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An empirical comparison of the absorptive capacity and responsiveness of Russian and American growth-oriented small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

Creator:

Fuller, Robert L.

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This study examines the relationship between organizational absorptive capacity and organizational responsiveness to changes in their environment exhibited by growth-oriented SMEs in Russia. Adopting the theoretical framework and methodology used by Liao, Welsch and Stoica in their 2003 study of the absorptive capacity and organizational responsiveness of U.S. growth-oriented SMEs,...

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Dissertation
The implementation year of shared governance at a Vanguard community college

Creator:

Lanning, Patrick M.

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College governance is a function of structure and of how people act within that structure. Organizational strategies no longer identify administrations as monopolies that possess all of the good ideas. Recent organizational management approaches to governance promote inclusiveness in decision-making and are at odds with the community college's historical structures,...

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Dissertation

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intervention by external agencies (AAUP, 1966; Baldridge, Curtis, Ecker, & Riley, 1977; Corson, 1960; Duryea
Organizational Integration of Part-Time Faculty Teaching Developmental Mathematics

Creator:

Gray, Sylvia

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This dissertation was a qualitative case study focused on part-time faculty teachingdevelopmental mathematics courses in one large Pacific Northwest community college. Thecollege was selected for its size and maturity; the topic was selected for three related reasons:part-time faculty have been widely relied upon to teach these courses nationwide; students indevelopmental...

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Dissertation