...Jesús Ruiz; Domingo Ribeiro Soriano; Alicia Coduras Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish a readiness for entrepreneurship theoretical framework. The paper marks the first of three stages to build a scale to measure readiness for entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach...

... an appearance of rigour through the use of numbers and mathematical apparatus. We must be prepared to justify any numbers we use by clarifying the relationship between a numerical variable and a “real thing”. The article defines fundamental, explicit, scientific measurements and how they may be used...

...M.L. Emiliani Discusses the importance of precise communication as a prerequisite to achieving alignment between internal and external stakeholders. Consideration is given to popular management catch‐phrases in general, with specific analysis of the widely‐used statement: “what gets measured gets...

... and, therefore, overpreparing for the consequences. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Risk management Measurement Project management What will the outcome be? Project A, which underestimated the risks, will experience significant problems in delivering its product and will dismiss risk assessment...

... of the influence of total quality management (TQM which encourages collaboration). In summary, while MBO is still based on the rational goal model in terms of its emphasis on goal and measurement setting, employee involvement and collaborative efforts are also integral to its philosophy. As such MBO could...

...Michael H. McGivern; Steven J. Tvorik This exploratory study examined the qualitative and quantitative financial measures that best describe the patterns, predictors, or degree of success for vision driven organizations. A framework was developed within the methodology to qualitatively partition...

...: quality by measurement. This form of development, defeat snatched from the jaws of victory, failure constructed from precisely those features that generated success in the first place, has a long and distinguished career whose theoretical origins we can trace at least as far back as Hegel. © MCB UP...

...Vittorio Chiesa; Christina Masella Notes that measurement of R&D performance has always posed great problems due to the nature of R&D activity and the difficulties in identifying a tangible output. Also that performance measurement systems have often been built on input variables...

...Tim R.V. Davis Increasing emphasis is being given to corporate measurement systems which integrate customer satisfaction, process quality, innovation and financial performance. Managers are realizing that non‐financial criteria (customer service, process quality, new product development...

... and initiate and hence usable as the basis for long‐term competitive advantage. Offers a reference framework for creating a resource measurement system and links the resource measures to the overall performance of the company in terms of shareholder value. According to the above, to evaluate the impact...