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This paper is part of a broader research project that aims to analyse the emerging private business sector in China by …
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Changes in the market conditions for fruit and vegetables have induced Dutch co-operative auctions to restructure their sales and marketing activities. Nine auctions merged into VTN and established the marketing organisation The Greenery International BV. VTN/The Greenery have encountered many...
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The focus of this study is on the challenges faced by managers in effectively dealing with the new management logic of … increasing returns as the information and knowledge intensity of their transformation processes rises. Dealing with these … transformation processes (old economy) to information and knowledge intensive transformation processes (new economy). For these …
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-ratings and subordinates’ ratings. The research design consisted of three measurement points within one year. The intervention … included managers receiving upward feedback and a management skills workshop. The results showed a negative effect of the … they participated in both a feedback session and an management skills workshop. …
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networks and we identify political management as a core competence of these two groups. While this contradicts the conventional …
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This paper attempts to explain how institutions in the reform era of China have evolved by looking into the FDI policies and regulations. As history matters, we don’t look solely into the previous direct stage to the reform era, and rather look into a longer history starting from prior to the...
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of China’s science and technology, their related institutions and use in the business world since the reforms started in 1978. Special attention will be given to the re-integration of high-technology into the private sector and the...
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Developments in the management education environment present business schools with several challenges. Among these … paper, we position and examine this problem within the context of business schools. We present the results of a research …
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Financial theory, resource-based theory and access to deal flow are used to explain syndication practices among European venture capital (VC) firms. The desire to share risk and increase portfolio diversification is a more important motive for syndication than the desire to access additional...
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A buy-out is a fundamental change in the structure of ownership that may affect the way employee relations develop within an organisation. Little is known about the impact of buyouts upon employee relations. This paper aims to address this gap. We focus on two main questions. First, what are the...
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