The Spindle Tree, <em>Euonymus europaea</em> L. (Celastraceae): A Newly Naturalized Shrub in Nova Scotia

WHO IS DEFENDING NOVA SCOTIA'S COASTLINE? A Paper by the Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia Halifax Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia University of Windsor

Commonly recognized as one of the most significant innovations in the information systems (IS) area, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been widely adopted by organizations in both public and private sectors worldwide. Their widespread adoption marks a paradigm shift in the organizational approach to IS, as the adopting organizations in most cases have moved from a proprietary made...

ASAC 2008 Halifax, Nova Scotia

The upper echelon theory (Hambrick and Mason 1984) posits that the firm is a reflection and extension of the entrepreneurs that manage it. As such, the firm’s strategic choices, behaviours, and performance are, to a large extend, influenced by the demographic characteristics of the entreprenurs (Smith et al. 1996), their social connections (Geletkanycz and Hambrick 1997), their perceptions of t...

The Internet and Internationalization: Nova Scotia SMEs*

Internationalization processes in the context of the Internet economy are examined. Case study research was conducted with six Nova Scotia SMEs. Findings from this exploratory study include (1) stage-based theories do not reflect company experience, (2) multi-domestic marketing strategies appear dominant, and (3) location and country-of-origin effects persist, in the online environment. Thus, w...

Fast food and deprivation in Nova Scotia.

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between density of fast food restaurants and measures of social and material deprivation at the community level in Nova Scotia, Canada. METHODS Census information on population and key variables required for the calculation of deprivation indices were obtained for 266 communities in Nova Scotia. The density of fast food restaurants per 1000 individuals fo...