The world we are living in today has increasingly become aware of the importance of the human factor in all types of organizations. The present paper is intended to assess the performance of the human resource department at PricewaterhouseCoopers and to provide adequate recommendations for...

Competitive intelligence as part of knowledge management is still in its infancy. This paper aims to identify the critical success factors and best practices of competitive intelligence through analyzing the experiences of several organizations. The paper starts by defining what is knowledge can...

Warum sind manche Unternehmen innovativer als andere, was entscheidet über den Erfolg einer Innovation, weshalb ist ein Unternehmen trotz eines hohen Aufwandes für Forschung und Entwicklung nicht erfolgreich, wie schaffen es Unternehmen, nachhaltig innovativ und erfolgreich zu sein? Auf der...

Companies desiring to keep and improve their competitive advantage must be flexible enough to undergo change when needed. Meaningful change requires the ability to learn from their own as well as from others' experience. But learning is not easy, and there are many factors that may prevent it to...

The need to ensure equity between generations emerges as a major defining part in ensuring equal opportunities, so that sustainable management is required in all aspects economic, social, environmental and ecological sustainable consumption and production, by directing all efforts in shaping and...

Since firms’ rationale to outsource parts of their IT function are mainly based on cost reduction, many vendors applied a high level of standardization in organizing the delivery of IT services to decrease their cost level. As the environment of firms changes frequently, it is of key...

In this paper, using a unique dataset of joint-stock companies, we empirically examine the determinants of the choice and size of the collective executive board, a core element of the multi-tier board system of Russian firms. Our empirical evidence strongly suggests that the need of company...

The concept of absorptive capacity (ACAP) observing a firm's ability to value, assimilate and utilise new external knowledge is applied in this paper. This case study analysis focuses on the strategic management processes and competitiveness of the Cimber Sterling airline. The aim is to discover...

An increasing number of companies, in order to improve their competitive stance on the market, decide to outsource some of their service functions to external subjects. Outsourcing of this type of activity is frequently regarded as a strategic decision. A properly conducted outsourcing project...

The Sustainability of fiscal policy is one of the key concerns of each state, especially in periods of macroeconomic imbalance. This study aims to explore the concept of sustainability of Romanian’s fiscal policy. The analysis starts from the definition of sustainability of fiscal policy and...