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There is a link between work life balance culture and strategic competitive advantage

Bradley, Lisa M.; Royer, Susanne; Eckardt, Farida - 2008

This paper suggests a linkage between work-life balance culture and competitive advantage through commitment and firm-specific human resources. The paper argues that a workplace culture supportive of employees balancing their work and non-work lives leads to their commitment to their...

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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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Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility, and competitive advantage

Michie, Jonathan; Sheehan, Maura - 2005

This paper contributes to the strategic human resource management literature by testing the three main approaches - the universalistic ('best practice'), contingency and configurational - against an original database. Specifically, we examine: (1) the relationship between HR and firm...

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Benevolent benefactor or insensitive regulator? Tracing the role of government policies in the development of India's automobile industry

East-West Center, Honolulu - Technische Universität Harburg / …

The impressive and sustained growth of India's automobile industry in recent years has catapulted it into the league of … might have been subdued, if the Government of India had not played a pivotal role in the industry's evolution. This apparent …

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The corporate university: global or local phenomenon?

Shaw, Susan R. - 2005

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published in Journal of European Industrial Training, published by and copyright Emerald.

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Human Resource Management 'Best Practices' in Europa. Eine empirische Untersuchung.

Saga, Daniel Thomas - 2009

In der wissenschaftlichen Literatur des Human Resource Managements wird viel über normative Empfehlungen bzw. Best Practices für die Organisationspraxis diskutiert. Dabei sind nicht nur die Empfehlungen an sich und deren Erfolgsbeiträge, sondern auch deren Universalität nie ganz...

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National geprägte Unternehmenskultur am Beispiel Schwedens

Werner, Eva Charlotte - 2009

Unternehmenskultur ist ein interdisziplinärer Begriff. Einerseits findet er Anwendung im Rahmen der … international tätigen Unternehmen anhaften kann: Es ist dies die nationale Prägung von Unternehmenskultur. Eine sich stellende Frage … ist, ob es objektiv feststellbare nationale Besonderheiten und Spezifika in der Unternehmenskultur gibt. In der …

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Indikatoren einer diversity-gerechten Unternehmenskultur

Watrinet, Christine - 2008

Unternehmensleitbildes, der Führung, der Kommunikation und des Organisationsklimas für eine diversity-gerechte Unternehmenskultur gezeigt und …

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A Study on Workforce Integration in an International Acquisition

Lussier, Christopher - 2010

International acquisitions are extremely difficult to maneuver and success is far from guaranteed. Navigating through financial statements is one thing, but trying to link together two or more geographically and culturally diverse workforces is an entirely another thing. This study analyzes...

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Entry Strategies in Emerging Economies: The Case of the Indian Automobile Industry

Mukherjee, Avinandan; Sastry, Trilochan - 2002

In anticipation of rapid growth, the passenger car market in India is crowded with 18companies trying to establish … range, which isviewed as a luxury segment in India. Automobile companies have also chosen to establishexclusive dealerships …. Initially, companies have chosen to import completely knocked down(CKD) kits and assemble them in India. However, this strategy …

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