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The vicious cycle: growth and declining quality in the US airline industry: some lessons for new start-ups
Rhoades, Dawna L.; Tiernan, Siobhan D. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 1, pp. 31-44
Since US deregulation, over 200 airlines have started up and failed (Rosen, 1995). While competitive pressures and economic conditions were a factor in the failure of many carriers, the issue of rapid growth and service quality has been blamed for the demise of these carriers. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564318
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The vicious cycle: growth and declining quality in the US airline industry: some lessons for new start-ups
Rhoades, Dawna L.; Tiernan, Siobhan D. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 1, pp. 31-44
Since US deregulation, over 200 airlines have started up and failed (Rosen, 1995). While competitive pressures and economic conditions were a factor in the failure of many carriers, the issue of rapid growth and service quality has been blamed for the demise of these carriers. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005753520
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Commercial benefits of social entrepreneurship
Meewella, John; Sandhu, Maqsood - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 3, pp. 340-357
Research within social entrepreneurship traditionally operates in the social domain and lacks direct commercial attributes. The aim of this paper is to highlight that social entrepreneurship can be utilised within commercial context. Article attempts to clarify social entrepreneurship relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010816963
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Einflussfaktoren des Studienerfolges im betriebswirtschaftlichen Studium: Eine empirische Untersuchung
Giese, Stefanie; Otte, Franziska; Stoetzer, … - Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft, Fachhochschule Jena - 2013
Was beeinflusst den Studienerfolg eines betriebswirtschaftlichen Studiums in Form der erreichten Abschlussnote? Aus der Perspektive der Studierenden, der staatlichen Hochschulpolitik und der Hochschulen sind dabei unterschiedliche Einflussfaktoren von Bedeutung: Die Note der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982088
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Management Economics in a Large Retail Company
Siebert, W. Stanley; Zubanov, Nikolay - In: Management Science 56 (2010) 8, pp. 1398-1414
manager pay. We find that, of the six management practice areas surveyed, the most important is "commercial awareness," where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293026
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Management Economics in a Large Retail Organization
Siebert, W. Stanley; Zubanov, Nikolay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We study the impact of and reward to middle management ability using data from 245 stores of a nationwide retailer. The … company scores six broad areas of management practice, the most important of which turns out to be "commercial awareness … managers do not receive higher pay all else equal, which implies that middle management ability is not fully tradable. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703534
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The Myth of the Patient Japanese : Corporate Myopia and Financial Ditress in Japan and the US.
Hall, B-J; Weinstein, D-E - Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), … - 1996
It is widely believed that the stock-market oriented US financial system forces corporate managers to behave myopically relative to their Japanese counterparts, who operate in a bank-based system. We hypothesize that if US firms are more myopic that Japanese firms, then episodes of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005245639
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Creating 21st Century Learning Environments
Li, Phan Pit; Locke, John; Nair, Prakash; Bunting, Andrew - Directorate for Education, Organisation de Coopération … - 2005
building schools are summarised here. A development and management professional explains how the school building can serve as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963137
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Management and the Varieties of Capitalism, from <i>The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States
Jacoby, Sanford M. - Princeton University Press
maintain distinctive approaches to human resource management, which has important consequences for how firms compete, for … major contribution to our understanding of comparative management and the relationship between business, society, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797569
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An experiment with two-way offers into court: restoring the balance in pre-trial negotiation
Main, Brian G.M.; Park, Andrew - In: Journal of Economic Studies 30 (2003) May, pp. 125-143
will lead to out of court settlement. Both in the UK following the Woolf Report and the Cullen Report and in the USA, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009713