El costo del crédito para las empresas especializadas en microfinanzas, presentan altos riesgos; generalmente sus clientes no cuentan con historial crediticio, a pesar que los montos del crédito son pequeños, el costo de sus carteras de crédito puede ser elevados (Banco Central …
Asian cosmetics play an increasingly significant role in the global cosmetics industry, exemplified by the worldwide Korean Wave and China’s emergence as the world’s second largest cosmetics market. From the Japanese Shiseido to the numerous emerging brands in China, Asian cosme…
This paper examines telecommunication cooperative employees and their perspective towards the organization and if it adequately trains, staff, and retains quality managers. Telecommunication cooperatives have a long history of overcoming obstacles by utilizing community resource…
South Africa has a reputation as the strike capital of the world, and industrial action is a key identified risk facing South Africa. Described as a cycle of value destruction, industrial action not only impacts companies and their performance, but also workers and their dependa…
This participatory action research (PAR) project explored the factors causing stress in the apparel industry of Sri Lanka, its impact and the coping methodologies adopted by the workers. The PAR team was made of 25 voluntary workers from the apparel industry of Sri Lanka. During…
In this action research project, I inquire into the challenge and describe what happened when a multinational company (MNC) implemented South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic (B-BBEE) ownership policy, a policy that aims to indigenize economic ownership to redress apartheid i…
The internationalisation of Singapore family businesses is important to the companies themselves and to the country as the economy is heavily reliant on their contribution to areas such as gross domestic product and employment. The government and business associations encourage …
The purpose of this quantitative study is to explore the cultural values profile (CVP) as a useful assessment tool capable of assessing the tendency to engage in workplace bullying behavior (WBB). This descriptive, correlational based study explores the association between behav…
Despite their ubiquitous nature, there is currently a paucity of theorising and research on the drivers of human resource management (HRM) development within the context of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). Mainstream HRM models have tended to be biased towards normative…
An anonymous survey of employees from two separate organizations was conducted to gather data regarding the relationship between charismatic, transformational leadership (CTL) and unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB). The purpose of the research was to identify potential …
This dissertation focuses on three central topics in corporate finance: executive compensation, corporate risk taking, and agency costs. In the first chapter, I examine the impact of a recent regulatory change on CEO compensation. In the second chapter, we examine the impact of …
In this dissertation, I study the decision-making process of participants on online platforms. I specifically focus my attention on the sequential aspects of such processes, i.e. my interest is in understanding the endogenous determinants of the decision-making processes in the …
By fundamentally integrating mentorships within an organizational context, minority frontline managers may perceive their work as a value to the organization and as a result, achieve heightened job performance directly influencing personal growth beyond their position. This qual…
Women play an integral role in society as a strong force in facilitating a change to bring equilibrium. Women and leadership studies have absorbed the attention of the researchers for the past several decades. The explicit gender gap at leadership positions in organizations and …
Thousands of immigrants in New York, legal, or undocumented, rely on the services of nonprofit organizations for assistance in their daily lives. Immigrants often seek assistance from nonprofits due to the less restrictive barriers of eligibility for receiving government-provide…
The purpose of this research was to observe how power concepts may have affected leaders’ actions and decision making for four Hmong nonprofit organizations headquartered in California. Scholars indicated that organizations should limit organizational leaders’ discretion and kee…
This qualitative multi-case study is an exploration into decisions that influenced outsourcing United States Merchant Marine ship registration and is explanatory in nature. This industry experienced a significant decline in U.S. registered ships since World War II resulting in l…
In today’s global marketplace, the Aristotelian notion of philanthrôpía manifests in myriad terms and meanings: corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship, social entrepreneurship, venture capitalism and philanthrocapitalism, to name a few. Now, nonprofit organizatio…
从上世纪四十年代开始出现以来,风险投资对社会经济发展产生重要作用。风险投资是市场经济快速发展和科技变革过程中的产物,主要用于促进具有发展前景企业快速发展。风险投资已经有超过七十年的发展历史,很多发达国家在理论研究和实际应有方面都取得重大进展。相比之下,我国风险投资是从上世纪改革开放之处开始出现,只有三十多年的发展历史。我国市场经济已经逐步完善,资本市场开始进入快速发展时期,在时代发展中结合实际需求进一步的完善以及新经济领域的优秀创业企业不断涌现,我国风险投资市场也快速发展。