17 research outputs found
Characterization of chestnut (Castanea sativa, mill) starch for industrial utilization
Nurturing entrepreneurs' work-family balance:a gendered perspective
A survey of 258 entrepreneurs examined how positive facets of their family experiences, family-to-business enrichment, and support, nurture their satisfaction with workâfamily balance. Satisfaction with workâfamily balance was nurtured by instrumental family-to-business enrichment to the advantage of women as a group and by instrumental support from the family at home to the advantage of men as a group. Overall, results supported feminist theories that depict entrepreneurship as a gendered process. Female entrepreneurs tend to nurture satisfaction with workâfamily balance by creating workâfamily synergies, whereas male entrepreneurs tend to nurture satisfaction with workâfamily balance by obtaining family support at home
Congenital limb anomalies: frequency and aetiological factors: Data from the Edinburgh Register of the Newborn (1964-68)
What have we learned? Themes from the literature on best-practice benchmarking
The aim of this paper is to review the important themes in the literature on benchmarking, and to assess the contribution to knowledge provided thus far. Four themes from the literature are highlighted: studies of the nature of benchmarking practice; criticisms of benchmarking; evaluating the effectiveness of benchmarking; and the notion of best practice. The authors argue that, while the literature does include a few critical analyses of the practice and impacts of benchmarking, it is dominated by relatively descriptive, and even prescriptive, accounts of the ârealitiesâ of benchmarking. The longer-term qualitative and quantitative) effects and perspectives of diverse stakeholders on benchmarking are largely
neglected. This selective focus has implications for the contribution of benchmarking research to practice, for example, in terms of the role of internal organizational capabilities in analysing the performance of processes and managing communications and change. The authors advocate areas of future research to improve theoretical understanding of benchmarking and thoroughly evaluate its impact within the context of performance management