We examine the relationship, across 39 countries, between regulation and entrepreneurship using a new two-equation model. We find the minimum capital requirement required to start a business lowers entrepreneurship rates across countries, as do labour market regulations. However the...

Enterprise systems are used to facilitate the seamless integration and exchange of data between the various departments within an organization. In order to achieve this, rigidly defined control mechanisms must be in place in the system, which safeguard the company's data and protect the company...

In this paper we concentrate on the assessment of the productive efficiency of bank branches, Bank branch operations are characterised by the effort made by management to pursue the banks' corporate objectives, The tangible part of this effort can be assessed by the operating efficiency of the...

This study draws on findings from a sample of large Scottish-based financial institutions to examine the development and impact of innovative 'strategic information systems'. It contrasts prescriptive, discourse-based and institutional models of strategic IS (information systems) with a social...

This paper examines how companies in the UK's military aircraft industry have responded to the post-Cold War environment of reduced defence budgets. Given the substantial decline in levels of global defence spending since 1989, it is perhaps surprising that few companies have attempted to...

Understanding innovation in the biomedical field requires an appreciation of its highly interactive nature and of the many professional and organizational boundaries that create barriers to interaction and the sharing of knowledge. Yet, research to date has directed much less attention to...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how to incorporate knowledge concepts into analytical models of strategy formulation and the strategic theory of the firm. Design/methodology/approach - The paper examines four different perspectives of the elusive concept of "knowledge",...

This study examines two issues. First, we assess the reliability of employment data self-generated by respondents using a survey panel of 280 firms surveyed in 1999 and again in 2002. Our results show that there is a close correlation between self-generated and archival secondary data. Second,...

This paper argues that features of Japanese organizations, previously held to be the foundations of innovation, change and flexibility, can equally be significant barriers to change, innovation and adaptation in turbulent economic environments. This paper draws on two in-depth case studies of...

Purpose - E-business systems and processes that use ubiquitous platforms such as web browser and internet have a profound impact on the management of inter-organisational processes. Consequently, a major implication of e-business is its impact on supply chain management. This paper focuses on...