Direct tests between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance (FP) have been argued to be a futile … affects firm performance. Studying a sample of Australian business firms the findings suggest that CSR is positively linked … with firm performance. However, the effect is indirect: reputation and customer satisfaction fully mediate the CSR …

-up experience. Second, we attempt to reconcile conflicting evidence on the relationship between team composition and performance by … new venture performance (being operational and being profitable) at six and seventy-five months. We find that new venture … terms of human capital characteristics. We found no evidence that homogeneous teams have improved short-term performance. In …

The performance of the often young and independent businesses studies in entrepreneurship research is not only …

decreased risk of ending up performing poorly on both performance dimensions. The results suggest that academics, managers …

competitive performance. Developing unique products and services to offer in the marketplace is not only important for established … considerable experience and management know-how. That is, these firms differ significantly in their attributes and performance from …

The financial management of the construction procurement process is dependent upon on the performance of the managers … made for possible improvement in performance. This involved the consideration of two distinct sets of models the purpose of … practice was possible. It is concluded that the forecasting performance of the case study company was excellent for the period …

system for controlling construction companies’ business performance. The knowledge-base was developed using questionnaire … companies as well as the source of the problems and their impact on companies’ performance. Case studies were used to identify … corrective action that can improve construction companies’ performance. The application, which had been developed in this …