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Innovative business cases in the South Africa table grape and wine industries: developing the concept of empowerment entrepreneurship
Ras, Peter J.; Vermeulen, Walter J.V. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 456-477
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on an innovative initiative taken spontaneously by producers in the supply chain of the table grapes and wine industry to empower employees. Empowerment is a fundamental force for change in doing business in South Africa and its societies, especially in...
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Religion and Innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
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Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as …
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265295
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An analysis of cultural shifts - the examples of Luxembourg, France, Germany
Schinzel, Ursula - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 11 (2015) 2/3, pp. 308-326
not shift. Potential impact factors are globalisation, knowledge management, innovation, expatriation, mobility, the …
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Managing human resources in the knowledge-based economy
Dobre, Ovidiu-Iliuta - In: Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research 3 (2012) 1, pp. 68-76
In the management of human resources, knowledge workers have been considered as adding high value to their … knowledge-based economy they have to update their skills continuously. Effective knowledge management is about managing people …
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Changing talent management practises and global talent management: a literature review and research agenda for the Mediterranean region
Iles, Paul; Zhu, Xiaoxian - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 424-438
' or 'talents' is proving increasingly influential, especially with top managers. Narratives around talent management (TM …
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Human resource management - practices, performance and strategy in the Italian hotel industry
Bresciani, Stefano; Thrassou, Alkis; Vrontis, Demetris - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 405-423
The aim of this paper is to study the relationship between human resource management (HRM) and organisational …
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Local subsidiaries initiatives: cultural determinants and outcomes
Chebbi, Hela; Yahiaoui, Dorra - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 389-404
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cultural determinants of local subsidiaries' initiatives. An exploratory and qualitative research, conducted in a Polish subsidiary in the telecommunication sector, indicated that the entrepreneurial culture of the subsidiary is not the unique...
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Innovative trends in human resource management: a case study of Lithuanian and Latvian organisations
Lobanova, Liudmila; Ozolina-Ozola, Iveta - In: International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems 3 (2014) 2, pp. 131-152
The article discusses innovative trends and significant aspects of human resource management practices in the context … of high-performance human resource management regarding the challenges of sustainable development and the needs of … innovations deployment to management practice. The authors carried out a theoretical analysis of various significant functional …
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