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Sacred Heart University

2001

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Full-Text Articles in Business

The Financing Of Smal Firms: Different Continents, The Same Problems?, Grahame Boocock, Ismail A. Wahab Sep 2001

The Financing Of Smal Firms: Different Continents, The Same Problems?, Grahame Boocock, Ismail A. Wahab

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article compares the experiences of small firms in the U.K. and Malaysia and assesses whether public and private sector financial initiatives in the two countries have reduced the existence of the "finance gap" thought to prevail in both.

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Entrepreneurs At Sea: Tom And Anne Foley, Tom Foley, Anne Foley Sep 2001

Entrepreneurs At Sea: Tom And Anne Foley, Tom Foley, Anne Foley

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

NEJE interviews Tom and Anne Foley, owners of a small, private, upscale charter operation

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Economic Value Added (Eva) And The Valuation Of Small Businesses, Michael F. Spivey, Jeffrey J. Mcmillan Sep 2001

Economic Value Added (Eva) And The Valuation Of Small Businesses, Michael F. Spivey, Jeffrey J. Mcmillan

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article presents an overview of the standard asset, market, and income valuation methods generally used to estimate the value of small businesses.

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A Force In Men's Fashion: Joseph Abboud, Joseph Abboud Sep 2001

A Force In Men's Fashion: Joseph Abboud, Joseph Abboud

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

NEJE interviews Joseph Abboud, chairman emeritus and creative director of the J.A. Apparel Corporation

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New Venture Planning Using Advanced Information Systems Support, Dorothy Dologite, Robert Mockler, Marc Gartenfeld Sep 2001

New Venture Planning Using Advanced Information Systems Support, Dorothy Dologite, Robert Mockler, Marc Gartenfeld

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article describes a research project answering the question "Can advanced information systems, such as expert knowledge-based systems help in business strategy formulation?"

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Cultural And Socioeconomic Determinants Of Invention: A Multicountry, Multiperiod Analysis, Moshin Habib, Joseph Coombs Apr 2001

Cultural And Socioeconomic Determinants Of Invention: A Multicountry, Multiperiod Analysis, Moshin Habib, Joseph Coombs

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article examines the influence of culture and socioeconomic variables on national invention.

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Revisiting Shapero: A Taxonomy Of Entrepreneurial Typologies, Truls Erickson Apr 2001

Revisiting Shapero: A Taxonomy Of Entrepreneurial Typologies, Truls Erickson

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs' cognitive and behavioral ability to align their behavior with entrepreneurial opportunities is the fundamental mechanism to entrepreneurial supply.

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Export Planning And Performance: An Organizational Culture Perspective On Small Firms, Philip D. Olson, Newell Gough Apr 2001

Export Planning And Performance: An Organizational Culture Perspective On Small Firms, Philip D. Olson, Newell Gough

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Sample results indicate that significant relationships exist between export planning values and practices, and between the planning practice of using advisors and export performance.

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On The Logic Of Business Plan Composition, Jeff Trailer, Chester Wolford Apr 2001

On The Logic Of Business Plan Composition, Jeff Trailer, Chester Wolford

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article presents examples for improving the effectiveness of business plans by focusing on the logical structure of their composition.

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Out On A Limb - And Thriving: Neje Interviews Robert Seliger, Robert Seliger Apr 2001

Out On A Limb - And Thriving: Neje Interviews Robert Seliger, Robert Seliger

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

NEJE interviews Robert Seliger, CEO of Sentillion

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Human Resource Management Issues As A Small Business Grows, Jack L. Howard Apr 2001

Human Resource Management Issues As A Small Business Grows, Jack L. Howard

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article attempts to behin to assess the issues facing small businesses, and how human resource management can be integrated as a small business grows.

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Who Moved My Cheese?, Matthew H. Roy Apr 2001

Who Moved My Cheese?, Matthew H. Roy

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Matthew H. Roy reviews Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese?

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The Drama Of Dysfunction: Value Conflict In Us Managed Care, Diana D. Mrotek Feb 2001

The Drama Of Dysfunction: Value Conflict In Us Managed Care, Diana D. Mrotek

WCBT Faculty Publications

The transformation of the American health care environment from retrospective fee-for-service to managed care has been both rapid and chaotic. This period of change has been infected by value conflict, evoking unconscious processes in system participants as they have attempted to cope with personally threatening situations. This article attempts to elucidate this process by presenting an account of events and accompanying value conflict as it occurred over time. It also includes a systems analysis of the rapidly changing mosaic of unconscious processes that resulted from the divergent values held by the public and health care professionals, using various organization behavior …

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Getting Things Done: The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity, Shawn Blau Jan 2001

Getting Things Done: The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity, Shawn Blau

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Shawn Blau reviews David Allen's Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.

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Issues Raised In Cross-Border Mergers, Karen Cascini, Abdel M. Agami Jan 2001

Issues Raised In Cross-Border Mergers, Karen Cascini, Abdel M. Agami

WCBT Faculty Publications

There has been a significant increase in the number and value of cross-border mergers among multinational businesses in recent years. Some of the reasons for this increase are due to an increase in competition, the growth in global markets, and the rapid changes in technology. In order to justify a merger, management usually claims that the merger will produce synergy. It claims that the merger will increase revenues, earnings, cash flows, the value of stockholders' equity, and will benefit society. The purpose of this article is to discuss some of the issues involved in cross-border mergers among multinational businesses, suggest …

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