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Employee ownership in the USA: lessons to consider in creating more inclusive capitalism
Rosen, Corey - In: Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership 6 (2023) 3, pp. 215-229
Purpose This paper aims to identify the key lessons to learn from the US employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)-model. The lessons are, broad-based employee ownership is difficult to attain and sustain if employees have to use their own money to purchase shares. The paper works better when the...
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Green purchase behavior: mitigating barriers in developing countries
Nguyen, The Ninh; Phan, Thi Thu Hoai; Cao, Tuan Khanh; … - In: Strategic Direction 33 (2017) 8, pp. 4-6
Purpose This paper aims to identify the key barriers preventing the consumer purchase of eco-friendly products in … developing countries and later suggests intervention strategies to mitigate such barriers. Design/methodology/approach This paper … presents the authors’ viewpoint on strategies aimed at promoting green purchases. Findings Key barriers to purchasing green …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015012386
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The quality‐related international trade agreements of the World Trade Organization and their implications for quality professionals
Sierra, Enrique - In: The TQM Magazine 11 (1999) 6, pp. 396-401
.e. the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015033663
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Fish or starve
Marren, Patrick - In: Journal of Business Strategy 27 (2006) 5, pp. 7-9
Purpose – To provide the author's opinions about key issues in strategy and the future to the readership. Design/methodology/approach – This article is an opinion column. Findings – There are good analogies between the survival or failure of societies and the survival or failure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014845077
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Green productivity: moving the agenda
Tuttle, Tom; Heap, John - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 57 (2007) 1, pp. 93-106
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence of the emerging consensus about the need to tackle environmental issues alongside economic and business issues, in an integrated way that can achieve breakthrough improvements in both productivity and environmental impact. It also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014796576
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Sustainable tourism development in Canada: practical challenges
Jayawardena, Chandana - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 15 (2003) 7, pp. 408-412
The School of Hospitality and Tourism Management of Ryerson University, Toronto hosted the 2002 World‐wide Hospitality and Tourism Trends (WHATT) Roundtable discussion of Canada. The discussion focused mainly on the practical challenges and the role of educational institutions in sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014762626
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The moderating role of environmental dynamism between firm emotional capability and performance
Akgün, Ali E.; Keskin, Halit; Byrne, John - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 21 (2008) 2, pp. 230-252
Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of a firm's emotional capability on its performance by considering the environmental dynamism, and to enhance the literature on organizational change and competencies. Design/methodology/approach – The study involves a questionnaire‐based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014891115
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Postcard from Chittagong: wish you were here?
Cairns, George - In: Critical perspectives on international business 3 (2007) 3, pp. 266-279
Purpose – This paper, first, seeks to bring a discussion of the ship‐breaking industry of Bangladesh and other “less developed economies” (LDEs) into the academic arena, since almost no mention of it can be found in a journal database search. Second, in engaging with the multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014701682
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Corporate Greening 2.0: factors in play as executives zero in on climate change
Harrison, E. Bruce - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 14 (2009) 3, pp. 280-285
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of Corporate Greening 2.0 as a sustainable corporate communication and business strategy (the author's perspective on the societal and economic impact of climate change and carbon constraint is developed in a recent work by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014691725
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Leadership in unprecedented times
Dickson, Andy - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 42 (2010) 6, pp. 309-313
/implications – Success for a business is not guaranteed. It depends on the market and the innovation and the courage, capability and capacity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014755505