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Historische Analyse der Entwicklung eines Marktforschungsinstituts und dessen Kooperationen am Beispiel der GfK Gruppe
Fuchs, Daniela - 2009
Es handelt sich bei dieser Studie um einen Beitrag zur Wirtschafts- und Unter-nehmensgeschichte der GfK sowie zur Geschichte der Marktforschung in Deutschland. Ziel dieser Untersuchung ist es, die Unternehmens- und Kooperationsentwicklung der GfK zu rekonstruieren, strukturiert darzustellen und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451165
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Desperately Seeking Synergy: Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting and Business History
Ville, Simon; Fleming, G. - 2000
In responding to the recent call for interdisciplinary research where synergies can be gained and institutional knowledge broadened, it is argued that a particularly strong case exists for aligning work on business and accounting history. The greater breadth and context about the structure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457496
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Rivalry within and between strategic networks : an investigation of the United States Automotive Industry
Davies, Jennifer Ann-Louise - 2008
As a consequence of the increased incidence of collaborative arrangements between firms, the competitive environment characterising many industries has undergone profound change. It is suggested that rivalry is not necessarily enacted by individual firms according to the traditional mechanisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437908
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INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONING FOR THE DIVERSIFICATION PROCESS OF ECONOMY
Nemchenko, Galina; Tokarev, Yuriy - 2009
Despite numerous appeals, since the beginning 1987, to diversify the economy of Russia, the aim is not achieved. The article argues that the diversification as a process lacks adequate institutional conditioning. Path-dependency provided stability to economic growth while the structure of...
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They're Natural and Everywhere: How Evaluative Practices Permeate the Organization
Maier, Florentine; Brandl, Julia - 2008
previous empirical work on the adoption of evaluative practices in organizations with insights from institutional theory and … social psychology research for advancing the understanding of possible states of evaluative practices within organizations … and the processes through which organizations become permeated by evaluative practices. Our conceptual model suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447449
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Transformational leadership, corporate cultism and the spirituality paradigm: An unholy trinity in the workplace?
Tourish, Dennis; Pinnington, Ashly - 2002
concerned and the characteristics of leadership practice in organizations generally defined as cults. This connection has been …Leadership is a perennially popular topic in the academic and practitioner literature on management. In particular, the … past twenty years have witnessed an explosive growth of interest in what has been termed 'transformational leadership …
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Foundations for a sociological business performance paradigm based upon the fundamental reliance on and awareness of cultural imperatives
Mestrovic, Stjepan (contributor) - 2004
This thesis develops the theoretical foundation of the strategic-culture paradigm. This model focuses attention upon culture and appeals to the profit requisite associated with commercial activities, and is an integrator of business / domestic cultural expectations. I describe culture as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465082
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Organizational Development and Natural Resource Management: Evidence from Central Honduras
Pender, John; Scherr, Sara J. - 2002
"The determinants of local organizational density and the impacts of local and external organizations on collective and … positively associated with local organizational development include the presence of external organizations, population level … coffee production. Local organizations are found to contribute to collective action to conserve resources, while government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468456
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Job re-design as an intervention strategy of burnout: An organisational perspective
Yip, B; Rowlinson, S - 2009
This study sought to identify job characteristics associated with burnout in the context of the construction industry and then formulated job redesign as an intervention strategy of burnout. A survey was undertaken to explore the experience of burnout among 403 construction professionals working...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471428
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Understanding knowledge management and organizational adaptation and the influencing effects of trust and industrial cluster.
Niu, Kuei-Hsien - 2008
, trust can enhance organizations' core competencies and sustain their competitive advantages through co-evolution. This may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475011