National succession laws in comparative perspective

National Competitiveness in Comparative Perspective: Evidence from Latin America

The term competitiveness is widely applied as a catch-all for investor-friendly policies and institutions. This article argues that sloppy applications of the term ignore the possibilities of policy tradeoffs and varieties of institutional choices. Popular conceptualizations of the term describe three discernible clusters of economic policies and institutions. One cluster captures openness to i...

Presenting a Competency Model for Talent Identification and Succession Planning in National Gas Company

The main purpose of this study is providing a competency model for talent identification and succession in the National Gas Company. The research was conducted with a mixed approach. The statistical population in the quality department is the human resources managers of the gas company and 5 university professors and the sampling method is purposeful. In the quantitative phase, the statistical ...

Understanding Small Family Business Succession in a Knowledge Management Perspective

Business succession in family firms has been one of the most investigated topics through theoretical, empirical and anecdotal studies (Brockhaus, 2004; Sharma, 2004; and Ward, 2004). However, we argue that this bulk of literature seems to neglect the role of the most intangible source of competitive advantage of firms: knowledge. At the same time, small family firms, although representing most ...

Passives in Comparative Perspective

Underdetermination and Theory Succession from the Perspective of String Theory

This article investigates the implications of string theory for the conception of scientific theory confirmation. The classical understanding of theory confirmation is based on the assumption that scientific theory building is underdetermined by the available empirical data. Several arguments are presented, which suggest a devaluation of this ‘principle of scientific underdetermination’ in the ...