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Behavioral patterns in born-again global firms

Multinational Business Review, 2014

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Managing Complexity in the Electronics Manufacturing Service Industry

by Wolfgang Amann and Carlos Cordón

Humanism in Business

What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look like? The... more What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look like? There are many books about business and society, yet very few of them question the primacy of GDP growth, profit maximization and individual utility maximization. Even developments with a humanistic touch like stakeholder participation, corporate social responsibility or corporate philanthropy serve the same goal: to foster long-term growth and profitability. Humanism in Business questions these assumptions and investigates the possibility of creating a human-centered, value-oriented society based on humanistic principles. An international team of academics and practitioners present philosophical, spiritual, economic, psychological and organizational arguments that show how humanism can be used to understand, and possibly transform, business at three different levels: the systems level, the organizational level and the individual level. This groundbreaking book will be of interest to academ...

New Perspectives on Management Education

Are business universities and schools silent partners in crime. Have they been hijacked by the el... more Are business universities and schools silent partners in crime. Have they been hijacked by the elites. Are they turning into mere recruitment platforms. Can and should they be character gyms. How can they evolve to their next level. This book presents and discusses new perspectives on management education offered by the business universities and schools. The authors critically review the value creation processes and suggest innovative ways forward. Business schools need to walk the talk. "This book offers fresh insights on how schools can evolve further.

Innovations in Executive Education

This book summarizes recent and imminent innovations in executive education. The overview starts ... more This book summarizes recent and imminent innovations in executive education. The overview starts with making a crucial distinction between various types of institutions, as not all innovations can be universally applicable in any given context. Critical reviews of innovations relating to the purpose of executive education, subject matters covered, applied methodologies, session flows, and faculty mixes follow. The authors clarify that executive education directors and faculty must be able to manage two operating logics. On one hand they have to be market oriented. On the other they have to drive markets with their innovations. Participants of great executive education are thus both, customers and products, which puts a demanding responsibility on the learning experts involved. The book also contains additional chapters on how to detect and assess the outcomes of unique learning interventions and transformational executive education - both quantitatively and qualitatively. The insigh...

The Philosophy and Science of Corporate Yoga: Some Perspectives on Responsible Management Action

The Vedic literature, a collection of four volumes of ancient Indian scriptures, is considered as... more The Vedic literature, a collection of four volumes of ancient Indian scriptures, is considered as a basis for evolution of Indian psycho-philosophical thoughts. Some scholars look at it as knowledge-foundation for the emergence of religious thoughts and thus, relating it to Hindu religion. However, analysis reflects that the Vedic knowledge-treasure is much beyond the confined religious boundaries and offers a holistic perspective of ‘sustainable action models’ for the mankind. Srimad Bhagwadgita (The Gita), another important compilation of Indian world-view, is considered to summarize the messages of the Vedic literature and focuses more on the application dimension while developing ‘‘one-world’’ view, as also endorsed by ‘‘Advaita Vedanta”, school of Indian philosophy. The central message of The Gita is to look at the world in oneness and accordingly develops actions sustainable in terms of producing ‘‘common-good’’ for all in the universe. A great number of scholars have tried to...

THE LINKAGES BETWEEN INTERNATIONALIZATION AGE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION SPEED -Empirical Evidence from Swiss SMEs - INTRODUCTION

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Conceptualizing the Dynamics of International Entrepreneurship: A Model of International Entrepreneurial Orientation, Opportunity Recognition, Internationalization, and Performance

This paper contributes to the existing research by integrating the notions of opportunity recogni... more This paper contributes to the existing research by integrating the notions of opportunity recognition and international entrepreneurial orientation into the body of the new venture theory of internationalization. It helps to explain and understand which factors compel SMEs into a rapid mode of internationalization or into a stage-wise approach. A conceptual framework is developed that presents potential relationships between key concepts from the field of entrepreneurship on the one hand and the degree of internationalization and the performance of an internationalizing SME on the other. Our results suggest that internationalization may not just be the result of one or multiple push or pull factors, but that internationalization itself may significantly influence the international entrepreneurial orientation and the opportunity recognition capabilities of a firm. Consequently, internationalization may be seen as an independent variable, a fact that was largely neglected in past rese...

