Firm growth is almost universally portrayed as a good thing, and is commonly used as a measure of success. Applying … resource-based reasoning, we argue that growth is often not a sign of sound development. Specifically, we hypothesize that … secure high profitability at low growth. Empirical tests using two large, longitudinal data sets confirm that the profitable …

This study investigated the longitudinal behaviour of growth rates and profitability for a large sample of Australian … firms. Similar to previous studies, growth rates were found to be much more volatile than profitability measures. Using a … regression equation with lagged profit and growth variables, we found no evidence of a consistent relationship between growth and …

Businesses in today’s highly competitive environment need to be aware of the best methods for motivating, training … better he or she will perform. Therefore, it is essential for management to continuously motivate its workforce. Training and …

on offshoring location in Sarajevo and these factors are Training, Motivation, and Organizational culture. The results … there is a positive relationship between Training, Motivation, Organizational culture and Employee Performance in Jitasa LLC … achieve higher levels of employee performance is becoming one of the crucial factors for any companies’ success. To help …

information systems effectiveness or success has been an important criterion for practitioners and researchers in justifying the … measuring enterprise systems success. Having successfully implemented the model in Queensland, the researchers have yet to see …

ICD were compiled from the literature. The indicators were grouped into nine Criteria for Success: 1) Adequacy of design … Criteria for Success from the literature. Project performance overall was judged to be ‘adequate’, and the majority of … stakeholders equated project success with the timely completion of activities, and how projects had contributed to livelihoods and …

increasing the likelihood of success and upward mobility in corporate America. Numerous facets of the personal and professional … interview senior level managers and executives within local companies and see what their experience and success has taught them …

essential for TQM success. We examine the measurement practices of this cohort of firms, and report on the changes in their …, and we show that increased measurement intensity is strongly associated with perceived TQM success. Finally, using … multivariate discriminant analysis, we identify eight variables that explain the level of TQM success with a classification …