CAN LOCAL AUTHORITIES INCREASE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE SMES? EVIDENCES FROM TUSCANY REGION
The decision made by the European Union to promote CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility principles among firms has two main drivers: on one hand the necessity to safeguard local communities and
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THE REALIZATION OF THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN ON EXPORTS.
The research concentrates on the functionality of the organization, departments, managers, employees and their working areas. Also there will be an investigation and match of the employees’ skills
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2011
• #Business Practices
DOES FREEDOM LEAD TO HAPPINESS? ECONOMIC GROWTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE
The preoccupation with economic growth has not led to increase in happiness in the developed world. While it has increased the standards of living, by some measures, it has also increased crime and
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2011
• #Culture and Lifestyle
CURRENCY RISK HEDGING DURING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: A CASE STUDY
This study tries to identify if the financial risk of foreign exchange exposure is neutralized or not for any given importer hedging an average of euro 100,000 per month with forward contracts. The
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2011
• #Financial Management
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CONQUERING THE POWER OF CHANGE – A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY CASE STUDY
Leadership has become a global obsession in many ways, but managing change within private universities has put the breaks on organizational learning and learning in general. Our case study attempts
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2011
• #Corporate Governance
A COMPARATIVE INQUIRY INTO CSR PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES OF OWNER-MANAGERS AND PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS
This research contributes to the literature regarding the similarities and differences of professional managers and owner managers in terms of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) perception
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IDENTIFYING FUTURE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN ONLINE CONSUMER REVIEWS: THE CASE OF TRAVEL REVIEW WEBSITES
The aim of this article is to identify future research opportunities in online consumer reviews, especially for travel review websites such as TripAdvisor.com. The literature review covers the
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2011
• #Customer Satisfaction
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS PROCESS: THE USE OF CORPORATE CULTURE ANALYSIS
The purpose of this paper is to advance cross-cultural management during mergers and acquisitions (M&A) an issue that remains poorly understood despite a large body of literature accumulated over
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2011
• #Mergers and Acquisitions