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Creating the entrepreneurial organization - a values-based leadership algorithm, Business papers (2009)
The paper aims to position entrepreneurship within a leadership and values paradigm. This knowledge will...
Pathologies and wellness in entrepreneurial firms, Business papers (2009)
Just as personality disorders afflict individuals, so too can they apply to firms. This paper...
Keeping pace with change in SMEs: creating and maintaining congruence and consistency in SMEs in transition economies., Business papers (2008)
Global business is changing at pace in both form and complexity, demanding innovative solutions. Change...
Glimpses: a reflective look at life through a series of short stories., David Robinson (2008)
Extract:
In finally packaging a bunch of short stories together – stories spanning over forty-five...
Global leadership in a culturally diverse world (with Michael G. Harvey), Business papers (2008)
Purpose – The acceleration of globalization has created a chaotic state of change as businesses...
Destructive leadership in family businesses: Modelling social exchange between generations (with Michael Harvey and Mark Yupitun), Business papers (2007)
This article is to address an important aspect of family businesses that has a direct...
The DaWei Laws, David Robinson (2007)
Introduction:
Have you ever wondered why things don’t go your way, why you sometimes seem...
Managing Ethical Dilemmas in Non-Profit Organizations (with Kuang S. Yeh), Business papers (2007)
In dealing with ethical issues, non-profit managers are often faced with dilemmas that defy a...
Global Leadership in a Culturally Diverse World (with Michael Harvey), David Robinson (2007)
Cultural diversity affects the way leaders go about defining their roles as leaders and applying...
Why Orange doesn’t fit well inside Blue – can the corporate entrepreneurship oxymoron be tamed? (with Mahesha Goleby and Neville Hosgood), David Robinson (2007)
Paradigms are ontological orientations that influence the way we construct our realities. Leadership paradigms therefore...
Exploiting Market Opportunities and Conquering Threats using the Strategy Star technique, Business papers (2007)
Strategies are developed to guide an organisation toward its goal. Sometimes the organisation adopts tried...
Making Sense of Dollars and Cents: A problem-based learning entrepreneurial business management simulation (with Michiel Erasmus and Michael Schaper), Journal of Training and Management Development Methods (2007)
Business finance has become increasingly sophisticated and today there is a wide range of ratios...
Entrepreneurship as a Values and Leadership Paradigm (with Mahesha Goleby and Neville Hosgood), Business papers (2006)
Paradigms are ontological orientations that influence the way we construct our realities. Leadership paradigms therefore...
Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Small Business, David Robinson (2006)
Managers and small business owners are often at a disadvantage when faced with an ethical...
Creating Disruptive Strategies For Small and Medium Businesses using the 'Terms' Technique (with Dimitrios Efthimiou), David Robinson (2006)
It is now well-recognized that in addition to the traditional industry-based view of competitive advantatge...
Are traditional Western ethical theories still relevant in a cross-cultural and entrepreneurial business world? (with Jieru Zhou), David Robinson (2006)
Ethics is an area of business largely left to the imagination. Typically, managers are guided...
The Ethical Orientations of Entrepreneurially-inclined Managers, David Robinson (2006)
The entrepreneurially-inclined manager is defined as one who is an established manager and who has...
How entrepreneurs deal with ethical challenges – an application of the Business Ethics Synergy Star (BESS) technique (with Per Davidson, Hennie van der Mescht, and Philip Court), Journal of Business Ethic (2006)
Entrepreneurs typically live with the ever-present threat of business failure arising from limited financial resources...
Assessing the team role preferences of would-be entrepreneurs (with Jeremy Hayllar), David Robinson (2005)
Dr. Meredith Belbin’s textbook ‘Making teams work’ identifies nine distinct team role types. Although all...
Destiny: the reflections of a surfing professor, David Robinson (2005)
There once lived a soul, who journeyed on this planet.
He was a learned...
Resolving Dilemmas in Closely Held Businesses, International Journal of Coaching in Organizations (2005)
The closely held organisation is defined in its simplest form as one where the owner-manager...
Ethics beyond the code of conduct –understanding the ethical dilemmas of entrepreneurs (with Hennie van der Mescht and Jonathan Lancaster), Meditari Accountancy Research (2003)
Entrepreneurs choose a particular way of life with the dual aim of maximising profit and...