. - In: Economia Marche / Journal of Applied Economics XXXI (2012) 2, pp. 9-24
Trust is an informal mechanism of governance that seems to work in family businesses differently from other types of companies. This conceptual paper analyzes the impact of internal trust on the competitiveness of firms over time. To this end, we introduce different modes of intra-firm trust,...
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Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Performance – a Critical Literature Review
Trapczynski, Piotr - In: Oeconomia Copernicana 2 (2013), pp. 117-132
Foreign direct investment (FDI), its motives, modes and location choice constitute key subjects in theory and research in international business, due to their long-term consequences for firm competitiveness. The determinants of results achieved in foreign markets can therefore be described as a...
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