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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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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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An examination of the relationship between corruption and total entrepreneurial activity
Wu, Sibin; Liang, Xin - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 478-489
In this paper, we attempt to link the International Transparency index with economic development, specifically entrepreneurial activity. Using data collected through Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), CIA's World Factbook and the 1997 Transparency International, we found that overall...
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What is sustainability?
Chichilnisky, Graciela - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 3 (2011) 2, pp. 125-140
The goal of this paper is to provide a definition of the concept of sustainability with the level of rigor and clarity of neoclassical theory, based on two axioms that ensure equal treatment of the present and the future introduced by the author. We discuss applications to markets, business...
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Responsabilidad social y cooperativismo. El Fondo de Educación y Promoción (FEP) como indicador social en el caso del cooperativismo de crédito/Social Responsibility and Cooperativ...
SERVER IZQUIERDO, RICARDO J.; VILLALONGA GRAÑANA, … - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 26 (2008) Abril, pp. 133-158
La Responsabilidad Social de la Empresa (RSE) conduce a un modelo de entidad que amplía su preocupación, de forma voluntaria, aglutinando a un mismo nivel aspectos económicos, sociales y medioambientales, debiéndose considerar su introducción en las estrategias empresariales, más como una...
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Sustainability-Driven Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility: Application of the Integrative Sustainability Triangle
Kleine, Alexandro; Hauff, Michael - In: Journal of Business Ethics 85 (2009) 3, pp. 517-533
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Are economic globalisation and sustainable development compatible? Business strategy and the role of the multinational enterprise
Garrod, Brian - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 1 (1998) 1, pp. 43-62
Much concern has been generated in recent times regarding the pivotal role played by multinational enterprises in determining the environmental implications of continuing economic globalisation. Yet, although some commentators have cast multinationals as an enemy of sustainable development,...
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