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This article considers why entrepreneurship theorizing has become fragmented.The authors' proposition of entrepreneurial endeavours as a complex adaptive system provides a fresh theoretical platform to examine aspects of entrepreneurship.
From: Business, Management & Strategy eJournal collection
This article critically reflects upon the use of the term accountability in the 21st Century.The authors find that calls to "hold the most powerful to account" in practice lack political force.
From: Accounting, Finance & Economics eJournal Collection
Choosing a particular theoretical approach will structure the way in which any priority setting process is evaluated.This paper suggests that explicitly considering evaluation theory makes key aspects of the evaluation process more visible to all stakeholders.
From: Health & Social Care eJournal Collection
This article seeks to examine the basic employability skills needed for job performance.The triangular approach taken in this study validates the importance of the interconnectedness among graduates, faculty, and industry.
From: Education eJournal Collection
Results in this article show that compared to an
applicant with a standard American-English accent, one with a
Mexican-Spanish accent was at a disadvantage when applying for a
software engineering job.This research contributes to our understanding of how foreign accents influence decisions that have important economic consequences for individuals.
From: HR, Learning & Organization Studies eJournal collection
This study extends the viewpoint of "fit as holistic configurations" to explore how to use knowledge management (KM) processes.The findings reflect the fact that individuals within organizational subunits should use the four KM processes of appropriate levels to generate new knowledge to accomplish their tasks.
From: Information & Knowledge Management eJournal collection
This descriptive paper makes a qualitative analysis
of information collected mainly from secondary sources such as reports,
newspapers and journal publications.The authors apply a theoretical framework on technology transition to analyse emergence of wood construction systems in Germany, Sweden and the UK.
From: Property Management & Built Environment eJournal collection
Firms face high velocity conditions today that render product market strategies increasingly temporal.Strategic flexibility is critical for enabling rapid adaptation to a changing environment. The purpose of this paper is to examine strategically ambidextrous firms through the twin lenses of flexibility and commitment.
From: Marketing eJournal collection
For communities threatened by current or impending climate change, adaptation is becoming a necessity.Although little research has been done on human competences so far, this research shows that some appear to facilitate the adaptation process.
From: Public Policy & Environmental Management eJournal collection
This article compares the quality and efficiency of five methods for solving the path planning problem of industrial robots.The path planning algorithms help robots perform their tasks in a more efficient way because the path followed has been optimized.
From: Engineering eJournal collection
This paper aims to assess the quality of the case
study based research approach as documented in articles published during
the past 13 years.The paper verifies the validity of ongoing claims for more rigour in case study-based research and identifies areas of improvement.
From: Operations, Logistics & Quality eJournal collection
Conducting a data interview can be a daunting task given the complexity of data curation and the lack of shared definitions.This article provides practical information for public service librarians to help them conceptualize and conduct a data interview with researchers.
From: Library Studies eJournal collection
Here, the authors' findings provide insight into
generational differences in expectations that hospitality workers have
of their employers.This helps managers in developing management styles as well as human resource policy to better address these expectations.
From: Tourism & Hospitality Management eJournal collection
