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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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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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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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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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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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Determinants of CEO Compensation
Khanna, Vivek - 2016
Using a panel data analysis, the study explores the influence of size of a firm, firm-performance, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) duality and management pattern on CEO compensation. The final sample for the study comprises of a total of 300 Indian companies over a period of three years (2007-08...
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Management accounting and strategic human resource management: a UK/Canadian comparative analysis
Vedd, Rishma; Kouhy, Reza - 2001
There is growing evidence that Strategic Management Accounting (SMA) activities are being pursued in an interdisciplinary manner. One such discipline where management accounting could contribute is in Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). The integration of business strategy and Human...
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Building organisational capability
Gill, Leanne Margaret - 2006
Much has been written about the benefits to be derived from maximising organisational capability as a means of increasing competitive advantage, establishing human resource functions as a strategic partner and improving stakeholder satisfaction. However, there is very little in the research on...
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Human resource practices system differentiation: A hotel industry study
Ahmad, Rozila; Solnet, David; Scott, Noel - 2010
The hotel industry utilises the concept of human resource practices system differentiation (HRPSD) by focusing resources on managerial level jobs as a technique of strategic human resource management (SHRM). Despite its use in both practice and the academic literature, research focusing on HRPSD...
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UK executive pay: the special case of executive bonuses
Fattorusso, Jay - 2006
Executive pay research has traditionally focused on salary, severance payments and longtermincentives. A systematic rigorous empirical examination of short-term annualbonuses is lacking. To address this omission, this research empirically examines therelationship between short-term bonuses and...
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