global perspective

Description Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Agencies are a recent phenomenon; as a result, little is known about their origins, functions and global evolution. As developed countries increasingly utilize PPP approaches for procurement of infrastructure assets, they are creating agencies to...

Description We study rights offerings using a sample of 8,238 rights offers announced during 1995-2008 in 69 countries. Although shareholders prefer having the option to trade rights, issuers deliberately restrict tradability in 38% of the offerings ISSN 0956-8549-727 Rights offerings...

Public sector performance A global perspective The public sectors of different countries are shaped by many factors, but they share common challenges. Those challenges make public sector performance management more complex than it is in the private sector. The generally simpler environment of...

To prosper, organizational psychology should. . . adopt a global perspective MICHELE J. GELFAND 1 * , LISA M. LESLIE 2 AND RYAN FEHR 1 1 Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. 2 Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A...

Description The past several years had been difficult for the organization. Hostile takeover attempts plagued the firm during the 1980s. Avon sales volume in the United States and international markets showed little or no growth. AVON PRODUCTS, INC.: DEVELOPING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE...