The concept of measurement quality assurance (MQA) as embodied in National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) programs is not generally used within European programs for testing or accreditation. Although the essential elements of quality control and quality assurance are in the...

This dissertation examines the ways international research collaboration affects the ability of Colombian research teams to produce bibliographic outputs, and to contribute to local knowledge. Research hypotheses are tested using Zero Inflated Negative Binomial Regression models to account for...

Collective knowledge, consisting of tacit group-embedded knowledge, is a key element of organizational capabilities. This study undertakes a multiple-case study of the transfer of collective knowledge, guided by a set of tentative constructs and propositions derived from organizational learning...

This dissertation consists of three empirical studies on foreign market entry and development by US fast-food chains. While prior international business research has principally sought to explain when, where and how firms enter foreign markets, surprisingly little attention has been given to...

This paper describes research into problems commonly experienced when implementing an off-the-shelf information system into the complex work-practices of an organisation. Encountering such an occurrence, the authors employed a grounded theory approach to study the case though the collection,...

The Hungarian sheep sector has become a one-market sector, almost the wholeamount of slaughter lamb went to Italy. It would worth to exploit possibilities in other Europeanmarkets. Such markets can be the Spanish and Greek for ”light” and the French, German andEnglish markets for ”heavy”...

The performance of banks is important because it is a reflection of the ability of banks to manage aspects of its capital and assets in the profits and the extent to which the ability of capital a bank is able to absorb the credit risk of failure that may occur, as well as the implications of...