Corporate governance literature generally suggests that a company’s boards of directors may influence company performance. When the balance of power over strategic decisions and organisational outcomes favour the CEO the board may however have few possibilities to monitor managerial or company performance or influence strategic choices. This paper investigates how boards become activated and em...

This paper explores knowledge management in small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). It investigates the use of Lotus Notes in SMEs of a developing country as a counterpoint to the large firm, developed country emphasis of existing research. It develops taxonomy of Lotus Notes use within the context of different knowledge management processes; notably communicating, co-ordinating and collaborating....

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Large and small firms pay similar health insurance premiums but this similarity is misleading. Small firms are less likely to offer insurance and when they do, provide less generous benefits than large firms. Premium data does not include the experience of small firms that do not offer coverage, perhaps because they faced higher premiums. This synthesis explores the reasons premiums for small f...