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International Human Resource Management: A Review of Three Texts

Terjesen, Siri A. - 2005

This special issue is dedicated to exploring the convergence and divergence of national systems of industrial relations (IR) and human resource management (HRM). Faced with increasingly competitive environments, multinational firms may adapt certain management practices which are then...

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Cross-cultural effectiveness of Western expatriate-Thai client interactions: Lessons learned for IHRM research and theory

Fisher, Gregory B.; Hartel, Charmine E. J. - 2003

Expatriates who perform poorly in their overseas assignments cost multinational enterprises billions of dollars, damage firm reputation, disrupt relationships with local nationals, and often exact a cost on expatriates’ psychological well-being. International human resource management, which...

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The societal culture dimension within the human resource practices of Taiwanese management in the UK

Chen, I Chun Lisa - 2006

This thesis examines approaches to international human resource management by Taiwanese MNCs located in the UK. A range of international human resource management models are discussed, from the universalist paradigm originating in the US to more contextual models, particularly those emphasising...

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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN CHINA: INSTITUTIONAL AND STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Kim, Sunghoon - 2008

The dissertation is composed of three separate essays. The first essay critically reviews the current status of strategic human resource management (SHRM) research. I argue that the research to date in this field is built upon several assumptions whose validity may not endure beyond the borders...

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Sample registration of vital events with verbal autopsy: a renewed commitment to measuring and monitoring vital statistics

Setel, P. W.; Sankoh, O.; Rao, C. P. V.; Velkoff, V. A.; … - 2005

Registration of births, recording deaths by age, sex and cause, and calculating mortality levels and differentials are fundamental to evidence-based health policy, monitoring and evaluation. Yet few of the countries with the greatest need for these data have functioning systems to produce them...

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Internationale Konjunkturverbunde/International Business Cycles

Graff, Michael - 2006

interpreted as the world business cycle. The further components suggest the existence of a Scandinavian-Anglo-Saxon business cycle …

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Interorganizational dynamics in collaboration in university-industry research projects: context, politics and social construction

Zanko, Michael; Badham, Richard; Garrety, Karin H - 2005

University-industry partnerships (UIPs) are widely viewed as essential in leveraging research capability and economic performance in organizations and the nation as a whole. In Australia, as in many other countries, the national government commits significant funds to such ‘strategic’...

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Regional integration of equity markets in Sub-Saharan Africa

Piesse J.; Hearn B. - 2005

Equity markets in developing and emerging economies have grown in number and importance as a result of financial market globalisation. However, their role in economic growth and development is enhanced if nascent markets are integrated with well-established ones. Market integration, measured by...

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Changing patterns of South African income distribution: Towards time series estimates of distribution and poverty

van der Berg S.; Louw M. - 2004

This paper attempts to provide alternative estimates of income distribution in South Africa, utilizing data that allow us to evaluate income, distribution across time, reducing dependence on the vagaries associated with individual surveys. In particular, we attempt to arrive at racial...

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The development of agrarian foreign trade in rabbit meat

Smutka, Luboš; Rosochatecká, Eva - 2012

The paper analyses the production development and trade in rabbit meat in the Czech Republic, in the world and in … total volume of world meat production has been oscillating between 0,5–0,7%. The first part of the paper analyses the main … the world market. The analysis of competitiveness is made through the calculation of RCA index (the Balassa (1965) Index …

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