... to be important predictors of new LLC registration. Panel regressions also show important synergies in multiple reforms of two or more business environment indicators. These results are consistent with the intuition that to be effective, reforms should be sufficiently large so that the costs of registration...

...Wantao Yu; Ramakrishnan Ramanathan Abstract This paper investigates the links between business environment, employee competencies, operations strategy and performance for a sample of retail companies in China. The path analysis suggests that, because the retail environment becomes more dynamic...

... more than doubled the imports of wood fur- Keywords: global wood industry, business environment and structure, lifestyles and buying niture during the period 1999–2006 from behavior US$6.7 billion to US$14.4 billion (Smith...

... A La Fontaine J de business organization cooperation managing cooperation underlying processes business environment This book has been motivated by the belief that there are important benefits from bringing cooperation further into the mainstream of management thinking. There are two directions...

... for organizational culture political interference competitive advantages development competences environmental limitations private sector public sector Mexico business environment globalization strategy restructuring The authors would like to thank Sergio Goldbaum for his invaluable indications...

... corruption Deby Idriss firms governance inequality xi per capita income Zambia business environment credible commitment effectiveness monitoring oil revenue oversight civil society clusters farmers institutions checks and balances multistakeholders property rights public service service...

...5.1. Interactions within the Sales Environment 5.2. Levels of Analysis and Sales Research This article reviews the rapidly changing business environment, and highlights it as an important and challenging influence on sales organizations. It examines the dynamic environment impacting the sales...

.... The results suggest that the EU should improve the entrepreneurial business environment for high-growth firms, restart possibilities, labor market regulation, access to venture capital, exit markets, and entrepreneurship education at universities. Entrepreneurship European Council and entrepreneurship...

... to its CSR role, other than deriving tax benefit, it is seen that in today’s socially conscious business environment, employees and consumers put a premium on working for and associating with companies that prioritize and are mindful towards their CSR role. How do external stakeholders, ie consumers...

...This chapter focuses on the Hellenistic business environment. It describes the new conditions that increased Hellenistic wealth and made the performance of money, markets, and business more efficient and effective. The main changes took place in the role played by city-states, the use of technology...

... in the decades before the crisis. It discusses the evolution of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and productivity, debt, consumption, investment, wages and prices. The chapter then turns to the quality of the institutions pertaining to the business environment (product market regulation, justice system...

...) the availability of qualified local investment partners in a host market favors management contracts over franchising; and (4) a highly developed business environment favors franchising arrangements over management contracts. hotel brand expansion foreign markets franchising management contracting management...

... of future headwinds requires a move to a more rule-based business environment and openness to the forces of creative destruction—the entry of new players and acceptance of failure and exit of existing businesses. bin Saeed Al Maktoum Sheikh Rashid DEC Dubai Economic Council oil construction sector early...

... into CEE between 1989 and 1997, showing the wide variation in levels of investment between countries during the period. The fourth section discusses the business environment within the region as it impacted on western managers. The final section is a brief conclusion. Foreign Direct Investment FDI Jarai Z...

... to engage more in innovation activities resulting in the introduction of new products or business processes. The authors further found that for firms located in a more favourable business environment the impact of human resource slack on innovation is less pronounced whereas the negative impact of financial...

... and protect others families and also serve the nation as well. Live Case Study real life entrepreneurship sustainable business ventures internal and external business environment entrepreneurial spirit entrepreneurial ventures entrepreneurial excellence entrepreneurial purpose design develop...

... operational practices of Indian Financial Services Companies working in Collaboration/Alliance with global companies. Organizational Development and Change Management Strategy Business Environment Financial Services Brand Audits Brand Value Customer focus Annuity schemes This case study focuses upon...

...This book examines mediated business interaction in Spanish. It focuses on communication between native speakers of Spanish from different Spanish-speaking countries with a view to informing our understanding of intercultural communication in a contemporary business environment. Using elements...

... Martin C Mellinger Andrew Moselle Boaz Noh Suk Jae Olson Mancur Polak Benjamin Roland G´erard Sachs Jeffrey D Stasavage David Treisman Daniel Tullock Gordon government business environment economic policy total factor productivity economic institutions The public good is in nothing more...

... associations Euripides Banking Coins Money Banker s Cassian John Deposits Rome Currencies Hellenistic Apollo on Delos Bank of the Ptolemies Lycan Payments Hellenistic business and Archippus Broker Credit Labor Mago Prestige Hellenistic business business environment trade routes...