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Agency Trade-offs in Family Firms: Theoretical Model, Empirical Testing and Implications
Yupitun, Mark Anson - 2008
agency dynamics within family businesses, as moderated by differing forms of governance and management practices … among family firms that employ differing governance and management practices. In particular, this study looks at how the … agency dynamics of family firms that employ the most concentrated forms of management and governance, manifested as owner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441576
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Familiness Qualities, Entrepreneurial Orientation and Long-term Performance Advantage
Irava, Wayne Jeremy - 2009
Familiness has become widely accepted as the appropriate construct representing the unique bundle of resources arising out of family involvement in business. However as yet we do not fully understand the types of familiness or the conditions that give rise to them and as such familiness remains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441768
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Organisational learning, innovation and performance in family-controlled manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia
Dharmadasa, Pradeep - 2009
, three variables, employee training, management development, and comparison of performance were used. Shared vision was … performance, we found that management development and formal planning were positively linked with family SMEs’ performance … performance of family SMEs were stronger than for non-family SMEs, the effects of employee training and management development on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441769
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Software use in the workplace: A study of efficiency
Peres, S. Camille; Peres, S. Camille - 2005
Although existing laboratory research shows that software is often used inefficiently, relatively little is known about (a) how efficiently software is used in a real work environment and (b) the factors that influence the efficiency of individual users. The present research consists of an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441867
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Regression survival analysis with dependent censoring and a change point for the hazard rate: With application to the impact of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to insurance companies' s...
Zhang, Nan - 2010
This dissertation is aiming to find out the impact of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act on insurance companies' survival. The events of interest are bankruptcy and acquisition, which are correlated and censor each other. A statistical survival analysis method is developed first and then applied to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441891
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The relationship between individual, work, organizational, and non-work variables and expatriate adjustment: A conceptual and meta-analytic review
Galarza, Laura; Galarza, Laura - 2000
A meta-analytic investigation was conducted to conceptually and quantitatively examine the effects of five individual (language ability), work (role ambiguity), organizational (organizational support), non-work (family support), and host-country factors (culture distance) on expatriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441931
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Autocorrelated data in quality control charts
Hood, Terri Frantom; Hood, Terri Frantom - 1994
Control charts are regularly developed with the assumption that the process observations have an independent relationship. However, a common occurrence in certain industries is the collection of autocorrelated data. Two approaches are investigated that deal with this issue. The time series...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441936
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Venture capital, entrepreneurship, and long-run performance prediction: An application of data mining
Miller, John Michael; Miller, John Michael - 2003
preliminary model parameter estimation. The data for these analyses were obtained from a 1990 survey of top management of 145 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441954
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A longitudinal study of organizational change: How change in individual perceptions of transformational and transactional constructs predicts change in organizational performance.
Anderson-Rudolf, M. Kathryn - 1996
used to explore the role of leadership, organizational culture, management practices, work unit climate and organizational … and management practices showed greater change than culture.The Burke-Litwin model appears to be a functional tool for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009472005
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Impact of issue framing and achievement orientation on strategic decision making among senior managers in the medical device and technology industry.
Reid, Heather Lynn - 2007
organization's internal context, in which strategic issues are framed, relates to the nature of decision process and management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009472041