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Führung unter lernförderlichen Arbeitsbedingungen
Elbe, Martin - In: Arbeit 27 (2018) 4, pp. 345-367
Zusammenfassung Arbeit und Führung befinden sich in einem weltweiten Wandlungsprozess, der Menschen ebenso wie maschinelle Systeme betrifft. Lernprozesse und Lernverantwortung werden zunehmend integrale Bestandteile von Arbeits- und Führungsanforderungen. Dabei erfolgt Lernen in autonomen...
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Corporate social responsibility and Latin American firm performance
Amini, Chiara; Dal Bianco, Silvia - In: Corporate Governance: The International Journal of … 17 (2017) 3, pp. 403-445
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firm performance in six Latin American economies. Firm performance includes five distinct dimensions, namely, firm turnover, labour productivity, innovativeness, product differentiation and...
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Do clusters matter to firm and regional development and growth?
Rocha, Hector - In: Management Research: The Journal of the Iberoamerican … 13 (2015) 1, pp. 83-123
Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the impact of clusters on development and growth at the firm and regional level in Latin America (LA). The past 20 years have witnessed an acceleration of cluster initiatives, assuming their positive impact on firm performance and regional development....
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Management in a polarized Latin American region: special issue introduction
Robles, Fernando - In: Management Decision 51 (2013) 8, pp. 1565-1578
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue which aims to provide a better understanding of the extent of regional polarization across different economic sectors and its impact on the business environment and strategies of firms in Latin America....
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Firm capabilities and the performance in regional polarization
Wu, Jie; Wu, Zefu - In: Management Decision 51 (2013) 8, pp. 1613-1627
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of firm-specific capabilities on performance in regional polarization. Design/methodology/approach – The study develops and tests a theoretical model relating regional economic characteristics and firm-specific capabilities to...
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The Layered Dependency Structure Matrix for Managing Collaborative Design Processes
Pektaş, Şule Taşlı - In: Open House International 39 (2014) 1, pp. 26-35
Effective collaboration and knowledge management are the major contributors of success in the construction industry. Although a huge amount of interdisciplinary knowledge is exchanged in building design processes, there is a lack of tools for representing information flows. Therefore, this paper...
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Neue Steuerungsinstrumente - Überwindung der Bürokratie oder Bürokratie im neuen Gewand?
Kalkowski, Peter - In: Arbeit 11 (2002) 2, pp. 129-142
Abstract Turbulente Unternehmensumwelten drängen auf einen Wechsel der Managementparadigmen. Im Rekurs auf Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung in Telekommunikationsbetrieben wird festgestellt, dass neue Steuerungs- und Führungsinstrumente dabei eine Schlüsselrolle spielen und sie in...
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The Problem of an Autonomous Bureaucracy in Transition Economies: Lessons from the American Experience
Libecap, Gary D. - In: Journal des �conomistes et des �tudes Humaines 11 (2001) 1
remedy for a politicized corrupt bureaucracy is an autonomous, professional bureaucracy, chosen on the basis of merit. This … article argues, however, such a move will not necessarily bring improvement. Political controls over the bureaucracy must be … developed and inserted so that the bureaucracy has incentives to be more efficient and to be more responsive to changing citizen …
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The social and technological origins of the information society
Weller, Toni; Bawden, David - In: Journal of Documentation 61 (2005) 6, pp. 777-802
organisation. It goes on to assess the growth of bureaucracy and organisation in commerce. The expansion of government surveillance …
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Entrepreneurial propensity in a transition economy: exploring micro‐level and meso‐level cultural antecedents
Chelariu, Cristian; Brashear, Thomas G.; Osmonbekov, Talai - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 23 (2008) 6, pp. 405-415
Purpose – This paper aims to analyze antecedents of entrepreneurship propensity in two separate studies, at individual and organizational levels. The first study proposes that the effect of individual cultural values on entrepreneurial propensity is mediated by the locus of control. The second...
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