“Education is one of the most important building blocks in the progress of a Nation.” No doubt education has a great role in the progressing of nations. Today, most of progressing and frontiers nations in the world recognized them just because of their education. Look at the China (one of...

There are central tensions between the two sides of the board’s functions: that of controlling and monitoring versus that of resource gathering and strategizing. Drawing upon a field study lasting 38 months involving 8 new ventures in the UK high technology sector, we took a close look at the...

This paper examines Alfred Marshall's theory of organization and business management, and explores the significance of his wisdom and foresight. Despite considerable research on Alfred Marshall’s economic theory, little attention, among economists in particular, has been given to his theory of...

A business process is a collection of related activities that produce a specific output for a particular customer. The effective designing of business processes is an important issue for the corporations. The need itself, to improve the existing business process in an organization, results in...

This paper gives an account of the Consultancy in 15 schools of Female Entrepreneurship, conducted for the National Women Service SERNAM, Chile's state agency, as part of Support Social Cohesion EU-Chile, coordinated by the Agency International Cooperation, AGCI, which is an organization of the...

This paper proposes a decision-making model for managers choosing turnaround tactics. The article discusses (a) ten generic strategies for improving competitiveness; (b) twelve trunaround tactics, including reengineering, downsizing, outsourcing and kaizen; (c) five criteria to select the...

After a long period of restructuring and outsourcing, companies are increasingly looking for new growth opportunities. Growth with existing products or by expansion in new markets is limited. Therefore, companies are searching for ways to expand their activities in new businesses. A frequently...

The purpose of this article is to discuss the risks for Chinese companies that are interested in pursuing international business opportunities. Drawing from personal industry experience, experience teaching Chinese entrepreneurs/managers in China, and marketing management class lectures, I...

In a review of the large body of research on interorganizational ties in biotechnology, we dissect the complexities of forming and managing networks of interorganizational ties with respect to a firm's needs and aspirations, its choice of partners, and its choice of partnership governance forms....