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Design for success? Critical Sucess Factors in Executive Information Systems Development.

Nandhakumar, J. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

Much of the literature on Executive Information Systems (EIS) development provides lists of factors critical to the successful EIS development. This paper argues that a better understanding of the relationship between key sucess factors and the EIS development is required if sucess factors are...

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Meeting the Clients Needs: A Risk Management Perspective.

Palmer, S. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

the management of external influences, integration of the parties into coherent project teams and establishing clear …

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Talking Accounting: A Comparative Ethnography of British and German Practice.

Ahrens, T. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

drawing on observations in British and German Brewers, this paper seeks to explore the potential of analitical fecus on the ways in which accounting is combined with other forms of organisational knowledge in talk.

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Instruments of Control, Measures of Output: Contending Approaches to the Practice pf "Scientific" Management on Britain's Railways in the Early Twentieth Century.

Edwards, R. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 2000

This paper examines the role of information in the management of railway entreprises from 1900 to c1921. Historically … the railway sector has been as backward in adopting new management techniques. Only the North Eastern Railway and its use … of statistical analysis for management control has been regarded as exemplifying best practice. …

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The Role of Financial and Non-Financial Information in the Stabilization of Collaborative Supply Relationships.

Mahama, H.; Chua, W.F.; Briers, M. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 2000

Collaborative supply relationships (CSRs) are growing in significance in contemporary inter-organizational management …

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Managerial Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Foreign Listing: European Evidence.

Bancel, F.; Mittoo, U.R. - ESCP Europe - 2000

In this study, we focus on firms that are listed on foreign exchanges from six countries: France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands and U.K. to provide some insights into the following questions: (1) what are the major perceived costs and benefits of foreign listing? (2) What are the...

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Accounting in Domain of 'New Industrial Relations': Some Preliminary Findings of an Inquiry into an Employee-Owned Steel Mill.

Russell, J. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

This paper describes some preliminary findings of an ethnographic inquiry into a steel mill pruchased by its employees through a stock option scheme in the early 1980's to avoid closure by its parent company.

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Stakeholder Participation Approach (SPA) and Resource Management Information System Design -An Action Research Case Study.

Goddard, A.R.; Connell, N.A.D.; Philip, I.; Bray, J. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1997

to assist the development and design of practical resource management information systems. This paper is a contribution … comprehensive resource management system, incorporating service management, performance and costing information, to support the …

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How Dows Corporate Culture Influence the Effective Transfer of Knowledge? Taking the Case of the Consulting Industry.

Stangohr, P. - ESCP Europe - 2001

This study explores the relationship between corporate culture and knowledge management in theory and practice. …

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Activity Based Costing in Universities - an inappropriate technique?.

Broad, M.; Crowther, D. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 2000

The technique of ABC has been widely adopted by universities in the UK, with the assumption that the more accurate identification of costs makes them more manageable. It is the purpose of this paper to consider this question of manageability through identification and allocation in the...

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