Journal of Management Studies ••:•• 2012 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01044.x Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid: A Recipe for Inclusive Growth or Social Exclusion? joms_1044 1..28 Jeremy Hall, Stelvia Matos, Lorn Sheehan and Bruno Silvestre Simon Fraser University; Simon Fraser University; Dalhousie University; University of Winnipeg abstract Policy makers often see entrepreneurship as a panacea for inclusive growth in underdeveloped ‘Base of the Pyramid’
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1. BSCIC About BSCIC Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) is a prime government organization entrusted for rapid industrialization of small and cottage Industries in the country. Under the direct or indirect initiative of BSCIC a plenty of entrepreneurs has been created and enterprises has been set up in the country. But the influence of globalization and the free economy impacts upon the traditional manufacturing enterprises. This situation for marketing of small and cottage
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there have been only occasional intersections with the research field of organizational design. In this article, we aim to provide an integrated perspective of the two fields. We first identify major user innovation strategies. We then derive the implications for each user innovation strategy on key dimensions of organizational design. Keywords: User innovation; organization design the point of departure for this article is the growing literature around the phenomenon that companies are in the midst
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Washington Times carried a lead story on the turnaround of the Indian Railways (IR) — a departmental organisation run by the Government of India (GOI). It stated ‘…few now doubt that Mr. Yadav (Minister for Railways) has presided over an impressive business turnaround ….more importantly, he’s taken the world’s largest employer — a government giant of 1.5 million employees — and boosted revenues by 15.5 percent without raising fares’ (Nelson, 2006:1). Pai Panandiker states ‘Indian Railways has turned
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School of Business and Engineering Master in Management of Innovation and Business Development Toyota Crisis: Management Ignorance? – A Swedish Case of Consumers Perceptions Master’s Dissertation in Management of Innovation and Business Development, 15 ECTS Final seminar 2010-05-27 Authors: Yuanyuan Feng Supervisor: Mike Danilovic Hamlstad University Feng(2010) TOYOTA CRISIS: MANAGEMENT IGNORANCE? – A SWEDISH CASE OF CONSUMERS PERCEPTIONS Yuanyuan Feng School of Business and Engineering
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they seek to develop and sustain a competitive advantage in today’s highly competitive global environment (Taylor, 2004; Ernst & Halevy, 2004). To accomplish this international expansion, organizations can and do use many different market entry strategies (Narula & Duysters, 2004; Briscoe & Schuler, 2004; Beamish & Kachra, 2003; Newburry & Zeira, 1998; Child & Faulkner, 1998). Prior research has shown that cross-border alliances, particularly international joint ventures (IJVs) are perhaps the most
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Business Horizons (2011) 54, 241—251 www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor Social media? Get serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of social media Jan H. Kietzmann *, Kristopher Hermkens, Ian P. McCarthy, Bruno S. Silvestre Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1W6, Canada KEYWORDS Social media; Social networks; Web 2.0; User-generated content; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; YouTube Abstract Traditionally
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noopurJournal of Fashion Marketing and Management Emerald Article: Postponement and supply chain structure: cases from the textile and apparel industry Hassan Chaudhry, George Hodge Article information: To cite this document: Hassan Chaudhry, George Hodge, (2012),"Postponement and supply chain structure: cases from the textile and apparel industry", Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, Vol. 16 Iss: 1 pp. 64 - 80 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13612021211203032
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Business Horizons (2011) 54, 241—251 www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor Social media? Get serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of social media Jan H. Kietzmann *, Kristopher Hermkens, Ian P. McCarthy, Bruno S. Silvestre Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1W6, Canada KEYWORDS Social media; Social networks; Web 2.0; User-generated content; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; YouTube Abstract Traditionally, consumers used the
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES RESEARCH TOPIC: MANAGEMENT OF EMPLOYEES’ RESISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE BY DUMEVI ANDREW YAO AC/07-2/DS/1070 SUPERVISOR: MR. ROBERT MWIN CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND Organizations perceive change as very important for their survival and prosperity in today’s competitive environment. They make change initiative to keep up the pace with changing environment. The success and performance superiority of organizations are very much
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