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Fritz Scheffer Under National Socialism: Assessing His Political Involvement

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This article examines the role of soil scientist Fritz Scheffer (1899–1979) under National Socialism and offers a critical assessment of his scientific, institutional, and political positioning between 1933 and 1945. It asks how Scheffer shaped his career within the tension between disciplinary specialization, political expectations, and ...
Jan Arend
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Master of Uncertainty: How Strategic Resilient Organizations Navigate Crisis

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Strategic resilient organizations (SROs) adapt and recover from adversity by drawing on dynamic and context‐specific internal capabilities. This study investigates the combinatory conditions under which small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) achieve strategic resilience.
Oluwasoye P. Mafimisebi, Adekunle I. Ogunsade, Wasiu O. Kehinde, Demola Obembe, Sara Hadleigh‐Dunn   +4 more
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Network embeddedness, entrepreneurial bricolage, and family farm sustainability

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Family farm sustainability is an essential guarantee for increasing the resilience of food systems. Based on the network embeddedness theory and entrepreneurial bricolage theory, an exploratory longitudinal case study was adopted.
Haixia Duan, Zhaochen Wang, Zhaohui Yi, Xiaohua Su   +3 more
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R&D networks and regional knowledge production in Europe. Evidence from a space-time model [PDF]

, 2015
In this paper we estimate space-time impacts of the embeddedness in R&D networks on regional knowledge production by means of a dynamic spatial panel data model with non-linear effects for a set of 229 European NUTS-2 regions in the period 1999-2009 ...
Piribauer, Philipp, Wanzenböck, Iris
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Reshaping Labor Intermediation: An Integrated Workforce Management Strategy to Contrast Agricultural Workers' Exploitation in Italy

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Labor exploitation within agri‐food supply chains poses significant ethical and managerial challenges, particularly in Mediterranean contexts where irregular employment practices persist. This study investigates the case of NoCap, a third‐party ethical certification initiative operating in Italy that integrates social responsibility into ...
Claudio Mirabella, Emanuele Schimmenti, Antonino Galati, Valeria Borsellino   +3 more
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Autonomy and Performance of Foreign Subsidiaries in five Transition Countries [PDF]

, 2005
The paper analyses the link between the autonomy according to business function and the performance of foreign subsidiaries in Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Estonia.
Hannula, Helena, Männik, Katrin, Varblane, Urmas   +2 more
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The Bazaar as a Model for Knowledge Work

Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents fieldwork that extends existing metaphors of knowledge work as a process shaped by hierarchical or market forces. A qualitative, ethnographic study of six knowledge‐intensive businesses in two countries identifies striking parallels with the Middle Eastern bazaar in contrast to Western impersonal markets and hierarchies. We
Reed Elliot Nelson, Andrew B. Hargadon, José Osvaldo De Sordi   +2 more
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Laurels or Thorns of Trust? How Embeddedness Moderates the Exchange‐Satisfaction Relationship in Franchising

Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Exchanges in franchise systems are embedded in the level of trust that exists in franchisee–franchisor relationships. Although trust is essential in business relationships, it can unfold a negative side effect on the appreciation of exchange in these relationships as hidden costs of trust.
Matthias Glaser, Josef Windsperger, Evelien Croonen   +2 more
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Righting Past Wrongs Through Restorative Justice: Managerial Motivations for Collaboration

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nonprofits are crucial to state collaborations as their embedded nature in communities allows them to gain the trust necessary to facilitate change and enhance strengths. As nonprofits collaborate with the public sector to tackle systemic challenges, understanding managerial motivations for collaboration and implications for social change is ...
Kara L. Lawrence, Nina R. Y. Blau, Paige L. Moore   +2 more
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Crisis Preparation, Capacity Building, and Community Resilience: Lessons From Maui

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 Maui wildfires provide a unique context to explore the impact of nonprofit crisis networks taking a proactive role in community crisis response, leveraging resources, expertise, and networks. The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation (HCF) has been a key player in Maui's local response, providing critical support, mobilizing volunteers, and ...
Lauren Azevedo, Kaila Witkowski, Ratna Dougherty, Christa Remington   +3 more
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