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Does cultural assimilation affect organizational decision-making on quality-related incidents? — A company's post-M&A experience
Ito, Satoshi; Fujimura, Shuzo; Tamiya, Toshihiko - In: Journal of International Management 18 (2012) 2, pp. 160-179
culture the assimilation extends. The findings suggest pragmatic implications as well as effective strategies managers could …
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The Methodology in Empirical Sales Ethics Research: 1980–2010
McClaren, Nicholas - In: Journal of Business Ethics 127 (2015) 1, pp. 121-147
The study examines the research methodology of more than 200 empirical investigations of ethics in personal selling and sales management between 1980 and 2010. The review discusses the sources and authorship of the sales ethics research. To better understand the drivers of empirical sales ethics...
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Female part-time managers: networks and career mobility
Durbin, Susan; Tomlinson, Jennifer - In: Work, Employment & Society 24 (2010) 4, pp. 621-640
The promotional prospects, career mobility and networking experiences of I 6 female part-time managers are explored in … this article. It attempts to explain the labour market position of female part-time managers, comparing their employment …
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Testing New Direct Marketing Offerings: The Interplay of Management Judgment and Statistical Models
Morwitz, Vicki G.; Schmittlein, David C. - In: Management Science 44 (1998) 5, pp. 610-628
customer segments should be contacted with the offering. This paper examines the effectiveness of managers' decisions related …
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Towards a socially responsible management control system
Durden, Chris - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 21 (2008) July, pp. 671-694
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the measurement and monitoring of social responsibility within the management control system (MCS) of an organisation that subscribes to a stakeholder and social responsibility approach and to propose a framework that provides for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318062
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A critical analysis of the independence of the internal audit function: evidence from Australia
Christopher, Joe; Sarens, Gerrit; Leung, Philomena - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 22 (2009) February, pp. 200-220
Purpose – This study aims to critically analyse the independence of the internal audit function through its relationship with management and the audit committee. Design/methodology/approach – Results are based on a critical comparison of responses from questionnaires sent out to Australian...
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Managers' and auditors' perceptions of intellectual capital reporting
Ahmed, Atef; Hussainey, Khaled - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 25 (2010) November, pp. 844-860
Purpose – This paper aims to explore managers' and auditors' perceptions of intellectual capital (IC) measurement and … reporting in Egyptian companies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a questionnaire survey sent to managers and … reporting are ambiguous. Finally, the paper finds that work experience is the main determinant of managers' perceptions of IC …
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AHP-based group decision making using keypads
Begicevic, Nina; Divjak, Blazenka; Hunjak, Tihomir - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 4, pp. 443-458
keypads, i.e. a multiple criteria decision-making methodology which provides an effective framework for guiding managers in …
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Enforcing and re-enforcing trust: Employers, managers and upper-white-collar employees in Finnish manufacturing companies, 1920-1980
Fellman, Susanna - In: Business History 52 (2010) 5, pp. 779-811
In this article employee-employer relations with respect to upper-white-collar employees in Finnish large-scale companies are investigated. The period is from the 1920s to the 1980s. The article shows that the employee-employer relations were during the whole period based on mutual trust. In...
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Qualitative research in SMEs and entrepreneurship: a literature review of case study research
Piperopoulos, Panagiotis - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 2 (2010) 6, pp. 494-510
The purpose of this paper is to shed more light on the value of qualitative research methods as a heuristic research tool that could provide a better understanding of the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the basic/key role played by the owner/manager/entrepreneur in the...
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