OAPEN-UK: an Open Access Business Model for Scholarly Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences [PDF]
This paper presents the initial findings of OAPEN-UK, a UK research project gathering evidence on the social and technological impacts of an open access business model for scholarly monographs in the humanities and social ...
Milloy, Caren +5 more
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The role and the contribution of business incubators in supporting economic developments [PDF]
This paper reports, explores and investigates on the initiatives whereby incubators were used to stimulate the economy. Initially the study pursued the role of business incubator organisations and their impacts on the economic developments in the ...
Busler, M, Al-Karaghouli, W
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The Impacts of the Entrepreneurial Conditions on Economic Growth: Evidence from OECD Countries [PDF]
This study aims to assess the impacts of entrepreneurial framework conditions on economic growth based on the level of economic development in transition-driven economies and innovation-driven economies.
João Morais Lopes +10 more
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Essays on political economy of economic growth, institutions and the business environment in the industrial sector [PDF]
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel UniversityThis research aims to study the relationship between economic performance, economic reforms, corruption, ethnic diversity and business environment.
Saleh, Ahmad
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How can economic sociology help business relationship management? [PDF]
Purpose – By analyzing organizations as social actors and business relationships as social relationships, sociology can improve business relationship management. This paper aims to explore the issues involved.
Mandják, Tibor, Szántó, Zoltán
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A critical review of regional economic integration in China [PDF]
Under the circumstances of economic globalization, regional economic integration has become the mainstream of current economic development for each country, so China has to pay more attention to it. The critical review on regional economic integration in
RUI, Wang; Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, P. R. China
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Challenges of the introduction of circular business models within rural SMEs of EU [PDF]
Recently the circular economy has got a lot of attention within discussions of policy makers, academics and practitioners. The circular economy proposes the treatment of environmental and climate change problems, simultaneously promising benefits for the
Uvarova, Inga +2 more
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Investigating the link between board independence and dividend distributions in South Africa
Purpose: As shareholder-elected monitors, independent non-executive directors (INEDs) should ensure that managers do not retain earnings to promote their own interests.
Suzette Viviers +3 more
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Temporality in business networks: The role of narratives and management technologies [PDF]
This paper addresses the nature of temporality in business networks. Approaches to temporality generally employ a dualistic approach: time can be understood as social and natural, tensed and untensed, subjective and objective, kairos or chronos, agency ...
Araujo, Luis, Easton, Geoffrey
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Enterprise-based HIV/AIDS strategies: Integration through organisational architecture
The management of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has clearly become a core strategic issue for many organisations, especially in the developing world. However the policies and practices of an HIV/AIDS programme are often less than integrated and strategic in ...
G. J. Lee, R. Venter, B. Bates
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