Introduction -- Stories in Organizations -- The "Storytelling" Method -- Areas of Application -- Evaluation and Efficacy of Storytelling -- The Storytelling Procedure -- Learning Histories - Application Forms in Scientific and Educational Projects: An Internview with Prof. Rik Peters, University...

BWL-Wissen, wie es von Fach- und Führungskräften gefragt ist, die selbst keine BWL studiert haben. Z.B. für IT-ler, die die Unternehmenszusammenhänge verstehen müssen. Oder für Ingenieure, die sich als Führungskräfte mehr als nur gut behaupten wollen. Kurz: Das Buch ist ein notwendiger...

This is the Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM) held from July 25 to 27, 2014 at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal and organized by International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management...

Continuous Improvement - Setting the Stage -- Leadership -- Culture and Values -- Strategic Planning and Management -- Performance Measurement -- Performance Management -- Alignment, Commitment, Team Development and Management -- Process Improvement and Management -- Sustainability -- Conclusion

We develop a model of internal governance where the self-serving actions of top management are limited by the potential reaction of subordinates. Internal governance can mitigate agency problems and ensure that firms have substantial value, even with little or no external governance by...

This paper, which introduces the special issue on corporate governance co-sponsored by the Review of Financial Studies and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), reviews and comments on the state of corporate governance research. The special issue features seven papers on corporate...

By reducing the threat of a hostile takeover, business combination (BC) laws weaken corporate governance and increase the opportunity for managerial slack. Consistent with the notion that competition mitigates managerial slack, we find that while firms in non-competitive industries experience a...