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Dice thrown from the beginning? : an empirical investigation of determinants of firm level growth expectations

Terjesen, Siri; Szerb, Lászlo - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 153-178

This study investigates three competing but complementary perspectives on factors related to entrepreneurial firm growth. We examine individual (entrepreneur) firm and national environment factors associated with the growth expectations of nascent, baby and established firms. Using 25,384 data...

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The impact of budgetary participation on managerial performance : evidence from Jordanian university executives

Osama Mah’d; Al-Khadash, Husam; Idris, Mohammed; … - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 3 (2013) 3, pp. 133-156

This research investigates the relationship between the budgetary participation and the managerial performance in a … developing country context (Jordan). Managerial performance is measured using the modified nine items of (Mahoney et al., 1965 …, in five private universities, replied. The findings suggest that the performance indicators of the respondents who …

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A comparison of performance measures for finding the best measure of business entity performance : source from the Tehran Stock Exchange

Kootanaee, Hamidreza Javadian; Kootanaee, Akbar Javadian; … - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 4, pp. 27-35

level of value created for its shareholders. Economic Value Added is a performance measure that is in essence related to the … is examined to find the best measure of business organizations performance. The reason for choosing traditional measures …

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Freight transport time savings and organizational performance : a systemic approach

Sambracos, Evangelos; Ramfou, Irene - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 19-40

This paper investigates the effect of freight transport time savings (FTTS) on the performance of transport consuming … perspective of firms, integrating the disciplines of systems thinking, performance measurement, transport and logistics decision … making. Evidence from a Systems Dynamics’ simulation experiment on a retailer suggests that the effect of FTTS on performance …

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The influence of organisational culture on the total quality management programme performance

Roldán, José L.; Leal-Rodríguez, Antonio L.; Leal, … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 18 (2012) 3, pp. 183-189

TQM programme performance using data from a survey carried out with 113 Spanish companies that have implemented TQM … quality culture types and the TQM programme performance, and there being different influence levels of the quality cultures …. -- quality culture ; performance ; total quality management …

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The comparative financial managerial performance of US firms and Chinese firms

Asheghian, Parviz - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 119-135

This paper evaluates the relative financial managerial performance of thirty matched-pairs of US firms and Chinese (CN …) firms. In this study, financial managerial performance is measured in terms of profitability, debt management, and asset … Chinese firms are similar to each other with respect to their financial managerial performance. The only exception is that CN …

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The effect of market orientation, learning orientation and innovativeness on firm performance : a research from Turkish logistics sector

Eris, Engin Deniz; Ozmen, Omur Neczan Timurcanday - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 1, pp. 77-108

orientation", and "innovativeness" are regarded together as having a significant impact on a firm's performance. The objective of … this study is to find out the interrelationships of these variables and their impact on performance in the Turkish … Turkey are market oriented, learning oriented, and innovative and that all variables are effective on performance enhancement …

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Financial constraints and exports : evidence from Portuguese manufacturing firms

Silva, Armando - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 3, pp. 7-19

This paper analyses the links between financial constraints and firm export behaviour, at the firm level, by using data on Portuguese manufacturing enterprises. Previous empirical literature has not yet reached a consensus on these subjects and there is a great heterogeneity in measuring...

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Gender differences in work stress, related to organizational conflicts and organizational constrains : an empirical research

Stafyla, Amalia; Kaltsidou, Georgia; Spyridis, Nikolaos - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 91-101

In modern era, stress at workplace is a component of employees’ and organizations’ daily routine. The current research intends to study the gender differences as far as the ways that stress is witnessed in the workplace is concerned. Participants in this study were 231 Greek adults, employed...

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Organisational effectiveness : whom and what do we believe?

Oghojafor, B. E. A.; Muo, F. I.; Aduloju, S. A. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 4, pp. 81-108

This paper extensively reviews relevant literature on the complex and multidimensional nature and measure of effectiveness. After analyzing 15 perspectives on organizational effectiveness, it recommends that managers should appreciate the challenges inherent in striving for effectiveness...

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