Conference Proceedings 2010http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/253982024-03-28T10:17:29Z2024-03-28T10:17:29ZFor whom the firm toils: investigating the ownership-performance linkagehttp://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256392014-03-20T14:04:12Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZFor whom the firm toils: investigating the ownership-performance linkage
This study articulates and empirically tests the effect of ownership on firm performance. Utilizing a multi-theoretic framework, we propose an alternative ownership framework, wherein ownership is analyzed in terms of the different types of shareholders within a firm, unlike previous focus on ‘inside’ managers and ‘outside’ dispersed investors.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZBoard governance issues with not-for-profit organizations: knowledge of financial statements and assurance receivedhttp://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256382014-03-20T13:04:57Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZBoard governance issues with not-for-profit organizations: knowledge of financial statements and assurance received
Cape Breton not-for-profits are trying to find what amount of adherence to the guidance contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is necessary to ensure their organizations are accountable and transparent to their stakeholders. I will explore what financial reports are presented to the boards and the assurance levels received on the annual financial statements as it pertains to good governance by Cape Breton not-for profits. Accordingly I will compare them to international organizations in order to illustrate what is done and what should be best practice.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZA matrix, a table and a bridge: structuring alternative formulation and the evaluation within the strategic positioning frameworkhttp://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256372014-03-20T12:44:18Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZA matrix, a table and a bridge: structuring alternative formulation and the evaluation within the strategic positioning framework
Between the processes of strategic analysis and strategic implementation, are the critical but unstructured tasks of strategic alternative development and evaluation. This paper structures the process of creating alternative business strategies from a Porterian approach to strategic management by bounding the available choice of business strategies in a selection matrix. Through the creation of this alternative selection matrix, sixteen categories of business strategy are defined. Two methods for developing alternative strategies among these bounded choices are detailed and discussed. A decision table is then offered as a means of evaluating among the potential strategic alternatives.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZStop signs on the wireless highway or rear-ended by Rogers: what can a small community stakeholder do?http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256362014-03-19T19:37:34Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZStop signs on the wireless highway or rear-ended by Rogers: what can a small community stakeholder do?
This paper focuses on the company-stakeholder conflict between a large telecommunication company and a small community group over the placement of a cell phone tower in the community. The authors review the literature on stakeholder theory and the debate over who should count as a stakeholder. The findings of our case study illustrate how this company failed to live up to their espoused stakeholder practices and contribute to a better understanding of the contextual and dynamic aspects of company-community stakeholder conflict. Implications for future research are discussed.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZMeaning in work: an existential critique of the discourse of callingshttp://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256352014-03-19T18:54:42Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZMeaning in work: an existential critique of the discourse of callings
This paper is a critique of the discourse of work that is being indirectly promoted by the Job-Career-Calling model and the Spirituality in the Workplace field as they both encourage meaning in life to be found through one’s work, i.e., through finding one’s Calling. Using existential philosophy I argue that this “Calling” discourse is problematic as it situates work as the primary source of meaning for human existence. Although this may be appropriate for some people, for others it results in the inauthentic life.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZOnce upon a time: developing a doctoral program through stories of plausibilityhttp://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256342014-03-18T18:53:46Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZOnce upon a time: developing a doctoral program through stories of plausibility
Succeeding in the world of doctoral-level graduate school requires students to create plausible situations out of the chaos surrounding them. Through a set of stories elicited from members of a doctoral program we have shown how telling stories can mitigate the chaos and work towards the development and perpetuation of the doctoral program itself.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZBattle of narratives in a changing FMCG distribution channelhttp://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256332014-03-18T17:09:10Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZBattle of narratives in a changing FMCG distribution channel
This paper presents analysis of power relationships between different groups in Pakistan’s FMCG distribution channels through narrative inquiry approach. Different groups in a channel deploy group narratives on which battle for power is waged. A focus on narrative is valuable for academics as well as practitioners, as it provides an alternative and insightful method for analysis of power relationships between different groups and organizations in a channel.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZTotal participation in worker co-operatives: theory, measures and impactshttp://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256322014-03-18T15:28:18Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZTotal participation in worker co-operatives: theory, measures and impacts
The paper contributes to the discourse on the impact of employee participation in organizations. We describe a management tool grounded in the cognitive theory of Total participation used to measure the degree of participation and its effects, and apply it to evaluate the extent of adherence to the principles and values in worker co-operatives.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZUsing synthetic designs, a new form of true experimental design: can the length of university exams be shortened without losing the integrity of the test?http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256312014-03-18T15:15:49Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZUsing synthetic designs, a new form of true experimental design: can the length of university exams be shortened without losing the integrity of the test?
Educational researchers seldom resort to using experimental methods when evaluating teaching innovations in higher education, most likely due to the shortcomings of traditional experimental methods (between-subjects, within-subjects, and matchedsubjects). We introduce a new form of experimental designs, synthetic designs, which can offer substantial reductions in sample sizes, cost, time and effort expended, increased statistical power, and fewer threats to validity (internal, external, and statistical conclusion). This new design is a variation of within-subjects design in which each subject serves in only a single treatment condition. Performance scores for all other treatment conditions are derived synthetically without repeated empirical testing of each subject. We use this new design to explore the potential for reducing exam length in four university business statistics classes. We justify synthetic designs here on three grounds: this design has been used successfully in exploring the potential for shortening the length of final exams in university courses, showing marked advantages over traditional experimental designs; a detailed comparison with raditional designs showing their advantages on all but one of the 18 criteria considered; and a description of a method that many university professors could with little effort use to address empirically the same issue of the potential for reducing their exam marking workload in their own course(s). We find conservatively that at least a one-third reduction in exam length can be achieved, which should result in reduced student fatigue and stress, increased perceived fairness by students with diverse learning styles, and reduced educators’ workload.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZA two-stage supply chain with inspection errors and learning in productionhttp://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/256302014-03-18T13:02:45Z2010-01-01T00:00:00ZA two-stage supply chain with inspection errors and learning in production
It is imperative for the firms today to continuously look for ways to improve their performance. Coordination is a tool that is frequently employed for this purpose. Common cycle time, quantity discounts and delay in payments are some of the coordination strategies between the stakeholders in a supply chain. An important issue which is missing in the supply chain literature is incorporating human factors such as inspection errors and learning. This paper develops a simple approach to determine an optimal vendor-retailer inventory policy that accounts for inspection error at the retailer’s end and learning in production at the vendor’s end. The objective is to minimize the joint annual cost incurred by the supply chain. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the significance of the model presented.
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