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。
This research examines the political geographies of Palestinian children, and the ways in which their everyday spaces and practices are shaped by broader social and political processes. This research begins with an investigation into the role of the child in the moral geopolitic…
Although the development of small businesses is generally considered important for income generation and job creation, there has been relatively little research in developing countries such as Ghana on understanding why some small firms succeed and grow rapidly while others do n…
This thesis intends to raise awareness on pandemic threats and encourage facility managers and business stakeholders to integrate pandemic preparedness plans to the corporate models in order to be able to quickly respond to the crisis and keep the business continuing under the i…
The purpose of this study is to examine whether art gallerists are replaceable in the current climate in which the plea for removing the middlemen has been growing. The speed and ease of art transactions through digital platforms provide an alternative to the relationship-based …
This research focuses on cross-border acquisitions of emerging market multinationals (EM MNEs). Opposing theoretical perspectives of colonial ties (i.e., country ties between the acquiring and target firm countries, with the former being a colonized country and the latter being …
The scholarly study of forgiveness and leadership is a relatively new frontier. Despite numerous historical examples of leaders who have made significant impacts through forgiveness, the concept has failed to attract attention from leadership scholars, with a few notable excepti…