Purpose – Classifying and evaluating the central ideas of strategic management (the basic tools for managers) is an ambitious project. Judging them by their impact, utility, and longevity, this study selected ten big ideas. Design/methodology/approach – The author, who has 40 years of...

Purpose – To provide background and insight into the maintenance of water supplies to Jordan including policy initiatives and solutions. Design/methodology/approach – A case study style examination of recent articles and policy initiatives which provide a practical oversight of the real...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to look for a systematic platform that can benefit knowledge creation within an organization. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses personal interviews based on fieldwork and analysis from first and second hand data. Findings – A new...

The Student Right-to-Know Act requires colleges to provide institution-specific information on graduation rates for students initially enrolling full-time in the fall term. Not all students, however, initially enroll full-time or in the fall term. We use longitudinal data on academic,...

Previous contributions to the literature have used data on agricultural production activities in West Africa to show that plots of land managed by women are less productive (on average) than the ones farmed by their husbands. This would seem to indicate a rejection of the intrahousehold...