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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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Human Resource Management, Performance and Organisational Sustainability: A New Paradigm

Kramar, Robin; Hariadi, Melia Famiola - Fakulteta za Management, Univerza na Primorskem

This paper focuses on a particular area of management, human resource management. The paper explores these three …

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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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Recent Developments and Future Prospects on Sustainable Human Resource Management: Introduction to the Special Issue

Ehnert, Ina; Harry, Wes - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 23 (2012) 3, pp. 221-238

In this editorial the previous and current state of studies in the subject of sustainability are considered and the role of HRM examined. Particular attention is drawn to the range of definitions of ‘sustainability’ and to prior approaches to Sustainable HRM. The difficulties of studying the...

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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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Humanism in Business – Towards a Paradigm Shift?

Pirson, Michael; Lawrence, Paul - In: Journal of Business Ethics 93 (2010) 4, pp. 553-565

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