Language and Creativity: The Leadership Quandary (and Opportunity?)

The author argues that for leadership research and praxis to better conjoin leadership with creativity and innovation, it is necessary to understand how language shapes the relationship. Language reflects both political and referential qualities, and the relationship is not always harmonious. If leadership practitioners fail to address the schism, dysfunctional situations can ensue. To avoid such problems, it is suggested that researchers and practitioners engage the aforementioned relationships through a reflexive process that continually doubles back and interrogates its basic assumptions.     

Opportunity motivation and SME internationalisation in emerging countries: Evidence from entrepreneurs’ perception of institutions

Institutional studies based on cross-country comparisons and founded on a determinist perspective analyse the behaviour in emerging economies. The current research, in contrast, looks to neo-institutionalism and the literature on entrepreneurship to pose two research questions based on individuals’ discretion: (1) How does the entrepreneur’s perception of the institutional dimensions influence their decision to involve their SME in international operations? (2) What role does opportunity motivation play in the impact of those perceptions on the internationalisation decision? We analyse a sample of 296 entrepreneurs who had founded their businesses in Brazil (Federal State of Sergipe), and our results confirm that the individual’s perception of the normative and regulative aspects of institutions, the interaction between the two, and the interaction between the normative and cognitive aspects of institutions, explain the decision to embark on international operations. Opportunity motivation mediates the impact of the normative aspects of institutions on that decision.     

My Comments on the Values of The United States——Equality of Opportunity and Competition

In spite of the gap,these cultural values have played an important role in forming the basic characteristics of Americans and in American social life.     

The Opportunity for Convergence of SYSCOHADA towards IFRS Standards:An Effect of Coercitive and Mimetic Isomorphism

The last few years have been marked by the increase in power of IFRS international accounting standards.From the full or partial adoption to the gradual convergence,many countries have displayed a strong preference for these standards.Meanwhile,the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS standard)in the context of developing countries is not trivial.We are witnessing an unprecedented clash between the authors who support the interest of these standards for developing countries,and those who conversely demonstrate that these norms are not well adapted to the context of those countries.Falling within this problematic,this thesis analyses the issues and determinants of the convergence of the Organisation pour l’Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires(OHADA)accounting system towards IFRS international accounting standards in view of the reforms introduced by the last revision.From a sample of 10 companies,among which two local firms,two international firms,three publicly traded companies,and three not listed other companies,we show that the current convergence towards international accounting standards follows an effect of coercitive and mimetic isomorphism.In so doing,the timely implementation of these standards in the context of Cameroon is contingent with a number of structural and environmental factors that call their pertinence into question.