Recently added articles from Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship:
Message from the Editor
Jan 01, 2008; Gibson, Jane Whitney ... Happy New Year and welcome to our first issue for 2008. We dedicate this issue to our good friend and colleague, Al Bolton, who passed away in 2007. He is deeply missed by all who knew him. Our Executive Interview with Al which appears in this issue was completed shortly before his ...
Human Resource Issues in Global Entrepreneurial High Technology Firms: Do they Differ?
Jan 01, 2008; Buckley, M Ronald; Carraher, Shawn M; Carraher, Sarah C; Ferris, Gerald R; Carraher, Charles E ... Executive Summary In spite of the fact that high technology organizations are consistently rated as excellent organizations for which to be employed, we know relatively little about the human resources management practices that have been instrumental in facilitating this belief. In this ...
Icon and Markor: Links and Performance in South African Firms
Jan 01, 2008; Berthon, Jean-Paul; Pitt, Leyland; Abratt, Russell; Nel, Deon ... Executive Summary Market orientation and innovation orientation are two concepts that seem to contradict each other. Whether they intend to or not, firms adopt a strategic mode of focus, a way of directing efforts towards markets, products, both, or neither. However, little information ...
IT-Performance Paradox Revisited: Resource-based and Prisoner's Dilemma Perspective
Jan 01, 2008; Tangpong, Chanchai ... Executive Summary Many scholars regard information technology (IT) as a source of competitive advantage and key to performance improvement. However, the inconsistent empirical link between IT investment and performance has evolved into the IT-performance paradox debate. This paper ...
Tomorrow's Fortune 500 Companies: Critical Forces in Service and Manufacturing Firms
Jan 01, 2008; Baglione, Stephen L; Zimmerer, Thomas ... Executive Summary Micro-cap corporations are fertile breeding ground for America's future Fortune 500 companies. This research tells a simple but compelling story for success; build and maintain an organization of high-quality motivated personnel in a positive environment throughout a ...
When Entrepreneurship and Ethics Collide: The Case of Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals
Jan 01, 2008; Wilson, Rachel C; Carraher, Shawn M; Carraher, Sarah C; Ferris, Gerald R; Carraher, Charles E ... Executive Summary Recent effects of inefficiencies in the United States health care system have incited criticism and calls for change. The United States government has expressed a desire for increased entrepreneurial activity to change the inefficiencies in this system, as ...
Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace
Jan 01, 2008; Cavico, Frank J ... Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace Bruce Barry Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc., (2007) Softcover, $18.45 Reviewed by: Frank J. Cavico, Nova Southeastern University Professor Bruce Barry in his book, Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in ...
Punk Marketing-Get off Your Ass and Join the Revolution
Jan 01, 2008; Patalano, Carla ... Punk Marketing-Get off Your Ass and Join the Revolution Richard Laermer and Mark Simmons Collins (2007) 256 pages, Hardcover, $25.95 Reviewed by: Carla Patalano, Wentworth Institute of Technology If the sub-title itself isn't enough, the book's "First Words", which consist of a ...
Leadership Moments: Turning Points that Changed Lives and Organizations
Jan 01, 2008; Neumiller, Corine L ... Leadership Moments: Turning Points that Changed Lives and Organizations Claire Gerus (editor) Trafford Publishing, (2007) 176 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by: Corine L. Neumiller, University of Arizona Leadership Moments: Turning Points that Changed Lives and Organizations is an ...
Hot Spots
Jan 01, 2008; Carter, Les ... Hot Spots Lynda Gratton Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., (2007) 205 pages, Softcover, $24.95 Reviewed by: Les Carter, St. Edward's University With hot Spots, Lynda Gratton completes her trilogy of work focused on understanding why and how energy is created and dissipated in the ...
Go Put Your Strengths to Work: Six Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance
Jan 01, 2008; Mujtaba, Mustafa G ... Go Put Your Strengths to Work: Six Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance Marcus Buckingham Free Press, (2007) 430 pages, Hardcover, $19.80 The key in increasing performance and productivity in the workplace is in making sure that one is prepared and empowered to do more of ...
Evaluating Performance: How to Appraise, Promote, and Fire
Jan 01, 2008; Ahmadi, Anissa ... Evaluating Performance: How to Appraise, Promote, and Fire Barry Silverstein Collins (2007) 150 pages, Hardcover, $12.95 In "Evaluating Performance: How to Appraise, Promote, and Fire," by distilling the wisdom of industry experts, author Barry Silverstein (2007) discusses performance ...
A Manager's Guide to Improving Workplace Performance
Jan 01, 2008; Qadir, Anisa ... A Manager's Guide to Improving Workplace Performance Roger Chevalier AMACOM (2007) 212 pages, Softcover, $15.56 Roger Chevalier's 2007 book, entitled "A Manager's Guide to Improving Workplace Performance, " is a guide to not just knowledge acquisition but also to actionable steps that ...
Becoming a Management Legend by Making History through the Hawthorne Studies: A Conversation with Alfred A. Bolton
Jan 01, 2008; Jones, Michael; Mujtaba, Bahaudin G ... Executive Summary Dr. Alfred A. Bolton was known in academia as a "guru" of management history. His research concerning the Hawthorne Studies and his contributions to the Academy of Management History Division earned him the respect and admiration of his colleagues in ...