infonet-economy

This paper explores the effects of three managerial ideologies on the degree of psychological contract breach perceived in connection with a downsizing event. Results from surveys conducted in the U.S. and Singapore suggest that a strong belief in the ideologies of market competition or shareholder interest reduces the perceived contract breach associated with a downsizing, while...

Knowledge management methods need to be selected depending on the purpose for which knowledge is ‘being managed’. In this article, purpose is considered in terms of encouraging knowledge creation in new product development (NPD) projects. Given that companies have started to deploy a number of knowledge management methods in support of NPD efforts, the central aim of this research is...

Im Gegensatz zu den USA ist die schweizerische Hochschullandschaft noch immer alles andere als hierarchisiert. Professor Egon Franck ist überzeugt, dass sich dies indes durch die BolognaReform ändern wird. Mit dem Ordinarius für Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Universität Zürich unterhielt sich NZZRedaktor Jan Mühlethaler.