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The End of Managerial Control?
Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Group & Organization Management 36 (2011) 2, pp. 135-160
This article has the aim of considering whether managerial control, no matter its form, has outlived, its usefulness in postbureaucratic society, and if so, whether it can be replaced by a more emancipatory discourse among local practitioners as they confront the immanent requirements of social...
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Executive Professionalization and Executive Selection
Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Human Resource Planning 20 (1997) 2, pp. 16-27
across organizations and industries. Executive professionalization could contribute to the strategic leadership of our major … organizations. This paper critically examines executive professionalization from both power and attribute perspectives. In …
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No resilience without partners: A case study on German small and medium-sized enterprises in the context of COVID-19
Trunk, Anna; Birkel, Hendrik - In: Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research (SBUR) 74 (2022) 4, pp. 537-574
Much research has been conducted on the effects of COVID-19 on company and supply chain resilience. However, few contributions have focused on small and medium-sized enterprises. These companies are claimed to be the drivers of economic growth but often lack access to resources and alternatives...
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Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Logistic Quality Management System Documentation Development Process
Šaulinskas, Linas; Paliulis, Narimantas Kazimieras; … - In: Contemporary Economics 7 (2013) 4, pp. 57-72
This paper addresses aspects of logistics quality management system documentation development and suggests models for quality management system documentation development, documentation hierarchical systems and authorization approval. It also identifies logistic processes and a responsibilities...
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Risk Management in the Agri-food Sector
Bachev, Hrabin - In: Contemporary Economics 7 (2013) 1, pp. 45-62
This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional Economics in a comprehensive framework for analyzing risk management in the agri-food sector. First, it specifies the diverse types of agri-food risks (natural, technical, behavioral, economic, policy, etc.) and the modes of their...
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Agency costs and organizational architecture of large corporate farms: evidence from Brazil
Chaddad, Fabio; Valentinov, Vladislav - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 20 (2017) 2, pp. 201-220
Drawing inspiration from American institutionalism and new institutional economics, this paper discusses the rise of large corporate farms as the transition from the classic capitalist firm to the corporate form of organization based on the separation of ownership and control. Three case studies...
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Going online: Forecasting the impact of websites on productivity and market structure
Rizov, Marian; Vecchi, Michela; Domenech, Josep - In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change 184 (2022), pp. 1-46
We develop a unifying framework to investigate the effects of firms’ internet presence on productivity and market structure. Using information on website adoption as an indicator of online trading, we treat the decision of entering an e-commerce market equivalent to the decision of entering a...
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The corporate headquarters in organization design theory: An organizational economics perspective
Foss, Nicolai J. - In: Journal of Organization Design 8 (2019) 8, pp. 1-9
The corporate headquarters (CHQ) is an important part of the organization of large firms; yet, it is neglected in organization design theory. In this brief essay, I argue that we need a better understanding of the CHQ to further our understanding of the link between the top-management team and...
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Determinants of high-performance organizations in Africa: A conceptual framework and research propositions
Amah, Okechukwu Ethelbert; Oyetunde, Kabiru - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 8 (2019) 4, pp. 319-333
organizations operating in Africa contribute to the sustainability of the continent. This is necessary because literature review … that organizations operating in the continent should partly be held responsible for social and environmental sustainability … good corporate citizens, organizations must work to achieve long-term sustainability for the continent and for themselves …
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Lobby Activities and their Evolution in the European Union Context
Vasilcovschi, Nicoleta; Oanta, Stefan Ilie - In: CES Working Papers 6 (2014) 2a, pp. 171-185
Beginning with the 20th century, lobby activities started to be developed and today the influence of the lobbying is used by nearly every group that has an important place at the international level. In this paper we describe the evolution of the concept of lobby at the international level and...
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