Faculty

Richard C. Hoffman

Department Affiliations

  • Professor Emeritus, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD USA
  • Department of Management and Marketing, Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, USA
  • Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, USA
  • Department of Management and Marketing, Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, USA

Themes

  • Impact of technological advancements on industry growth
  • factors influencing expansion
  • management practices
  • Social movement theory
  • emerging markets
  • Origins and historical context of the canning industry
  • expansion strategies
  • core values
  • Historical analysis of cooperative movements
  • Future research directions in entrepreneurship
  • franchising growth
  • Social inequality and class divide
  • Role of individual entrepreneurs in economic growth
  • organizational performance
  • Comparative success and failure among entrepreneurs
  • American republican ideals in cooperative governance
  • Economic empowerment of workers
  • Legacy of the Knights of Labor
  • Multiplier effect in entrepreneurship
  • employee-owned enterprises
  • organizational culture
  • international expansion trends
  • Successes and failures of labor cooperatives
  • Labor organization and worker independence
  • Entrepreneurship and industry development
  • market entry modes

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