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The Company They Keep: Founders' Models For Organizing New Firms, M. Diane Burton Oct 2009

The Company They Keep: Founders' Models For Organizing New Firms, M. Diane Burton

M. Diane Burton

[Excerpt] This chapter examines the employment models founders use as they begin to construct new firms. The empirical setting is a sample of emerging technology firms in Silicon Valley. This chapter focuses on two questions: (1) Why are new firms founded under different conceptual models? and (2) What are the factors that lead a founding team to espouse a particular employment model?


Application Of Ict Ii: The Impact Of Performance Management System On The Performance Of The Employees & The Organization, Arshad Siddiqui, Faryal Malik Aug 2009

Application Of Ict Ii: The Impact Of Performance Management System On The Performance Of The Employees & The Organization, Arshad Siddiqui, Faryal Malik

International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between performance management system (PMS), employee's job satisfaction and thus, their commitment to the organization by working for its fate. If various characteristics of PMS that build commitment and satisfaction could be identified, then managers may be more capable of using PMS so as to yield positive results. Further, the study will also examine the impact of PMS on organizational effectiveness by enhancing personal performance using appropriate performance measures.


Globalization, Adjustment, And Employment Drivers, Winfred M. Villamil, Rachel C. Reyes Jan 2009

Globalization, Adjustment, And Employment Drivers, Winfred M. Villamil, Rachel C. Reyes

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

This study is a comparative analysis of the relative performance of two key industries in the Philippines during the period when the country liberalized trade. These industries are (1) the textile and garments industry and (2) the information and communications technology (ICT)-based industries consisting of the electronics industry and the business process outsourcing (BPO) services sector.