Doing Business in the Global Economy
Edited by Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos
&
Maria Argyropoulou
ISBN:
978-960-6672-45-3, 334 pages, Hardback
First published in 2009
by ATINER
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Table of Contents
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1. |
The
Complexities and Multifaced Issues faced by
Organizations in Uncertain Times Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos & Maria Argyropoulou |
1 |
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Part 1: Organizational Culture, Strategy and Competitive Position |
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2. |
A
Taxonomy for Strategic Offensive Somjit Barat |
9 |
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3. |
SME
Competitiveness Revisited; A Remodelled View of Competence Development Allan Mulengani Katwalo
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23 |
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4. |
The Classical Evolution of Modern Business
Strategies and Tactics Gordon W. Arbogast & Valentine S. Arbogast |
33 |
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5. |
Organizational
Culture in Vahid Keshtkar, Nahid Hatam & Farkhondeh Foroozan |
43 |
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6. |
Interplay
of Emotions and Culture: Insights from Two Estonian Prisons Anne Reino & Elina
Tolmats |
49 |
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7. |
The
Transformation of Cooperatives into Multinationals Anjel Errasti Amozarrain |
61 |
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8. |
Quality
Assurance in African Higher Education: Vision
and Peter
Neema-Abooki |
71 |
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Part 2: Organizational Theories and Governance |
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9. |
Managing Resistance in
Jordanian Mining and Quarrying Manufacturing Companies:
Causes and Effects Yahya Salim Melhem &
Mohammad Al- Ibrahim |
85 |
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10. |
The
Myth of Leadership Diane
Huberman Arnold, Keith Arnold & Vanessa J.
Arnold |
103 |
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11. |
Implicit
Leadership in Thailand: A Sub-cultural Comparison Kornkanok Tunti-Ukos, Jutamas Ingpochai & Terrance C. Sebora |
117 |
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12. |
Are Cypriot Employees
Satisfied? And in what Areas? Annabel
Droussiotis |
131 |
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13. |
Problems of Concentrated
Ownership Structure in Russian Companies: The Paradox of Management Systems Kamilla Galiy
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145 |
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14. |
Assessment of Business
Management Quality in the Czech Republic Jindriska Sedova
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155 |
Part 3: Learning Organizations and Knowledge Management |
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15. |
Learning Organization – Theory and Practice: Case of Maret Ahonen & Merike Kaseorg |
169 |
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16. |
The
Exodus of Knowledge Michael
E. Thombs & Daniel Thombs |
181 |
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17. |
Service
Learning in the Business Curriculum: Practices
at a U.S. University Sandra
Poindexter & Carol Steinhaus |
193 |
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18. |
The
Effectiveness of Communities of Practice Masoud Hemmasi & Carol M. Csanda |
205 |
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Part 4: Organizational Demographics |
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19. |
Female
Sri Lankan and Filipino Domestic Workers in A
Cross Sectional Study Annabel
Droussiotis |
221 |
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20. |
The
Geographical Distribution of Economic Growth: Gatekeepers, Multi-environment Clusters,
and National and Regional Competitive Advantage: The Sanford L. Moskowitz
& Elizabeth K. Sturlaugson |
241 |
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21. |
Responding
to an Ageing Workforce in an Linda Colley & Robin Price |
273 |
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Part 5: Information Technology |
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22. |
Health
Care Information Systems and Secure Clinical Messaging: The Case of the NHS Panagiotis Petratos & Sofia Gleni |
287 |
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23. |
Managerial
Challenge of Security Design: Towards
a Design-based Theory for Action James
A. Sena
& Abraham B. (Rami) Shani |
305 |
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24. |
Classic
Problems in Global Supply Chains: Unit
of Analysis and Movement of Information Donna
M. Schaeffer & Patrick C. Olson |
319 |
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Part 6: Organizational Research Methods |
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25. |
An
Amended Approach for “Scaling Units via Canonical Correlation Analysis in the
DEA Context” Nizamettin Bayyurt |
325 |