Let.46, Št.3 (2013)

Miha Marič

University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences

Jasmina Žnidaršič

University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences

Miha Uhan

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

Vlado Dimovski

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

Marko Ferjan

University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences

Maja Djurica

Belgrade Business School, Serbia

Mitja Jeraj

JProjekt d.o.o.

Matej Janežič

National Institute of Chemistry

Povzetek

Background/Purpose: Our study is built on the dependence of early-stage entrepreneurial activity on GDP per capita, GDP real growth rate, unemployment rate, inflation rate, investments and public debt of different countries. We divide the early-stage entrepreneurial activity into necessity-driven and improvement-driven opportunistic entrepreneurial activity. To establish the dependencies we have conducted the regression analyses. Our three main findings are: (a) early-stage entrepreneurial activity does depend on our predictors; (b) necessity-driven entrepreneurial activity is negatively correlated to country’s development; and (c) improvement-driven opportunistic entrepreneurial activity is positively correlated to country’s development.

Mahdi Salehi

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Ali Mohammadi

Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Department of Accounting

Parisa Taherzadeh Esfahafi

Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Sciences & Research Branch, Department of Accounting

Povzetek

Background/Purpose: The main objective of the current study is to examine the effect of audit report on cash-flow investment sensitivity of 123 listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) during 2006-2010. Regression analysis and synthetic data were used for data analysis. The results showed that receiving modified report has a significant negative effect on cash flow-investment sensitivity. The findings also suggest the significant effect of receiving qualified report and unqualified report with explanatory paragraphs on cash flow-investment sensitivity.

Riko Novak

Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences

Vasja Roblek

University of Primorska, Faculty of Management

Gabrijel Devetak

Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences

Povzetek

Background/Purpose: This article discusses the importance of knowledge management and employee turnover, using the example of selected Slovenian organisations, in particular, technology parks. The purpose of this article is to point out statistical characteristics between employee turnover and certain selected independent variables. The empirical research was conducted on a population of 667 Slovenian organisations gathered from the subjects of an innovative environment database, and a further sample of 51 chosen technology parks from the A group. By implementing multivariate regression analysis, we sought to examine whether knowledge requirements and knowledge transfer paths in these organisations have a statistically significant influence on employee turnover. The aim of this article is to present the results of empirical research that defines the development of a conceptual framework for understanding the influence of knowledge management on employee turnover. The results have shown that the importance of intellectual and social capital, intangible capital assets and their continuous measurement must be acknowledged within an organisation.

Alireza Aslani

University of Vaasa, Faculty of Technology, Industrial Management Department

Marja Naaranoja

University of Vaasa, Faculty of Technology, Industrial Management Department

Povzetek

Background/Purpose: Innovation management in the primary health care centers is one of the important debates among the governments and academic forums. Although the number of studies in the field of innovation in health care sectors has increased over the last10 years, little is known about the conditions for the successful implementation of innovations in the health care centers. In this paper, we review and assess the situation of Finnish health care centers from innovation management viewpoint. Wetry to answer one of the important questions designed by policy makers: “How can Finnish health care centers move toward systems that continuously improve their innovation and creativity?” The presented framework describes the main characters and dimensions of diffusion of ideation and innovation in the health care centers.