Background
Hofer, Charles Warren was born on November 11, 1940 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Emil and Alice May (Howard) Hofer.
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Book by Hofer, Charles W., etc.
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There is great discussion but little consensus on the best measures of organizational performance. This book redresses this imbalance. Measuring Organizational Performance offers a framework with which to better understand the implications of selecting variables for use in both empirical studies and practice where organizational financial performance is the critical issue. Robert Carton and Charles Hofer's book, Measuring Organizational Performance, describes two new measures of shareholder wealth creation that correlate with increases in shareholder value creation in a number of high and low performing firms 500 percent better than the 'best' of the measures used in the research studies done in the fields of entrepreneurship and strategic management over the past fifty years.The book also provides detailed suggestions on where and how to gather the data needed to calculate both measures. In addition, since these measures use primarily accounting data, they can be used by both researchers and practitioners as proxies for assessing increases in shareholder value for both publicly and privately held firms, including small and family businesses. This exciting and innovative book will find its audience in researchers and scholars at many levels of academe in the fields of entrepreneurship and strategic management, organizational theory and accounting, and finance. Contents: Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction and Overview; 2. Performance Measurement in Management Literature; 3. Perspectives of Organizational Performance and Effectiveness; 4. Categories of Performance Measures; 5. Performance Measures Used in Research and Practice; 6. Measurement Concepts and Implications; 7. Developing a Generalizable Model for Measuring Organizational Financial Performance; 8. Tests of the Information Content of Individual Measures of Organizational Financial Performance; 9. Developing and Testing an Overall Model of Organizational Financial Performance; 10. Summary, Conclusions and Implications for Theory and Practice; Bibliography; Index
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The fields of entrepreneurship and strategic management deal with the fundamental processes and forces that affect the start-up, prosperity, and survival of organizations. In both fields it is argued that a company's potential long-run performance is determined by the degree to which it can develop and maintain a 'fit' between its skills and resources and environmental demands. Through the use of rigorous, in-depth case studies, this book takes a comprehensive look at the process by which leaders, as entrepreneurs and strategists, attempt to build and craft the skill-bases of their firms to best create long-term value for their customers. Part one examines the foundations of resource-based approaches to management and strategic thinking, and presents a detailed process-typology of organizational resources that serves as a basis for understanding how resources can be leveraged into sustainable strategic advantage. Part two presents the case histories of four very different firms, including a high-tech chemicals research company, a custom cabinet manufacturer, a large corporate industrial engineering firm, and a craft-oriented surgical instrument maker. Each case provides a unique setting from which insights into the value creation process are presented. Part three compares and contrasts the insights discussed in the case analysis, and integrates the findings into a 'practitioner-based' model of value creation. This model is then further integrated with current academic theory, and a more formal theory of the value creation process is presented. In part four, issues such as the 'skill life-cycle', the relationship between technology and human skill development, and leadership styles and processes are discussed. The implications of the research are presented with respect to the practice of entrepreneurship and strategic thinking, to future research and theory in those fields, and to policy choices for government and private leaders.
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consultant Management educator
Hofer, Charles Warren was born on November 11, 1940 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Emil and Alice May (Howard) Hofer.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics summa cum laude, Lehigh University, 1962. Master of Business Administration in Marketing with distinction, Harvard University, 1965. Master of Science in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University, 1966.
Doctor of Business Administration in Business Policy, Harvard University, 1969.
Research assistant Harvard Business School, Boston, 1965-1966. Assistant professor Northeastern University, 1968-1969. Visiting lecturer Singapore Institute Management, 1969-1970.
Assistant professor Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1970-1975, associate professor, 1975-1976. Visiting associate professor Stanford University, California, 1976-1977, Columbia University, New York City, 1978, New York University, 1978-1980. Visiting professor University California, Riverside, 1980.
Regents professor strategy, entrepreneurship University Georgia, Athens, 1981—2007. Regent professor entrepreneurship Kennesaw State University, Georgia, since 2007. Visiting chair in entrepreneurship Rutgers University, 1988.
Lecturer Chicago Chamber of Commerce, 1976-1978. Donald W. Riegle campaign consultant, Flint, Michigan, 1968-1972. Visiting lecturer Georgia Technology, 1993.
Lecturer Nova University, 1981-1996, Georgia State University, 1995-1999.
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(Book by Hofer, Charles W., etc.)
(Book by Hofer, Charles W., Schendel, Dan)
Fellow United States Association Small Business and Entrepreneurship (chair corporation entrepreneurship division 1989-1990, vice president development 1990-1992, vice president programs 1995-1996, president 1997-1998, chair entrepreneurship education division 2000-2001, National Model Entrepreneurship Master of Business Administration Program award 1991, Distinguished Entrepreneurship Educator of Year award 1992, National Model Entrepreneurship Doctor of Philosophy Program award 1998, Outstanding Entrepreneurship Education Pedagogy award 2000). Member Academy Management (chairman policy division 1977-1978, First Outstanding Contributions entrepreneurship division award 1989, Entrepreneurship Advocate award 1999), Strategic Management Society (charter), Decision Sciences Institute (chairman policy track 1985-1986), Institute Management Sciences, American Economic Association, Harvard Business School Club Atlanta, Harvard Club Georgia, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Iota Epsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Judith Racella Millner, October 22, 1980.
