This paper shows the main results of a research activity conducted in the South – East region of Romania during November 2009, over 117 small and medium-sized enterprises. The results help to better explain some of the social problems that have been generated in the region as a snow ball...

Supermarket retailers in India admist fierce competition and the only way out is through the attainment of competitive advantage. Strategy is the route to attain competitive advantage that could facilitate firms attain superior performance. The objective of this paper is to develop a conceptual...

Education represents a permanent preoccupation for the Governments of all Member States, but the structure of the education systems differs considerably from a country to another. In this context, the European Union is a useful forum for the exchange of ideas and of good practices. The European...

On average, “young”people underestimate whereas “old”people overestimate their chances to survive into the future. We adopt a Bayesian learning model of ambiguous survival beliefs which replicates these patterns. The model is em-bedded within a non-expected utility model of...

Hírtőzsdén olyan, általában elektronikus piacot értünk, ahol különféle jövőbeli eseményekre lehet fogadni. Mint azt már több vizsgálat is megmutatta, ezek a játéktőzsdék alkalmasak arra, hogy a résztvevők rendelkezésére álló elszórt részinformációkat...

Bevezetünk egy dinamikus alkujátékot, amelyben az idő múlásával a felek az üzletkötés (adásvétel) értékét felfedő, hitelesíthető bizonyítékokra tehetnek szert, és amelyeket alkupartnerüknek kiadhatnak vagy előle eltitkolhatnak. Egyensúlyban a felek a számukra előnyös...

Az adatrobbanás, vagyis a korábbiakat nagyságrendekkel meghaladó méretű adattömegek, adatbázisok megjelenése a tudományos, a gazdasági és a társadalmi élet számos területén korunk gazdaságtudományi szempontból is figyelemre méltó jelensége. Cikkünkben a dimenziók...

Mary P. Follett (1868-1933) has been considered as a pioneer in management although her contributions have been eclipsed for a long time. She contributed to give some philosophical foundations to modern theories of management. Our research follows two objectives. It aims to highlight the nature...

One could think that Peter Drucker's invention of Management by Objectives and Self Control (MBO) and its first implementation at General Electric in 1952 was a breakthrough in management techniques. Analyzing the history of MBO from a genealogical perspective, and taking into account Drucker's...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between language, thinking and society for explaining the degree of visibility of the French organizational studies (OS) production. Design/methodology/approach – This paper proposes a sociological analysis based on Bourdieu...