The paper presents the methodology of appreciative inquiry with the aim of fostering understanding of the Slovenian and Chinese educational environments. Besides using various methods within an action-based, longitudinal case study, we applied a novel methodology - chain pair interviews - that...

China's high-priority effort to become a more knowledge-based economy and society means that the knowledge resource is becoming increasingly important. However, most of the literature on the knowledge management (KM) strategy has been dominated by studies of knowledge creation in developed...

In this paper, we investigate how moral attitudes across top executives related to CSR practices and what consequences it has on earnings quality. We find that firms run by military executives are significantly more likely to engage in CSR activities. Specifically, military executives have a...

In the last decades museums have been pushed to adopt a range of strategies to cope with an increasingly challenging environment. In response to evolving cultural policies, lack of public funds available, the need to respond to social demands and better relate with territory and communities,...

Global Talent Competitiveness Index Report published by INSEAD, Adecco Group and Human Capital Leadership Institute in partnership with other organizations provides annual benchmarking study measuring the ability of countries to compete for talent of above 100 economies and provides rank (index)...

The National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China issued thirty eight auditing standards and guidelines on 1 January 1997. This was the culmination of a variable historical development during which audit activity was either emphasized or downplayed altogether. With the open door policy...

The National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China has taken a giant leap forward in 1997 by issuing 38 auditing guidelines for the government audits. This is a step forward to harmonize audit processes and procedures throughout the country, and an attempt to harmonize with...

The study aims at identifying the influence of interior pay gap between senior executives and ordinary employees on the organization's future performance for listed Chinese firms. In addition, two other moderator variables have been included in the study referring management power as the...

The segmentation of global manufacturing and services provided China and subsequently India with a golden opportunity to make full use of their absolute advantage – low cost yet educated labour-to integrate into the world economy within a comparatively shorter period of time than some earlier...