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The Effect of Transactional Leadership on Employees Performance - Case Study of 5 Algerian Banking Institutions
Brahim, Ali Bousbia; Ridic, Ognjen; Jukic, Tomislav - In: Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business 13 (2015) 2, pp. 7-20
utilizing different leadership styles in a part of the banking sector in Algeria. A quantitative survey instrument was designed …) was utilized as the tool of inferential statistics in order to determine differences in leadership between multiple groups … organizational goals. The paper investigated the impact of transactional leadership style on employees’ performance in Algerian banks …
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Why do leaders matter? The role of expert knowledge
Goodall, Amanda H.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2008
Why do some leaders succeed while others fail? This question is important, but its complexity makes it hard to study systematically. We examine an industry in which there are well-defined objectives, small teams, and exact measures of leaders' characteristics. We show that a strong predictor of...
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Pharmaceutical research in Wilhelmine Germany: the case of E. Merck
Burhop, Carsten - 2008
In this paper, we describe the emergence and evolution of pharmaceutical research at the German company E. Merck during the late 19th and early 20th century. Revolutionary changes in the scientific knowledge base, especially the rise of bacteriological research, and the market entry of dyestuff...
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Expansion und Überleben von Unternehmen in der Ersten Phase der Globalisierung
Baten, Jörg - 2001
Die Determinanten von Überleben oder Sterben, von Expansion oder Kontraktion von Unternehmen sind ein wichtiges Forschungsgebiet der Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Zwar bietet die mikroökonomische Theorie eine Reihe von fundierten Verhaltenshypothesen, z.B. die der Betriebseinstellung, wenn das...
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Neue Quellen für die unternehmenshistorische Analyse
Baten, Jörg - 2001
In diesem Beitrag wird die Herkunft und Genese von Quellengattungen diskutiert, die für die historische Unternehmensforschung neuerdings verfügbar sind, aber noch sehr selten genutzt wurden: Steuerlisten und Akten der Gewerbeaufsicht.1 Damit können erstmalig große Mengen quantitativer...
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Zur Ideengeschichte von Buchführung, Kostenrechung und Controlling vor dem Hintergrund ihres historischen Kontexts
Göthlich, Stephan E. - 2007
Diese Schrift gibt einen Überblick über die Evolution und die Entwicklungen im Bereich des betrieblichen Rechnungswesens und deckt eine zeitliche Spanne von etwa 5.500 Jahren ab. Begonnen wird bei den Wirtschaftstexten der Sumerer, und im Folgenden werden die Epochen Antike, Feudalismus und...
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The car industry and climate change: A historical review
Näsman, Mattias; Ballor, Grace - 2024
In the second half of the twentieth century, the car industry became a lightning rod for debates about human contributions to climate change. Widespread motorisation galvanised the green movements of the 1960s and 1970s, regulators increasingly demanded the use of pollution and climate...
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Bubbles in history
Quinn, William; Turner, John D. - 2020
Bubbles have become ubiquitous. This ubiquity has stimulated research over the past three decades into bubbles in history. In this article, we provide a systematic overview of research into historical bubbles. Our analysis reveals that there is no coherent approach to the study of bubbles and...
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The debt crisis and the adoption of Asset-Light and Fee-Orientated (ALFO) arrangements at Marriott: 1980-1995
Rice, John; Raziq, Muhammad Mustafa; Martin, Nigel; … - In: Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing 9 (2023) 1, pp. 58-66
Purpose: This case study examines Marriott Corporation's large and successful spinoff between 1993 and 1995 and the concomitant adoption of a corporate ALFO strategy enabled by the transfer of assets and debt between the two entities. As an example of corporate restructuring, it involves...
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Oltre i confini: Le imprese "leggere" italiane e I mercati internazionali nel XIX e XX secolo
Mellinato, Giulio (contributor); Prosperi, Laura (contributor) - 2021
The book investigates some aspects of the Italian economic development looking at some usually forgotten cases of international success: the small-medium enterprises specialized in 'light' productions, such as food, beverages, and apparel. These firms have shown a peculiar ability to adapt, in...
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