This paper examines return interrelationships between numbers of equity sectors across several European markets. The markets comprise six Member States of the European Union (EU): namely, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland and Italy. The five sectors include the consumer discretionary,...

We are amidst a period of radical change in Management Consulting worldwide. The latter half of the twentieth century has seen major extensions to the range of services promoted under the umbrella of Management Consulting. The traditional Management Consulting Firms, such as McKinsey & Co., tend...

Technology-based economic development has been a highly sought-after objective forregions in developed and developing countries alike. The wealth created by regional knowledgebasedeconomies like Silicon Valley is an attractive outcome. Without understanding clusterbasedeconomic strategy, the...

In open office settings, auditory distractions coming from surrounding work environment are shown to be a considerable source of indirect costs to an organization, such as performance costs, behavioral costs, and healthcare costs, to name a few. These costs are substantial to affect the net...

Technology-based economic development has been a highly sought-after objective for regions in developed and developing countries alike. The wealth created by regional knowledgebased economies like Silicon Valley is an attractive outcome. Without understanding clusterbased economic strategy, the...

Purpose ? The paper aims to explore the key competitiveness indicators (KCIs) that provide the guidelines for helping new real estate developers (REDs) achieve competitiveness during their inception stage in which the organisations start their business. Design/methodology/approach ? The...

In this paper we examine how firms change their resources in response to exogenous shocks in their business environment. Building on core ideas from the literatures on organizational imprinting and firm resources, we suggest that founding conditions differentially imprint firm resources. These...

Straipsnyje, aptariama regionų samprata, regionų plėtros politika, regioninės ekonomikos plėtros teorijos, regionų strateginis valdymas. Mėginta pagrįsti strateginio valdymo tikslingumą, reikšmės Lietuvos regionams tikslingumą ir įgyvendinimo galimybę Straipsnyje akcentuojama, kad...