This note contains an empirical analysis of the decision of German-speaking business scholars to boycott and opt out of the best known research ranking of business scholars, initiated and published by Germany’s largest business daily, Handelsblatt. Our analysis indicates that scientists who...

Micro-sized Enterprise is the most common path for undertaking a business in Mexico and a fundamental part of the economic structure of the country. Previous studies reported high mortality rates in this kind of business. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the survival behavior of...

National competitiveness is an important concept that reflects in economic strength and place on the world markets. Among numerous competitiveness indicators educational system is certainly one that builds competitive fundamental in creating proactive, efficient and effective workforce. Business...

Purpose – To explore the assumptions underlying the traditional “principles of administration” in the light of the rise of interest in corporate social responsibility, business ethics and corporate governance and to link revised principles to practical stakeholder models, using, for...

Mange danske virksomheder oplever i disse år en forøget erhvervsturbulens som konsekvens af samfunds- og erhvervsstrukturens paradigmeskift mod viden- og konkurrencesamfund. Traditionel strategisk planlægning, der sætter fokus på virksomhedens drift, er ikke gearet til at håndtere...

While we have been preoccupied with the latest i-gadget from Apple and with Google's ongoing expansion, we may have missed something: the fundamental transformation of whole firms and industries into giant information-processing machines. Today, more than eighty percent of workers collect and...

The article elaborates weather UML, primarily used in software engineering, can be a useful tool in business modeling and administration. By analyzing the advantages the modeling language has to offer we find that UML is visual and object oriented and that it is useful in expressing structure,...

In this paper we are proposing to approach a theme very topical in our country: choose of the most profitable and comfortable sources of financing. The major objective of research in this work is the foundation of essential decisions in the enterprise activity that faces one of the most pressing...

El estatus ontológico y moral de entidades colectivas ha sido y es objeto de debate recurrente en filosofía, ciencias sociales, derecho y ética aplicada. Individualismo y colectivismo moral son las dos tesis clásicas que se ofrecen para justificar o descartar la consideración de las...

An increasing number of academic institutions provide short-term international study opportunities for their business students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Some institutions even provide such experiences for faculty, to enhance their international background and to facilitate...