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Article
Publication date: 16 August 2013

Pramila Rao

This paper aims to report on the IFSAM (International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management) 2012 conference, held in Limerick, Ireland, on 26‐30 June 2012.

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Purpose

This paper aims to report on the IFSAM (International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management) 2012 conference, held in Limerick, Ireland, on 26‐30 June 2012.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper summarizes the conference, including keynote presentations and conference sessions.

Findings

The author concludes that the conference was a very enriching and rewarding experience, and allowed participants and experts every opportunity to create an interpretive environment for learning.

Originality/value

This paper provides a detailed report and summary of the IFSAM (International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management) 2012 conference.

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South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, vol. 2 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2045-4457

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Publication date: 1 September 2006

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Strategic Direction, vol. 22 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0258-0543

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Publication date: 9 December 2019

Zheng Fan, Tingting Lu and Peihua Fan

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Chinese Management Studies, vol. 13 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1750-614X

Article
Publication date: 7 August 2017

Mike Mingqiong Zhang, Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu, Peter Dowling and Di Fan

The purpose of this paper is to examine the strategic responses of multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries in China toward a unique institutional characteristic – the…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the strategic responses of multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries in China toward a unique institutional characteristic – the structural discrimination against rural migrant workers.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on surveys of 181 firms and 669 rural migrant workers, as well as a case study of eight firms in Jiangsu and Shanghai, the authors examined and compared the human resource management (HRM) policies of MNE subsidiaries and domestic Chinese firms toward rural Chinese migrant workers.

Findings

This study found that MNE subsidiaries are more likely to accept local discriminatory HRM practices when managing migrant workers. In response to the institutional environments of host countries, MNE subsidiaries tend to share similar behavioral characteristics with local firms and are reluctant to show leadership in initiating institutional change in host countries.

Originality/value

This study is important since it enables investigation of some prevailing assumptions in the literature. Contrary to common wisdom that MNEs are change agents that proactively engage in institutional entrepreneurship in host countries, this study found that MNEs’ responses to the institutional environment of host countries are shaped by their entry modes and the institutional environment in their home countries. MNEs are as diverse as their home countries and far from forming a unified organizational field with similar behavioral characteristics.

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Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78560-980-0

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Publication date: 7 October 2011

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Finance and Sustainability: Towards a New Paradigm? A Post-Crisis Agenda
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78052-092-6

Article
Publication date: 1 September 2003

Julius Omona

The Education Review Office (ERO) is both nationally and internationally renowned for its unique design for school evaluation, which has a bearing on schools and childhood centres…

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The Education Review Office (ERO) is both nationally and internationally renowned for its unique design for school evaluation, which has a bearing on schools and childhood centres on key indicators like school governance and management, curriculum management and quality of teaching, school safety and hygiene, internal evaluation, discipline, and pupil‐teacher ratio. Applying items relating to red tape and technology, this paper examines the impact of ERO design, based primarily on the perceptions of 78 stakeholders. Document analysis and e´lite interviews were used to triangulate the findings. The design items were perceived to significantly account for the current appealing ERO performance. Though more research needs to be done in this area to establish the impact of other potential predictors of ERO performance, based on an array of existing theoretical propositions and empirical results on organisational effectiveness, the findings in this study support proponents of the view that this variable is an indispensable facet for organisational good practice.

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Quality Assurance in Education, vol. 11 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0968-4883

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Publication date: 16 December 2016

Sébastien Lleo and Jessica Li

The purpose of this chapter is to study the mathematisation of finance – excessive use of mathematical models in finance – which has been widely blamed for the recent financial…

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The purpose of this chapter is to study the mathematisation of finance – excessive use of mathematical models in finance – which has been widely blamed for the recent financial and economic crisis. We argue that the problem might actually be the financialisation of mathematics, as evidenced by the gradual embedding of branches of mathematics into financial economics. The concept of embeddedness, originally proposed by Polanyi, is relevant to describe the sociological relationship between fields of knowledge. After exploring the relationship between mathematics, finance and economics since antiquity, we find that theoretical developments in the 1950s and 1970s lead directly to this embedding. The key implication of our findings is the realization that it has become necessary to disembed mathematics from finance and economics, and proposes a number of partial steps to facilitate this process. This chapter contributes to the debate on the mathematisation of finance by uniquely combining a historical approach, which chronicles the evolution of the relation between mathematics and finance, with a sociological approach from the perspective of Polyani’s concept of embedding.

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Finance and Economy for Society: Integrating Sustainability
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78635-509-6

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Book part
Publication date: 2 September 2016

Roland Pérez

The goal of this chapter is to discuss the foundations of ‘modern finance’, its paradigm and conceptual framework, its methods and tools, its practices and results, its governance…

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Purpose

The goal of this chapter is to discuss the foundations of ‘modern finance’, its paradigm and conceptual framework, its methods and tools, its practices and results, its governance and regulation.

Approach

The first part presents the characteristics of ‘modern finance’ and its negative effects. The second part analyses the efforts made to remedy those effects and argue about the need for a real reform.

Findings

Several aspects are pointed, for example an unreasonable ‘normality’, incentives that encourage excess, the spread of subprime crisis, etc. The contemporary finance is a ‘giant with clay feet’.

Originality/value

We need to proceed with a dual reembeddedness of finance in the economy and economy in society.

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Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78560-980-0

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Publication date: 20 October 2015

Mohammad Shamsuddoha

Contemporary literature reveals that, to date, the poultry livestock sector has not received sufficient research attention. This particular industry suffers from unstructured…

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Contemporary literature reveals that, to date, the poultry livestock sector has not received sufficient research attention. This particular industry suffers from unstructured supply chain practices, lack of awareness of the implications of the sustainability concept and failure to recycle poultry wastes. The current research thus attempts to develop an integrated supply chain model in the context of poultry industry in Bangladesh. The study considers both sustainability and supply chain issues in order to incorporate them in the poultry supply chain. By placing the forward and reverse supply chains in a single framework, existing problems can be resolved to gain economic, social and environmental benefits, which will be more sustainable than the present practices.

The theoretical underpinning of this research is ‘sustainability’ and the ‘supply chain processes’ in order to examine possible improvements in the poultry production process along with waste management. The research adopts the positivist paradigm and ‘design science’ methods with the support of system dynamics (SD) and the case study methods. Initially, a mental model is developed followed by the causal loop diagram based on in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and observation techniques. The causal model helps to understand the linkages between the associated variables for each issue. Finally, the causal loop diagram is transformed into a stock and flow (quantitative) model, which is a prerequisite for SD-based simulation modelling. A decision support system (DSS) is then developed to analyse the complex decision-making process along the supply chains.

The findings reveal that integration of the supply chain can bring economic, social and environmental sustainability along with a structured production process. It is also observed that the poultry industry can apply the model outcomes in the real-life practices with minor adjustments. This present research has both theoretical and practical implications. The proposed model’s unique characteristics in mitigating the existing problems are supported by the sustainability and supply chain theories. As for practical implications, the poultry industry in Bangladesh can follow the proposed supply chain structure (as par the research model) and test various policies via simulation prior to its application. Positive outcomes of the simulation study may provide enough confidence to implement the desired changes within the industry and their supply chain networks.

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Sustaining Competitive Advantage Via Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management, and System Dynamics
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78560-707-3

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