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An institution theory approach to the relationship between organization and society
Gebhardt, Christian - 2011
Using sociological institutionalism the three articles constituting this dissertation scrutinize the relationship between organizations and their (social) environment at different levels of analysis and in the context of specific research questions. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in...
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An Integrated Change Model in Project Management
Cheung, Man - 2010
Organizations need to change constantly for their survival and success, and project management has been extensively used to implement organizational change. However, studies show only less than 20 percent of organizational change projects actually succeed. This may indicate the lack of a valid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450621
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Network Dynamics in Small Business Financing: Institutional Changes and Transformations of Inter-organizational Relations.
Buhr, Maria Helena - 2010
A central insight in economic sociology is that firms depend on relationships with other organizations for their access to capital, information, and other resources. Such interactions among firms tend to develop into stable networks of social and economic exchange that stratify firms in an...
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Making sense of high-tech entrepreneurial careers: The meaning(s) and materialities of work for young adults
Dohrman, Rebecca L - 2010
questions: (RQ1): How are entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial work communicatively constituted by young adults?; (RQ1a): What … are the D/discourses of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial work for young adults?; and (RQ1b): What are the material …-symbolic intersections of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial work? To respond to these questions, multiple methods were used in this study …
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Internal corporate venturing as a tool for corporate renewal
Scholtz, Rudi - 2009
This study recognises that innovation and renewal is instrumental in gaining competitiveadvantage. However, large firms often face a renewal dilemma. Despite the fact that manyfirms recognise the need for innovation and renewal, they find it challenging to implementinnovation. Thus, the need for...
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Educating generationE in Australasia : US lessons, New Zealand experience
Frederick, Howard - 2005
Australasian countries have huge numbers of young entrepreneurs. Yet the state of entrepreneurship education in this … field study in North America and Europe to examine inter-disciplinary initiatives that take the study of entrepreneurship … and categorises best-practice models of enterprise education, focussing especially on non-business entrepreneurship and …
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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