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Six Sigma Programs: An Implementation Model

Chakravorty, Satya S. - 2009

Despite the pervasiveness of Six Sigma program implementations, there is increasing concern about implementation failures. One reason many Six Sigma programs fail is because an implementation model on how to effectively guide the implementation of these programs is lacking. Using a successful...

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The Presence of Equivalent Models in Strategic Management Research Using Structural Equation Modeling: Assessing and Addressing the Problem

Henley, Amy B; Shook, Christopher L.; Peterson, Mark - 2006

The use of structural-equation modeling (SEM) in strategic-management research has grown dramatically during recent years. Although this statistical technique offers researchers a valuable tool for testing hypothesized models, certain challenges accompany the use of SEM. The current article...

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Security Assurance: How Online Service Providers Can Influence Security Control Perceptions and Gain Trust

Ray, Soumya; Ow, Terence T; Kim, Sung S. - 2011

Security researchers agree that security control is a difficult to observe credence quality of online services that Internet users cannot easily assess through research or experience. Yet there is evidence that users form perceptions of security control that strongly determine how much trust...

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BNAS: Towards a Business Nework ABM System

Young, Louise - 2011

nature and impact of different factors on structure, behaviour and performance that are beyond traditional closed …

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Dual paths to performance: the impact of global pressures on MNC subsidiary conduct and performance

Venaik, S.; Midgley, D. F.; Devinney, T. M. - 2005

and innovation play in determining multinational and multinational subsidiary performance. The present research seeks to … performance. Using a model tested with data collected through a survey of managers in subsidiaries of multinational firms, we find … dual, independent paths to improved performance - one through networking and inter-unit learning and the other through …

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Do socially responsible fund managers really invest differently?

Benson, K. L.; Brailsford, T. J.; Humphrey, J. E. - 2006

findings generally suggest that, on a risk-adjusted basis, there is no difference in performance between SRI and conventional …

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A full cost environmental accounting experiment

Herbohn, Kathleen - 2005

A lack of appropriate measurement techniques has constrained full cost environmental accounting (FCEA) experimentation. Yet, there has been little research on the applicability of valuation techniques recently developed by environmental economists within FLEA frameworks. This paper examines a...

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The use of networks in human resource acquisition for entrepreneurial firms: Multiple "fit" considerations

Leung, Aegean; Zhang, Jing; Wong, Poh Kam; Foo, Maw Der - 2006

This study proposes a multi-dimension, multi-contingent "fit" perspective for examining different practices adapted by entrepreneurial firms in acquiring human resources. We posit that while environmental constraints are important considerations for adapting recruitment practices through...

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Conceptualizing accelerated internationalization in the born global firm: A dynamic capabilities perspective

Weerawardena, J.; Sullivan Mort, Gillian; Liesch, P; … - 2007

Existing approaches at explaining accelerated internationalization of born global firms are incomplete as they do not capture the learning that is undertaken by these firms and their founders prior to the firm's legal establishment. Building on the extant literature and drawing on the dynamic...

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Subordinate-manager gender combination and perceived leadership style influence on emotions, self-esteem and organizational commitment

McColl-Kennedy, Janet R.; Anderson, Ronald D. - 2005

A theoretical model was developed to investigate the relationships among subordinate-manager gender combinations, perceived leadership style, experienced frustration and optimism, organization-based self-esteem and organizational commitment. The model was tested within the context of a...

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