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The Aeneid and The Virginian : copywriting, origin myths and their consumption

Walle, A.H. - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 7, pp. 425-432

just as the Empire was being established) and Owen Wister’s The Virginian (which provided a symbolic hero for the USA at …

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Choosing the right employee: Chinese vs US preferences

Peppas, Spero C.; Peppas, Stephanie R.; Jin, Ken - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 1, pp. 7-13

ratings of the importance of 26 job selection attributes. Given the cultural distance between the USA and China, it was …

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Quality concepts and litigation: the role of record‐keeping in products liability litigation in the USA

Kastetter, Todd E. - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 8, pp. 633-643

liability litigation. The examination includes an overview of the civil jury system in the USA, as well as an analysis of the …

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The evolution of vertically integrated organizations: the role of historical context

Desai, Ashay; Mukherji, Ananda - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 3, pp. 233-243

is on the industrial development that took place in Germany, the UK, Japan and the USA. The role of a domestic market …

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Management systems, strikes and the coverage of “labor unrest” in the engineering literature during the Progressive era

Saporta, Ishak; Shenhav, Yehouda - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 5, pp. 407-414

This article provides first‐hand, empirical data to demonstrate that during the Progressive period, mechanical engineers used labor unrest as a rhetorical device to increase public interest in management systems. This political strategy was necessary, given the objection of manufacturers to...

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Pollo Campero in the USA

R. Brenes, Esteban; Chattopadyay, Amitava; Ciravegna, … - In: Management Decision 52 (2014) 9, pp. 1649-1679

Purpose – This case illustrates the challenges that Pollo Campero, a Guatemalan fast food company, faces when expanding in the US market. The purpose of this paper is to stimulate a discussion about consumer segmentation, competitive strategy and the internationalization of emerging market...

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Entrepreneurial capitalism: if America leads will Europe follow?

Acs, Zoltan J. - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 10 (2003) 1, pp. 113-117

What differentiates US capitalism from all other forms of industrial capitalism is its historical focus on both the creation of wealth (entrepreneurship) and the reconstitution of wealth (philanthropy). Philanthropy is part of the implicit social contract that continuously nurtures and...

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Small business training and development in the United States

Fernald, Lloyd; Solomon, George; Bradley, Don - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 6 (1999) 4, pp. 310-325

Fifty eight per cent of reporting companies have a shortage of skilled workers and 64 per cent of manufacturers believe … entry‐level workers lack the necessary skills to positively impact their company. The most recent reports estimate that … companies in the USA. are losing market share to foreign competitors. This study provides data regarding the extent to which …

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Ethical dimension of Russian and American entrepreneurs

Hirsrich, Robert D.; Gratchev, Mikhail V. - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 8 (2001) 1, pp. 5-18

Given today’s hypercompetitive global economy, it is important to understand the ethical attitudes and standards of entrepreneurs in the US as well as in the other parts of the world. This study of ethical attitudes and standards is grounded in theory and previous research. One hundred and...

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A comparative study of regional innovative entrepreneurship in Russia and the United States

Kravchenko, Natalia A; Kuznetsova, Svetlana A; … - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 22 (2015) 1, pp. 63-81

different types of institutional environment in Russia and the USA. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was administered … among small innovative firms in the State of Minnesota (USA) and Novosibirsk Oblast (Russia). Mann-Whitney test for median … entrepreneurship in Russia and the USA. …

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