Intro -- 1 Wertorientierte Vergütungsbemessung als Chance für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen -- 2 Ableitung von Kriterien für eine wertorientierte Vergütung in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen auf Basis der funktionalen Bewertungstheorie -- 2.1 Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen -- 2.1.1...

Congress is in the process of reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which expires in 2008. One issue being considered in the reauthorization is whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration costs and, if so, at what levels....

Managing Children's Homes focuses on leadership, effective management, the allocation of resources, and ensuring positive outcomes for young people in residential care. The book develops an interdisciplinary understanding of what needs to be taken into account when establishing and maintaining...

The majority of SMEs are operating in a networked business environment, and these networks extend beyond national and cultural boundaries. Within these networks, growth takes various routes and forms. Instead of linear, positive growth, international growth is often more cyclical, including...

This volume is a collection of the best papers presented at the HTSF Conference held at Manchester Business School, UK, in June 2007, from which three major themes have emerged: the critical problems of HTSF financing; aspects of strategic development in HTSFs; and HTSF marketing problems, often...

What are groups? How do they behave? Arrow, McGrath, and Berdahl answer these questions by developing a general theory of small groups as complex systems. Basing their theory on concepts distilled from general systems theory, dynamical systems theory, and complexity and chaos theory, they...

Intro -- Petty Capitalists and Globalization: Flexibility, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development -- Contents -- Illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Petty Production: The Enduring Alternative -- 3. Movers and Fixers: Historical Forms of Exploitation and the Marketing of a Regional Economy...