From Small Firms to Multinationals:
Industrial, Entrepreneurial, Managerial, Financial, Fiscal,
Transaction Cost and
Consumer Perspectives in the Era of Globalisation
Edited by Ioannis-Dionysios Salavrakos
ISBN: 960-88672-5-8, 612 pages, Hardback
First published in 2006 by ATINER
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Table of Contents
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List of
Contributors |
ix |
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Introduction Ioannis-Dionysios Salavrakos |
1 |
PART I: Small and Medium Size Enterprises: Theoretical Considerations
and Case Studies |
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1. |
SME
Networking as Viewed by Different Networking Actors Anne Katajamäki and Elina
Varamäki |
17 |
2. |
The Competitiveness
of SMEs: Obstacles and the Need for Outside Help
Josée St-Pierre and
Claude Mathieu |
37 |
3. |
Innovation and
Information Complexity Ivan P. Vaghely and Pierre-Andre Julien |
53 |
4. |
Strategic Entrepreneurship
Development: Sustaining Entrepreneurial Orientation in Small and Medium Sized
Organizations with Emerging Futures Michael O’Mullane |
75 |
5. |
Fitness between
Situations and Management Control Systems in Middle-Sized Manufacturing
Companies Lars Svensson and Henrick
Gyllberg |
93 |
6. |
Benchmarking Small Business Firms using Dea:
The Case of Saudi Small Retail Business Taqi N. Al-Faraj |
109 |
7. |
The Impact of
Information Systems on Small
Enterprises Sofia Gleni and Panagiotis Petratos |
119 |
8. |
The Impact of
Information Technology on Small to Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) in the Scottish Market Lynn Lang and Fergus Lang |
137 |
9. |
The Survival of a
Small Business Renee Ghattas |
149 |
10. |
The Role of Innovation on SME’s
Competitiveness: A Research on SME’s in Zumrut H. Tonus and Senem Besler |
163 |
11. |
Effectiveness and
Efficiency of Design Processes in Turkish SMEs Tuncdan Baltacioglu, Melike D. Kaplan, Oznur Yurt and Can Ozcan |
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PART II: National and Multinational Enterprises, International
Business: Some Case Studies |
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A. Cases Studies of National Enterprises and
Industrial Sectors |
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12. |
The Implications
of P-2-P as a Disruptive Technology in the Music Industry Rae Weston |
201 |
13. |
Globalization, ICT and the Philippine Jose DV. Camacho and Norio Hisamoto |
211 |
14. |
Digital
Technologies and Competitiveness Effects on Manufacturing Companies: The
Spanish Case Angel Díaz
and José Luis Montes |
231 |
15. |
Knowledge Management at Utilico Gas Company:
A Case Study Ron Kent and Lara Preiser-Houy
|
245 |
16. |
Cluster of
Lithuanian Railway and Algirdas Garalis |
259 |
B. Case Studies of
Multinational Enterprises and Industrial Sectors |
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17. |
Motives of
Austrian Companies for Investing in Nathalie Homlong and Elisabeth Springler |
287 |
18. |
More Private
Capital for Bianca Gusenbauer |
299 |
19. |
Acquisition of
Technological Capability in Industrial Clusters: An Empirical Investigation
Into The Learning Mechanisms Naraganahalli V. Raghavendra |
315 |
20. |
Mergers and
Acquisitions Processes between Turkish and Greek Banks Serpil Altınırmak
Gökbel |
331 |
PART III: Enterprises and Managerial, Business, Transaction Cost
Issues |
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A. Enterprises,
Industries and Managerial Issues |
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21. |
Little Boxes-An
Explorative Study of Entrepreneurship in the Light of Leadership Versus
Management Mona Toft Madsen and
Poul Rind Christensen |
349 |
22. |
Corporate Social
Responsibility: Developing the Dialogue with
Stakeholders using the “Action-Simulation-Cognition” Technique Matar Mbaye |
361 |
23. |
Complaint Management in Nordic Countries: A Conceptual Framework and
Empirical Results Torben Hansen and Ricky Wilke |
375 |
24. |
Problem-Based
Learning in Supply Chain. Dewey’s Concepts of Reflective Thought and Action
Applied to Network Learning and Learning in a Network Kirsti Sorama |
393 |
25. |
Developing Comprehensive
John Paul Kusz and George
P. Nassos |
409 |
26. |
Key Factors to Women Success in the Portuguese Management Paula Cortez Loureiro |
421 |
B. Enterprises and
Business, Transaction Cost Issues |
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27. |
The Dialectical
Nature of Business Strategy. Strategy Story Telling Allan N. Gjerding and Jørgen
G. Rasmussen |
429 |
28. |
Business on
Beliefs – Analysis of Business Models and Offerings Based on Inconclusive
Evidence Mika Westerlund and Risto
Rajala |
445 |
29. |
The Questionable
Usefulness of Contract Law in a Business Environment Ruth D. Atkins |
461 |
30. |
The Evolution of
the Law of Third Party Liability for Participating in an Unauthorized
Transaction and International
Transactions: An Economic Analysis Peter T. Wendel |
479 |
PART IV: Enterprises and Consumers |
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31. |
Customer Contacts and Contact Segments in Retail
Results of a Customer Survey Günter Silberer
and Gunnar Mau |
497 |
32. |
Estonian
Competition Policy – Between Imitation and Innovation Jüri Sepp and Diana Eerma |
509 |
33. |
Consumer
Resistance to Digital Television: Preliminary Findings from Suvi Sinkkonen and Tommi Laukkanen |
523 |
34. |
The Impact of
Consumer Protection on Competition and Competition Law. The Case of
Deregulated Markets Katalin J.Cseres |
537 |
PART V: Enterprises and Financial, Fiscal, Privatisation Issues |
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35. |
Value at Risk Modeling in Microlending: The
Case of Lending Investors Around Metro Junette A. Perez |
559 |
36. |
The Impact of the Differences in Corporate Tax Systems on Companies
Demand for Financial Services Aaro Hazak |
575 |
37. |
Incentives in
Public Procurement: Evidence from Everton Dockery and Mehrdad Emadi |
591 |
38. |
Single Day
Beta-Return Relationship in the Zahide Eylem Gevrek and
Tuba Korkmaz |
605 |