Article history: Received 8 December 2013 Available online 16 February 2014 In times of rising longevity and shortage of skilled workers, post-retirement work has become increasingly prevalent in many countries. However, not much is known about the expectations and facilitating factors associated with work-related activities after retirement. In two studies we draw on the social cognitive caree...

A survey was conducted to compare hotel capital budgeting practices employed within and outside the hotel sector. It was found that the propensity to inflate investment cash inflow projections outweighs the propensity to deflate cash inflow estimates and the tendency to inflate projected cash inflows is less in the hotel industry. Hotels exhibit a lower level of development with respect to revi...

The case describes the market growth of Web Reservation International an Irish SME company, which is a market leader in the Budget, Independent and Youth Travel (BIYT) market through its online reservation system. The case describes the development of the company through organic growth and acquisitions. The case raises four main questions. Is the WRI domination position sustainable in the long ...

This article aims to explore the effects of the use of an ERP system in a manufacturing company on strategy development as described by defined factors. The work is based on a survey and data obtained from 62 Polish manufacturing enterprises from the Lubuskie region, and from 23 German manufacturing enterprises from the Brandenburg region, in which the companies were categorised as either “cons...

UNLABELLED Is not hiring otherwise-qualified workers who have an abnormal post-offer preplacement (POPP) median nerve test a cost-effective strategy to reduce workers' compensation expenses related to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)? We performed a retrospective dynamic cohort study based on 2150 workers hired at a company between January 1996 and December 2001 and who underwent POPP median nerve ...

In the post-crisis era new concepts are emerging, while some old and dysfunctional ones are being discarded. Strategy is about making series of decisions that drive corporate action under specific coupling with company’s environment and context. Because decisions are actions, so the strategy itself is action, not just a description of action. In the area of traditional strategy, descriptions (i...

All Royal Marine recruits who sustain a significant injury during training are taken out of training and entered into a rehabilitation program (Hunter Company) until they have recovered sufficiently to return to Commando training. Once an ACL rupture has been identified recruits are offered an ACL reconstruction. If recruits choose to undergo an ACL reconstruction, post-operatively they return ...

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) is a strategy commonly used by companies to achieve growth, expand market share, gain access new technologies, competitive advantage. However, the M&A process does not always go according plan can present complex challenges. Many have failed in conducting mergers acquisitions, which has an impact on organizational performance shareholder value. Therefore, ...