In this research study, an attempt will be made to identify the managerial capabilities which determine performance of family firms in the context of the wheat milling industry in Peru. Researchers have suggested that the abilities and knowledge of the CEO, as applied to the organization, as...

This paper proposes a method for adjusting the HDI to reflect the distribution of human development achievements across the population, and across dimensions, using an inequality measure from the Atkinson family. We begin with a discussion of the proposed indices in an idealized setting where...

The capability approach defines poverty as a deprivation of capabilities, as a lack of multiple freedoms people value and have reason to value. Chronic poverty focuses attention on that subset of poor persons whose capability deprivations endure across time. But how should the dimensions of...

A large literature identifies unique organizational capabilities as a potent source of competitive advantage, yet our knowledge of why capabilities fail to diffuse more rapidly — particularly in situations in which competitors apparently have strong incentives to adopt them and a well...

The article's objective is to investigate the direct and indirect managerial capabilities on policy planning and performance in small-to-medium-sized companies. The paper explores the hypotheses that there is a significant relationship between: manager's work experiences, educational background...

One of the major challenges in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) studies is the Entrepreneurs Capability (EC) and EC's effect on SME performance. This paper studies EC as a cell and tries to confirm four suggested elements from previous studies, as the first objective of the study. Next...

Rooted in the notion of inclusive capitalism, the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid (BoP) approach argues for the simultaneous pursuit of profit and social welfare by creating markets for the poor. This idea has both been celebrated and criticized in the literature. We do neither in this paper. Instead, by...

Anyone interested in measuring entrepreneurship - producers of such statistics or academics and policy makers who use them - will find this book useful, as will anyone concerned about the deteriorating availability of finance for entrepreneurs in these difficult times. There is much talk about...

The question of rebuilding and reshaping the business capabilities to match with the non-interrupted changes in today's hyper-competitive business's environment becomes an urgent quest. This a new non conventional wisdom in building the business through the HR intangible capital stock