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Mitigating Risk of Failure by Expanding Family Entrepreneurship and Learning from International Franchising Experiences of Johnny Rockets: A Case Study in Pakistan [PDF]

, 2018
It is generally believed worldwide and backed by research too that startups face a high risk of failure and eight to nine out of ten ideas may not work (Hisrich, Peters, & Shepherd, 2009).
Qureshi, Jawaid Ahmed; SZABIST, Qureshi, Muhammad Shahid; Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, Qureshi, Muhammad Asif; Univerisiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)   +2 more
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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

IMPACT OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: A STUDY ON BATIK BUSINESS

Entrepreneurial orientation is one of the antecedent variables that can improve small and medium enterprises' performance. This article provides a discussion on the scope of company performance, especially in small and medium enterprises.
Santoso, Singgih
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CSM502: Contact center management / Faculty of Business Management [PDF]

, 2018
This course aims to provide students with an understanding of contact center management. The course is designed to develop the expertise required to work successfully in the contact centre industry.
UiTM, Faculty of Business Management
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Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Market and Nonmarket Strategies on Firm Performance in Lithuania

Economic and Business Review
This study examines the impact of market strategies (global growth, differentiation, and cost leadership) and nonmarket strategies (political engagement and social responsibility) on firm performance in Lithuania.
John A Parnell, Michael W Davidson
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Business Process Management with Social Software Systems – A New Paradigm for Work Organisation

, 2009
Business process management systems are systems aimed to support the management of business processes in organizations. In recent years social software has emerged as all alternative approach for production and work management. In this paper, we contrast
Petia Wohed, Paul Johannesson, Wohed, Petia,, Birger Andersson, Johannesson, Paul,, Andersson, Birger,   +5 more
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Effectiveness of the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index (PRF‐RI) Program: Interval Selections With Uniform Premium Subsidy Rates

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines interval selection in the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index (PRF‐RI) program and evaluates how uniform premium subsidy rates affect optimal interval selections. Using South Dakota as a case study, we show a trend of increasing selection of nonproduction intervals from 2013 to 2024, raising concerns about program
Whoi Cho, Matthew Diersen
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a Corporate Finance Theory for the Entrepreneurial Firm

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 2018
Corporate finance for the entrepreneurial firm is fundamentally different from that of the traditional firm. The standard problems and solutions to both investment and financing are reformulated in this paper.
James S Ang
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source