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SMS 2014 The Linkages between Internationalization Age and International

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Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality

ABSTRACT Through ongoing globalization managers today are faced with an array of values and codes... more ABSTRACT Through ongoing globalization managers today are faced with an array of values and codes of conduct that claim to be of relevance to their daily practice. Cultures and moral expectations differ around the globe which has resulted in the management of corporate responsibility becoming increasingly complex. Is there, however, a humanistic consensus that can bridge cultural and ethnic divides and reconcile the diverse and contrary interests of stakeholders world-wide? The authors of this book discuss this question by exploring the rich traditions of humanistic ethics. They operate from the assumption that a concentration on the nature and the well-being of the human person could provide the requisite focus for an inter-cultural debate around normative ideals that could help both clarify and improve the often tense relationship between business and society

Humanistic Management Education – Concluding Observations and Suggestions

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

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Internationalization of new ventures: tests of growth and survival

Multinational Business Review, 2011

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate key contingencies affecting the internation... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate key contingencies affecting the internationalization of young ventures, and to shed light on early internationalization&amp;#39;s implications for organizational survival and growth. Design/methodology/approach – A previously suggested conceptual framework is tested based on a quantitative study of UK firms before explorative analysis takes the analysis further. Findings – Contrary to the

Humanism in Business-Concluding Observations

HUMANISM IN BUSINESS, Mar 1, 2009

Abstract: What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look... more Abstract: What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look like? There are many books about business and society, yet very few of them question the primacy of GDP growth, profit maximization and individual utility maximization. Even developments with a humanistic touch like stakeholder participation, corporate social responsibility or corporate philanthropy serve the same goal: to foster long-term growth and profitability. Humanism in Business questions these assumptions and investigates the ...

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Introduction: Humanism in Business

HUMANISM IN BUSINESS, Cambridge University Press, Spitzeck, ed, Mar 15, 2009

Abstract: What is business organizing for? What is the ultimate purpose of management. In this in... more Abstract: What is business organizing for? What is the ultimate purpose of management. In this introduction to humanism in business, the editors lay out the fundamental problems of shareholder capitalism and provide a perspective for a human centered economic system that enables sustainable human flourishing. This piece is the introduction to" Humanism in Business-perspectives for a responsible business society", published at Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Humanism in Business: Perspectives on the development of responsible business in society

Humanistic management in practice

Humanistic Management in Practice is a collection of business cases from all corners of the globe... more

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Risks and benefits of optimised medical and revascularisation therapy in elderly patients with angina ? on-treatment analysis of the TIME trial

by Barbara Naegeli, C. Kaiser, and Wolfgang Amann

European Heart Journal, 2004

To assess treatment effects of optimised medical therapy and PCI or CABG surgery on one-year outc... more To assess treatment effects of optimised medical therapy and PCI or CABG surgery on one-year outcome in patients 75 years old with chronic angina. On-treatment analysis of the TIME data: all re-vascularised patients (REVASC n=174: 112 randomised to revascularisation and 62 to drugs with late revascularisation) were compared to all patients on continued drug therapy (MED n=127: 86 randomised to drugs and 41 to revascularisation only). Baseline characteristics of both groups were similar (age 80 +/- 4 years). Risk of death at one year (adjusted hazard ratio (HR)=1.31; 95%-CI: 0.58-2.99; P=0.52) and of death/infarction (adjusted hazard RATIO=1.77; 95%-CI 0.91-3.41; P=0.09) were comparable between REVASC and MED patients. Furthermore, the risk of death within 30 days was even slightly lower among REVASC patients (unadjusted hazard RATIO=0.73; 95%-CI: 0.21-2.53; P=0.98). Overall, REVASC patients had greater improvements in symptoms and well-being than MED patients (P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;0.01). Surgical patients had similar mortality rates as angioplasty patients, but they also had greater symptomatic improvements (P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;0.01). Treated medically, elderly patients with chronic angina have a similarly high 30-day and one-year mortality as patients of the same age being re-vascularised; however, they can expect lower improvements in symptoms and well being.