Miscellaneous Management Projects, Thesis, Management Dissertations, Working Papers, Research Work, Examples, Cases
Managers in developed countries are increasingly interested in outsourcing as a potential source of competitiveness and value creation. Outsourcing has also attracted more attention in the complex field of New Service Development in order to simplify this process. One of the most
The problem under investigation was: ethical issues in non-profit I governance. The participants in this study were: executive and non-executive directors of non-profit organizations in Hong Kong. The method, data gathering procedures and complete test names were: Pilot study – structured interview
The open source phenomenon is an exciting movement that is transforming traditional forms of software development. Some open source software (OSS) projects, such as Linux and Apache, are performing extremely well and rapidly replacing proprietary software in major corporations and governments. In
The focus of this dissertation is an examination of an important yet understudied managerial activity – that of information search. Information is an essential component to the functions of managers, and the way in which information is gathered should therefore be of
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the implications of NPM (New Public Management) strategies for a University in emerging economy. The philosophy of adaptation to the market economy is supposed to result in the modernization of Russian HE (Higher
Economists have for a long while sought ways to model the mechanisms that generate business cycles but have found it difficult to find models that describe the erratic behavior of business cycles, which can often not be explained by shocks to the
This research is actualized by using the deductive approach. Our research method is quantitative and qualitative where a survey and six interviews were done to collect the empirical data as well as personal research through secondary sources. Thus, the types of data
Unlike previous analysis, we consider (i) possible externalities in the use of IT and (ii) IT and human capital interactions. Examining, hypothetically, the statistical consequences of erroneously disregarding (i) and (ii) we shed light on the small or negative growth effects found
Purpose: The purpose of this thesis has been to assess the workload, benefits, challenges, requirements and obligations that implementation of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) has posed on Internal Auditors and their companies, from Internal Audits’ point of view. The
We analyze the effect of economic incentives on worker absenteeism, using panel data on work absence for 1990 and 1991 with a sample of 1,396 Swedish blue-collar workers. During this period Sweden implemented major reforms of both its national income replacement program