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Sustainability, Faith, and the Market
(2008-05)
While "sustainability" has become a major concern in business today, there has been little progress toward a sustainable future. This is because the idea of sustainability in academic and policy debates is too small and ...
Spanning the Straits of Business Information: Kresge Library’s Embedded Librarian Program for MAP (Multidisciplinary Action Program)
(2008-05-06)
Embedded librarian programs have successfully been used to bridge the divide between libraries and distance learners, teaching faculty and lab researchers. The Kresge Business Administration Library (Stephen M. Ross School ...
Structural Reform and Firm Profitability in Developing Countries
(2008-07-01)
We extend agency theory to propose that structural reform positively impacts firm profitability in developing countries because the improvements in external monitoring that accompany structural reform decrease the agency ...
Further Theoretical and Empirical Evidence on Money to Growth Relation
(2008-02-01)
This paper proposes a theoretical growth model where seigniorage can be used to finance productive public spending, and show the existence of nonlinear effects between seigniorage and economic growth. Empirical evidence ...
Genetic information, obesity, and labor market outcomes
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008-09)
Economists have argued that obesity may lead to worse labor market outcomes, especially for women. Empirical methods to test this hypothesis have not thus far adequately controlled for the endogeneity of obesity. We use ...
Why Are Optimistic Entrepreneurs Successful? An Application of the Regulatory Focus Theory
(2008-02-01)
Does entrepreneurial optimism affect business performance? Using a unique data set based on repeated survey design, we investigate this relationship empirically. Our measures of ëoptimismí and ërealismí are derived from ...
A process for changing organizational culture
(2008)
This chapter outlines a process for diagnosing and changing organizational culture. It uses the Competing Values Framework to describe a validated approach to helping an organization change from a current culture to a ...
Productive, Unproductive and Destructive Entrepreneurship: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration
(2008-03-01)
Drawing on Baumolís concepts of productive, unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship and relevant amendments, this thesis aims to contribute to the entrepreneurship literature by developing a conceptual framework which ...
Labour Market Matching Efficiency in the Czech Republic Transition
(2008-04-01)
Using the matching function and the monthly and yearly data from 1992 to 2000 of 76 Czech districts, this paper studies district specific characteristics affecting matching efficiency. Among the conclusions, it was found ...
The twenty-first-century HR organization
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008)
Like any value-creating staff function, HR departments should operate as a business within a business. Others have focused on the strategy and direction of HR departments. This article examines the next evolution for how ...