Publications des institutions partenaires
International Journal of Manpower. Special Issue on "Economics of Vocational Education and Training Policies"
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
The UN Global Compact as a Learning Approach
It is our intention here to discuss the consequences of globalization for corporate responsibility and global governance. We shall highlight the role of the Global Compact and its goals and describe Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a corporate learning process. We shall then discuss the challenges in this learning process by pointing out what corporations must learn, and…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Frauen in Führungspositionen in der Wirtschaft
In fast allen Ländern sind Frauen in Führungspositionen – gemessen an ihrem prozentualen Vorkommen als Erwerbstätige -immer noch stark unterrepräsentiert. Dieser Beitrag analysiert den Frauenanteil in Kaderpositionen in der Schweiz und diskutiert optionale Erklärungen für die Unterrepräsentation von Frauen:(1)Diskriminierung in Folge des vorherrschenden Stereotypes männlicher…
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 01/01/2010
Unsichtbare Netzwerke : wie sich die soziale Neztwerkanalyse für Unternehmen nutzen lässt
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 01/01/2010
Structure et décision: Quelle est la meilleure adéquation
Institution partenaire
Français / 01/01/2010
Wieso ein Audit in der Schweiz nicht ein Audit ist
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 01/01/2010
Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises as Private Actors in Global Governance – Evidence from the Textile Industry
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Downsizing, ideology and contracts: A Chinese perspective
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
The production of entrepreneurial opportunity: A constructivist perspective
This article presents a conceptual model of entrepreneurial opportunity production from a constructivist perspective. The model assumes that opportunity production proceeds through several stages, including conceptualization of an opportunity idea by an entrepreneur, objectification of that idea, and enactment of the opportunity into a new venture. However, not all opportunity ideas…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Unmastered Risks: From Crisis to Catastrophe. An Economic and Management Insight
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Discussion of decentralized capacity management and internal pricing
Dutta and Reichelstein (2010) study the role of transfer pricing and organizational choice in providing incentives for efficient decisions on the acquisition and subsequent reallocation of capacity within decentralized firms. Their analysis suggests that transfer prices based on the historical cost of capacity facilitate the efficient allocation of resources. They also find that…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Discussion of decentralized capacity management and internal pricing
Dutta and Reichelstein (2010) study the role of transfer pricing and organizational choice in providing incentives for efficient decisions on the acquisition and subsequent reallocation of capacity within decentralized firms. Their analysis suggests that transfer prices based on the historical cost of capacity facilitate the efficient allocation of resources. They also find that…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Optimal precision of accounting information in debt financing
This paper studies qualitative characteristics of accounting systems that are used in debt financing. We consider a financially constrained firm that provides to lenders information on the value of assets that serve as collateral in a financing contract for a risky investment project. We find that the investor prefers an accounting system that provides biased signals about the value…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Optimal precision of accounting information in debt financing
This paper studies qualitative characteristics of accounting systems that are used in debt financing. We consider a financially constrained firm that provides to lenders information on the value of assets that serve as collateral in a financing contract for a risky investment project. We find that the investor prefers an accounting system that provides biased signals about the value…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Fallstudie Verbesserungskultur bei Jansen AG: Was wir wirklich von Japan lernen können
Institution partenaire
Deutsch / 01/01/2010
Managerial applicability of graphical formats to support positioning decisions
Issues of segmentation and positioning have always been at the heart of marketing management. In recent years, much methodological progress has been made in order to carry out these two tasks simultaneously, that is, to combine certain types of clustering algorithms with appropriate multidimensional scaling or unfolding procedures. When trying to provide managers with a tool to…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
Geographical Information Systems–based marketing decisions: effects of alternative visualizations on decision quality
Data visualization aids have become popular tools to assist managerial decision making in marketing. For example, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are often used to identify suitable retail locations, regional distributions for advertising campaigns, or targeting of direct marketing activities. GIS-based visualizations facilitate the assessment of store locations and help…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2010
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