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From professionals to entrepreneurs: HR practices as an enabler for fostering corporate entrepreneurship in professional service firms
Kühn, Christopher J.; Eymann, Torsten; Urbach, Nils - Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Facultät, … - 2015
) concepts. In this context, it seems vital to foster a spirit of corporate entrepreneurship in PSFs to create an attractive … investigates how corporate entrepreneurship in the fields of elite accounting/consulting and law firms can be enabled by HR … fostering corporate entrepreneurship in PSFs and highlight some promising avenues for future research. …
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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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The Business Services Sector
Manalo, Josef; Orsmond, David - In: RBA Bulletin (2013) March, pp. 1-10
The business services sector has become increasingly important in the Australian economy. The strong growth in its output and employment has been largely driven by demand for the professional, scientific and technical inputs that firms in this sector provide to other businesses. This, in turn,...
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Republic of Korea; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This note is on Korea’s transition to a knowledge-based economy, the prospects and challenges ahead, and the development of its financial sector. Assessment of recent government initiatives to develop capital markets has been presented. The note discusses restrictions on Chaebol ownership...
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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
competitiveness of Mediterranean organisations? This paper reviews the literature on HRM and TM, including that relating to the …
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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 … performance in the Italian hospitality sector. In particular, it investigates the extent of adoption of HRM practices, the … aim to verify whether the effectiveness of HRM is contingent upon the approach to adopted business strategies and whether …
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An analysis of human resource empowerment and organisational performance in Greek sport federations
Papaioannou, Alkistis; Kriemadis, Thanos; Alexopoulos, … - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 439-455
This study examined the extent to which human resource empowerment is applied to Greek sport federations, and analysed their organisational performance based on two variables (government funding and Olympic distinctions). The study was a quantitative design using descriptive statistics and one...
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Strategic use of e-learning for human resource training
Capece, Guendalina; Gitto, Simone; Campisi, Domenico - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 1 (2009) 3, pp. 369-380
Nowadays, in both blended and separate channels, the emerging information technology enables curricula to be tailored to the needs of those participating in postgraduate programmes by offering more 'individual-centred education'. This article discusses one particular entrepreneurial attempt to...
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Factors predicting small and medium-sized enterprises' success
Tangkittipaporn, Jiraporn - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2 (2010) 1, pp. 113-126
The study obtaining from a sample of 338 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) showed that Chinese SME entrepreneurs' management practices have changed to a better direction and exhibited a high level of business success. However, Chinese SME entrepreneurs are still required to be equipped...
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Human Resource Management in Professional Service Firms: Too good to be true? Transcending conflicting institutional logics
Bévort, Frans; Poulfelt, Flemming - In: Zeitschrift fuer Personalforschung. German Journal of … 29 (2015) 2, pp. 102-130
systematic way when it comes to professional services firms (PSFs) – particularly when the drivers for developing powerful HRM … specialists and the discipline of HRM are governed by bureaucratic logic in their approach to management, PSF managers by contrast … have to be tackled if the practices of HRM are to prevail in PSFs. This paper contributes to HRM literature as well as …
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