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Performance-Studie deutscher Familienunternehmen

Leiber, Marietta Kersten - 2008

Die Arbeit untersucht die Performance von Familienunternehmen im Rahmen einer empirischen Studie anhand von 892 Datens … Familienunternehmen durch den Einsatz vielf?ltiger Familienvariablen hinsichtlich der Aspekte Eigentum, Kontrolle und Management … Eignerfamilien und externen Anteilseignern gelten als urs?chlich f?r Performanceunterschiede zwischen Familienunternehmen und …

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Business challenges and strategies for development of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia

Curtin Sarawak - Faculty Office

Despite their significant role in both the developed and the developing economies, Small-and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are faced with the greater risk of business failure with past statistics indicating that over half of all new ventures will not enjoy long-term success. They face...

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The determinants of forward-looking information in annual reports of UAE companies

Aljifri, Khaled; Hussainey, Khaled - 2007

PurposeTo empirically explore empirically the underlying factors that may affect the extent to which forward-looking information is disclosed.MethodologyThis study uses a list of forward-looking keywords to demonstrate the differences, if any, in the level of disclosure among firms and between...

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Approaches to enter emerging markets: A UAE case study

Balakrishnan, Melodena Stephens - 2009

UAE as a country brand ranks one for resorts & lodging. It is 31st among 134 countries in terms of national competitiveness according to the World Economic Forum. It ranks one in terms of invested sovereign wealth funds according to IMF, is the fifth largest oil producing nation. During this...

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Credit can precipitate firm failure: Evidence from Kenyan manufacturing in the 1990s:

Nkurunziza, Janvier Désiré - 2005

This paper models firm survival in Kenyan manufacturing with a particular emphasis on the effect of credit on firm resilience. The paper explores how firms coped with the challenging economic environment that prevailed in the 1990s particularly the effect of the dramatic increase in interest...

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Business demography in Spain : determinants of firm survival

López García, Paloma; Puente Díaz, Sergio - 2006

The impact of entry upon market performance depends not only on the number of entries and their size, but also on how long do the firms last. Consequently, there are an increasing number of papers, most of them focused on the United States and restricted to the manufacturing sector, aimed at...

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The rationale and impact of the adoption of international financial financial reporting standards on developing nations: the case of the United Arab Emirates

Irvine, Helen J.; Lucas, Natalie - 2006

The focus of this paper is the rationale and impact of the adoption of a globalized set of accounting standards on a developing country, with particular emphasis on the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The paper is based on data gathered primarily from archival sources, studied in the context of the...

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Influence of culture on project practices: Insights from Australian project managers in UAE

Cerimagic, Sabina - 2010

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore the workplace behaviours of Australian project managers working in the UAE, as examples of Western cultural adjustment. Design/methodology/approach – A 49-question survey was developed using SurveyMonkey. This software was used to collect and...

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Locational Decisions and Perceived Risk of U.S. Multinationals in the New Gulf Development States

Ewers, Michael - 2008

American multinational corporations have done business in the Persian Gulf since the oil and construction boom of the 1970s. In recent years, however, the types of companies and their choices of where to locate have evolved. With the explosion in oil prices since 1998, U.S. firms areincreasingly...

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Cross cultural project management characteristics between Australia and the United Arab Emirates

Cerimagic, Sabina - 2010

The massive infrastructure and building works expansion in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) region in the last decade resulted in the recruitment of many expatriate project professionals in various capacities. This expatriate recruitment has contributed to a high turnover of expatriate staff in...

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