This study investigates the effect of the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on SME financial performance. The essay also proposes a contingency model to explore the moderating effects of environmental hostility on the relationship between EO and profitability. The study was conducted using a...

Social Darwinism suggests that in crisis situations leaders have to be replaced by better fitting leaders. An opposing school argues that leaders, based on their personality, are successful in all situations and therefore can master all situations including a crisis. A third view concludes that...

Die moderne Unternehmung ist vor allem durch eine bestimmte Organisationseinheit, von Mintzberg (1979) als Strategic Apex bezeichnet, und heute meistens Konzernzentrale genannt, gekennzeichnet. Seit Chandler's (1962) grundlegender Arbeit Strategy and Structure hat diese Organisationseinheit...

The Nepalese authorities have made important progress in strengthening the financial stability framework. This framework consists of provisions for liquidity support to banks, supervisory practices, and problem bank resolution mechanisms. Some liquidity facilities have been put in place,...

In this paper we analyze the factors that drive the adoption of innovative resource efficiency strategies to reduce energy and material use, under different market conditions. We uncover the "paradox" of lower adoption of resource efficiency strategies in an economic downturn and identify the...