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The Failure of Northern Rock: A multi-dimensional Case Study

Congdon, Tim; Goodhart, Charles A.E.; Eisenbeis, Robert A. - 2009

In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a substantial mortgage lender. In fact, ten years...

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Religion and entrepreneurship

Audretsch, David B.; Boente, Werner; Tamvada, … - 2007

for people to become an entrepreneur. Based on a large-scale data set of nearly ninety thousand workers in India, this …, are found to be conducive to entrepreneurship, while others, such as Hinduism, inhibit entrepreneurship. In addition, the … tradition of the caste system influence entrepreneurship, suggesting a link between religion and economic behavior. …

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Monitoring costs, credit constraints and entrepreneurship

Banerji, Sanjay; Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal - 2012

The vast majority of firms in developing economies are micro and small enterprises owned by families whose members also provide the labour to the units. Often, they fail to grow in size even with the relaxation of credit constraints. In this paper, we show that frictions in the labour market...

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Organisationskapital und Humankapital als strategische Ressourcen

Schneider, Martin - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 22 (2008) 1, pp. 12-34

Die Erfolgswirkungen des Human- und Organisationskapitals werden bislang mit Daten von Unternehmen aus mehreren Branchen untersucht. Dem überlegen wäre eine branchenfokussierte, insider-ökonometrische Forschungsstrategie. Dies wird anhand der veröffentlichten Studien begründet und mit einer...

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Balancing firm and network-based resources to gain competitive advantage: A case study of an artisanal musical instruments cluster in Germany

Leick, Birgit - In: Management Revue 24 (2013) 2, pp. 77-95

The question of whether firms gain competitiveness through local networks and clusters becomes more relevant than ever as globalization proceeds. This is particularly true for traditional and craft-based clusters, districts and business networks. A central question emerging for these types of...

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Grounding trust in inter-organizational alliances: An exploration of trust evolution

Hatzakis, Tally; Searle, Rosalind - In: Management Revue 17 (2006) 1, pp. 72-89

This paper explores the role of trust in coordinating teams operating at the interface between multiple functions and organisations in strategic alliances. To understand the issues faced by these teams, we study cognitive & relational factors between partners and focus on the process of trust...

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Interim-Management: A paradox for leadership research?

Bruns, Jürgen; Kabst, Rüdiger - In: Management Revue 16 (2005) 4, pp. 512-524

The study focuses on Interim-Management as a so far rarely discussed phenomenon of the flexible firm. Contradicting popular leadership perception, the authors argue that Interim-Management does not constitute a leadership paradox but can be explained by established organization theory. In...

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A competence-based theory of the firm

Freiling, Jörg - In: Management Revue 15 (2004) 1, pp. 27-52

The research question of the article is: Does the competence-based view, representing a theory of sustaining competitive advantage, offer simultaneously a comprehensive theory of the firm? In order to develop an answer, it appears to be necessary to elaborate the theoretical basis of the...

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Control of relational risk in offshore accounting and finance outsourcing: Case evidence from UK and India

Nicholson, Brian; Aman, Aini - 2008

outsourcing relationships involving India based vendors and clients in UK, this paper identifies relational risks and the controls …

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Économie de plateforme et droit social : enjeux prospectifs et approche juridique comparative

Daugareilh, Isabelle (contributor); … - 2019

This Working Paper brings together two parallel but complementary approaches to the impact of the platform economy on working conditions and social law. The first part of the study shows that the business models of some platforms is a combination of technological disruption and social evasion....

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