Increasing interest in the topic of sustainable development is observable in business context (Porter & Kramer, 2011). The necessity to integrate sustainability principles into core processes of a company to receive performance benefits are widely discussed (Wagner 2007). During the last years...

Cross-functional teams can greatly facilitate the successful implementation of projects. This study examined the influence of a set four antecedent constructs (superordinate goals, accessibility, physical proximity and formalized rules and procedures) on the attainment of both cross-functional...

The land consolidation projects in Anhui Province have brought huge economic and social benefits and made active contribution to increasing integrated grain productivity, stabilizing farmland area, increasing farmers’ income, accelerating new socialist countryside construction, and...

The Development Effectiveness Review 2012 Report is the sixth annual corporate performance review of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It assesses progress in implementing Strategy 2020, ADB’s long-term strategic framework, using the performance indicators, baselines, and targets in the ADB...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) works with a number of developing member countries facing fragile and conflict-affected situations—circumstances that complicate economic development, and might include domestic or international conflict, ethnic tensions, vulnerability to natural disasters, or...

Two main objectives are aimed at this paper. Firstly, to suggest the use of Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as a suitable theory to inform the Implementation of a Human Resources Project (called ModeCo, Modelo de Competencias); and secondly, to shed some initial insights to understand some of the...

Many, even most, Customer Management projects are said to fail to complete or deliver return on investment. This article outlines an approach which has been proven to accelerate project implementation, business transformation, and ROI, while reducing project costs and risks of failure. Based on...

'Service-learning' is a pedagogical technique that supplements formal classroom education with real life experiences. An educator may integrate work projects from actual business settings into a course to help students learn and practice concepts from assignments and discussions while bridging...