INTRODUCTION Conventional wisdom warns companies against outsourcing their core competencies and, at one time, management fell into this category. Now, however, especially with the rise of E-business, organizations require exceptional management to survive. Because this is not always available in-house, management service providers (MSP) are springing up to fill the need. MSPs are an emerging t...

this article examines the effect of philosophical mindset on the entrepreneurial tendencies of small and medium businesses’ managers. a correlational study was conducted by drawing on a descriptive design. the population included 361 managers of small and medium businesses in 9 provinces. the required information was gleaned through two questionnaires. finally, the obtained data was analyzed us...

*The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve bank of Philadelphia or the Federal Reserve System. One question that has been on the minds of workers and policymakers alike over the past year is: when will a strong pickup in hiring take hold? The hiring of workers by businesses is a key component of the labor market. it is a c...

successful organizations take action to ensure that they have the human resources to meet their current and future business needs. organizations require much greater flexibility to account for individual needs than in the past and have to find new ways to manage resulting challenges. talent management (tm) will play a critical role in this context to help businesses succeed. talent management i...

In the last few years, extensive research has been done on user-item graphs in order to enable modern users to easily find interesting new items and tap into the so-called ”long tail”. We focused on the problem of restaurants in a network which have limited amount of reviews. We intend to understand the impact that initial reviewers have on predicting the success of a business, and using these ...

released in the second half of 2010, there has been a fl urry of articles published across the country noting the increase in Latino businesses since 2002. From Oregon to Arkansas to New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, across rural communities and urban areas, the nation saw dramatic increases in Latino-owned businesses between 2002 and 2007. This article provides an overview of Latino businesses a...

The records of superior performance of selected service firms over many years suggest that they may be more productive than others. This article uses the Theory of Swift, Even Flow to explain why that might be true. In the process, this article improves Schmenner’s 1986 service process matrix. The redefinition of the axes of this matrix and of the resulting diagonal leads to enhanced understand...