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Using The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award In Teaching: One Criteria, Several Perspectives, James A. Belohlav
Using The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award In Teaching: One Criteria, Several Perspectives, James A. Belohlav
James A. Belohlav
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Effects Of Board Structure On Firm Performance: A Comparison Between Japan And Australia, Ingrid Bonn, Toru Yoshikawab, Phillip Phanc
Effects Of Board Structure On Firm Performance: A Comparison Between Japan And Australia, Ingrid Bonn, Toru Yoshikawab, Phillip Phanc
Ingrid Bonn
This article compares the effects of board size, proportion of female directors, proportion of outside directors and average age of directors on firm performance in Japanese and Australian firms. We found that board size and age of directors were negatively associated with the performance of Japanese firms. For Australian firms, outsider ratio and female director ratio were positively associated with performance.
A Logic For Entrepreneurial Discovery., Patrick J. Murphy
A Logic For Entrepreneurial Discovery., Patrick J. Murphy
Patrick J. Murphy
This dissertation employs an epistemological approach to integrate several branches of social science (i.e., economics, marketing, sociology, psychology) that have contributed to the scholarly field of entrepreneurship. The integration yielded a novel theoretic framework with empirical implications for the study of the entrepreneurial opportunity recognition phenomenon. Empirical assessment of the framework revealed support for models of knowledge-based indicators as forecasters of three different forms of opportunity recognition identified in previous research and theory (i.e., idea-first, business-first, simultaneous). Marginal support was found for the same models as forecasters of the establishment of new business ventures. Ultimately, no support was found for …