Bildungspolitische Fragen haben in den letzten Jahren eine verstärkte Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Auch der beruflichen und hier insbesondere der betrieblichen Weiterbildung wird vor dem Hintergrund des Paradigmas des „lebenslangen Lernens“ eine zunehmende Bedeutung eingeräumt. In der...

Organizations are faced with competitive and changeable environments whichdemand more prepared employees to successfully cope with these current and futurechallenges (Oswick, Grant, Michelson, and Wailes, 2005). Organizations, as a way to copewith more hostile environments, may foster individual...

This dissertation consists of three empirical studies on foreign market entry and development by US fast-food chains. While prior international business research has principally sought to explain when, where and how firms enter foreign markets, surprisingly little attention has been given to...

During the last few decades, identifying and examining the characteristics of market-driven firms have been a dominant theme in strategic marketing research. It has been argued that market-driven firms are superior in their market sensing and customer linking capabilities, enabling market-driven...

A manager's perception of industry structure (dynamism) has the potential to impact various organizational strategies and behaviors. This may be particularly so with regard to perceptions driving organizational learning orientations and innovation based marketing strategy. The position taken...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. June 2010. Major: Work and Human Resource Education. Advisor: Gary N. McLean. 1 computer file (PDF); xii, 163 pages, appendices A-B.

This study aims to formulate a model of organizational learning based on knowledge sharing to create a competitive advantage in private universities in Semarang. The population of this research was permanent lecturers with the sample of 225 lecturers who were selected randomly. The research...

The central issue in this research is how voluntary solidarity and reciprocal interaction improves organizational performance through the support of knowledge sharing culture. The population in this study was private Universities’ (PTS) lecturers at Semarang which was selected as group random...