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Restructuring work and employment in Europe : managing change in an era of globalisation
Gazier, Bernard (contributor);  … - 2008
This detailed, comprehensive study on downsizing in Europe is underpinned by cross-national, interdisciplinary empirical research on restructuring management in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It contains systematic national comparative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851573
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Evaluation and performance measurement of research and development : techniques and perspectives for multi-level analysis
Chiesa, Vittorio - 2009
This book develops and illustrates a comprehensive, multi-level framework for the evaluation of industrial R&D activities and the measurement of their performances. The framework encompasses a set of hierarchical, interrelated levels at which R&D evaluation and performance measurement could be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851892
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Entrepreneurship, investment, and spatial dynamics : lessons and implications for the enlarged EU
Nijkamp, Peter (ed.); Moomaw, Ronald L. (ed.);  … - 2006
Enlargement of the EU increases economic diversity and inequality between countries and regions, making cohesion … entrepreneurship; a crucial factor in reducing the economic disparity caused by the geographic expansion of the EU. The book offers new … individual and cross-country analyses. FDI in accession countries is examined, as is the effect of EU integration on own …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474016
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Foreign direct investment and corporate networking : a framework for spatial analysis of investment conditions
Morsink, Robert L. A. - 1998
This innovative book analyses the geographical patterns in foreign direct investment flows by combining elements from the theory of international production and the theory of economic geography. It develops a model for explaining why foreign direct investment is attracted to certain locations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473753
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Entrepreneurial competition and industrial location : investigating the structural patterns and intangible sources of competitive performance
Peneder, Michael - 2001
implications are tested in a comparative study of competitive performance in the EU, Japan and the USA. Typical mechanisms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473757
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Business relating business : managing organisational relations and networks
Wilkinson, Ian F. - 2008
relations and networks -- ch. 7. Strategies for firms in business relations and networks : the extended enterprise and soft …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850589
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Research companion to corruption in organizations
Cooper, Cary L. (contributor); Burke, Ronald J. (contributor) - 2009
Corruption in organizations is creating an increasing number of victims and causing huge costs. This timely book brings together international researchers who address the causes and consequences of corruption in organizations and the action needed to reduce levels of corruption worldwide
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850606
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Fair wages : strengthening corporate social responsibility
Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel - 2010
Over the last decade the emergence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has contributed towards better corporate governance by tackling such burning issues as child labour and basic human rights violations. However, as the author argues in this important new book, the time has now come to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850708
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Creating ecological value : an evolutionary approach to business strategies and the natural environment
Boons, Frank - 2009
Firms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850733
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Women on corporate boards of directors : international research and practice
Vinnicombe, Susan (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850741