In today’s globalized world, firms are increasingly seen shifting from the traditional innovation model 1 which relied on a firm’s internal R&D to the more porous open innovation paradigm which utilizes resources both internal and external to a firm to come up with innovations. However success in the open innovation paradigm is contingent upon some internal and external factors of a firm. This ...

OBJECTIVES A well-known demographic finding in modern society is the inverse association between socioeconomic status and mortality. The purpose of the study was to examine socioeconomic indicators, such as occupational category (white-collar vs blue -collar) and occupational position (managerial vs non-managerial) as determinants of all -cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer mortality...

the major purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing the design of agriculturaladvisory service network in the west azerbaijan province of iran. the population of thisresearch consisted of consultants who provided services to farmers. by using a cochranformula, 306 respondents were selected. the results showed that consultants faced manyobstacles such as lack of necessary facilit...

this study examined and prioritized personal factors especially gender to gain managerial position in physical education general departments of iran western region including provinces of kurdistan, ilam, kermanshah and hamadan. the methodology was descriptive-survey. the sample was equal to the population (n=260). the research instruments were personal characteristics questionnaire, management ...

We examine the relation between a broad set of corporate governance factors and various measures of managerial behavior and organizational performance. Using a sample of 2,126 firms we distill 38 structural measures of corporate governance (e.g., board characteristics, stock ownership, anti-takeover variables etc.) to 13 governance factors using principal components analysis. For a wide set of ...

Information technology (IT) has changed the dynamics of competition in the U.S. economy. Firms are gaining competitive advantage by competing on technology-enabled processes. For the retail industry, technology is breaking down the barriers between different retail channels and is making omnichannel retailing inevitable—an integrated sales experience that melds touch-and-feel information in the...

PURPOSE: Several studies have shown that the traditional stereotype of a "good" manager being masculine and male still exists. The recent changes in the proportion of women and female managers in organizations could affect these two managerial stereotypes, leading to a stronger preference for feminine characteristics and female leaders. This study examines if the gender of an employee, the gend...