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Outsourcing and Offshoring of Finance Activities

Terjesen, Siri A. - 2006

This chapter focuses on the outsourcing and offshoring of finance activities in the firm from firm, host country and home country perspectives. Globalisation, technology, regulation changes, stakeholder pressures, and firm re-organisation changes present challenges and opportunities to firm...

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Managerial characteristics and business strategy as determinants of business performance as moderated by business environment of Chinese SMEs in the State of Sarawak, East Malaysia

Sung, Ching Ing

Thesis (DBusinessAdministration)--University of South Australia, 2006.

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Fractals, Attractors and the Quantum Self: A New Lexicon for HRM

Tywoniak, Stephane; Whiteley, Alma - 2006

think about human resource management theory and practice. The concepts of fractal, strange attractor and quantum self …, borrowed from complexity theory are presented. Fractal thinking allows self-similarity through the constants of initial … of the organization’s governing principles. The quantum self portrays the ‘both/and’ nature of rational and relational …

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Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Cross-Culturals Study of Potential Entrepreneurs in India, China, Thailand and Australia

Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J. - 2005

of entrepreneurship, such as independence, firm ownership and risk. Thus the motive for pursuing self employment (or any …The intention of an individual to behave entrepreneurially arises because the entrepreneur perceives self-employment …

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A Mathematical Model for New Product Diffusion: The Influence of Innovators and Imitators

Steffens, Paul R.; Murthy, D. N. Prabhakar - 1992

Abstract - A simple mathematical model describing the diffusion of a new, infrequently purchased product is proposed. Many previous papers have reported that the differing behaviour of "innovators" and "imitators" is fundamental to the diffusion process. However, previous models have failed to...

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Coordination and Competition in Small Business Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Australia and Denmark

Parker, Rachel L. - 2002

Small business policy has become a major focus of industrial policy initiatives in the OECD countries (Storey and Tether 1998). A range of policy measures are utilised in support of small business, including direct financial support, the provision of advisory services, the education and training...

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Industrial Transformation in Austria, Norway and Sweden

Parker, Rachel L. - 2000

The literature on state capacity has suggested that state-industry relations are critical in understanding the structure of industry and the capacity for industry transformation within a particular social context. Further, there appears to be a need for science and technology policies that...

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Entrepreneurship and small business research: how do we get further?

Davidsson, Per - 1991

to start from scratch, I see a number of problems within the field of entrepreneurship and small business research. It … aiming at the core issues: determinants of entrepreneurship and the role of entrepreneurship and small businesses in the …

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Empirical analysis of growth factors using Swedish data

Davidsson, Per; Kirchhoff, Bruce; Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser; … - 2002

Empirical research conducted on economic sectors in the U.S., Germany, Australia and Scotland has shown that factors such as age, size, location, legal form, and industry are related to business growth rates. Much of this research has focused on manufacturing firms thus providing little...

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The extent of overestimation of small firm job creation: an empirical examination of the ‘regression bias’

Davidsson, Per; Lindmark, Leif; Olofsson, Christer - 1998

Davis, Haltiwanger & Schuh (1993; 1996) suggested that the belief that small firms are major contributors of new jobs is largely based on methodological flaws. In particular, their reasoning about the "regression fallacy", i.e., that temporary fluctuations in size systematically biases estimates in...

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