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What Makes Someone an Engaging Leader
November 17, 2014 Editor 0
“How can we have the highest profitability in five years and still have gaps in employee engagement?” asks an executive at a large industrial products company. The reality is that the two don’t necessarily go together. This management team, like many others, has fought to increase profitability through business transformation, restructuring, and cost-cutting, without devoting […]
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A quest for global entrepreneurs: the importance of cultural intelligence on commitment to entrepreneurial education
November 2, 2014 Editor 0
A quest for global entrepreneurs: the importance of cultural intelligence on commitment to entrepreneurial education Marilyn M. Helms; Raina M. Rutti; Melanie Lorenz; Jase Ramsey; Craig E. Armstrong International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 23, No. 3 (2014) pp. 385 – 404 This article extends the management construct of cultural intelligence (CQ) to […]
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Corporate governance, value and performance of firms: new empirical results on convergence from a large international database
April 8, 2014 Editor 0
This article aims to revisit the link between corporate governance, value, and firm performance by focusing on convergence, understood as the way that non-US firms are adopting US best practice in terms of corporate governance, and the implications of this adoption. We examine theoretical questions related to conventional models (agency theory, transaction cost economics, and […]
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Agricultural technology commercialisation: stakeholders, business models, and abiotic stressors – part 2
April 5, 2014 Editor 0
Agricultural technology commercialisation: stakeholders, business models, and abiotic stressors – part 2 Stephen Suffian; Arianna De Reus; Curtis Eckard; Amy Copley; Khanjan Mehta International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 2, No. 6 (2013) pp. 561 – 577 Innovative agricultural technologies that bolster food value chains (FVCs) in developing countries can improve the livelihoods […]
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How Decisions Can Be Organized – and Why It Matters
April 5, 2014 Editor 0
Recent theoretical advances allow organizational designers and managers to better understand how decision processes can be improved. These advances allow managers to address a number of critical questions about the structure and process of decision making, issues that are relevant for any kind of organization be it social, political, or economic. Can we add another […]
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What’s Holding Women Back in Science and Technology Industries
March 14, 2014 Editor 0
Virginia Rometty at IBM. Marillyn Hewson at Lockheed Martin. Meg Whitman at HP. Ellen Kullman at DuPont. Marissa Mayer at Yahoo. Phebe Novakovic at General Dynamics. The presence of these women would imply that science, engineering, and technology (SET) industries welcome women. The fact is, senior female leaders in SET industries are still too few and far between. Even as […]
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