Infolge der Expansion der Bereiche Gesundheit, Bildung und Soziales in den Sozialstaaten während der letzten Dekaden ist die Erwerbsbeteiligung von Frauen gestiegen. Ist damit - so fragt Meyer in diesem Buch - auch die soziale Ungleichheit von Frauen und Männern reduziert worden? Im Vergleich...

Abstract: Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the factors influencing the business performance of estate agency in England and Wales. Design/methodology/approach – The paper investigates the effect of housing market, company size and pricing policy on business performance in the estate...

There is now a broad scientific consensus that the global climate is changing in ways that are likely to have a profound impact on human society and the natural environment over the coming decades. The challenge for Facilities Mangers is to ensure that business continuity plans acknowledge the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the problems encountered and the solutions developed when using benchmarking and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor a major UK social house building innovation (change) programme. The innovation programme sought improvements to both...

Based on empirical evidence, the article looks at the implications of private sector participation (PSP) for the delivery of water supply and sanitation to the urban and peri-urban poor in developing countries, with particular reference to Africa and Latin America. More precisely, the article...

Research into the innovation process requires models of the process which accurately describe, and can reliably be applied to, real examples of innovation in organizations. In this paper two models are compared empirically in terms of reliability and accuracy. The first (Zaltman, Duncan &...

Today’s business world relies on strategies that have gone beyond the geographical boundaries of one country to become International and in many cases “global”. This has only been made possible by a logistics industry that has not only learnt to manage with lower levels of inventory,...

In recent years there has been widespread discussion concerning the purported shift away from Taylorism towards a new production paradigm premised upon techniques of highperformance management (HPM). This paper argues that in seeking to capture the essence of the phenomenon commentators...

The paper seeks to contribute to the management development debate by providing insight into the dynamics of organisational learning and human interaction in the SME firm. The paper sets out to consider how a practice based perspective of knowledge is useful in this regard. The paper is...

Purpose: This paper aims to identify the problems associated with the implementation of strategic planning in Jordanian publicly quoted companies. Design/Methodology/Approach: A review of the literature relating to both strategic planning and strategic planning implementation in both developed...