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As open systems, organizations interact with their environments and respond to laws, norms, and other pressures to conform in search of societal legitimacy. Organizations, however, are far from uniform in their responses to institutional pressures. As entities with idiosyncratic sets of values...
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During Peter Drucker’s talk entitled "From Counting to Measurements" he discusses accounting and measurement. During his lecture, he talks about: activity based accounting, the Coca-Cola Company and independent bottlers, automobile companies, the cluster concept, Procter & Gamble and Sam...
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During Peter Drucker’s talk entitled "The Expanding Leadership of Mid-Sized Organizations" he discusses why mid-sized companies have excelled and what they require to maintain their competitive advantage. During his lecture, he talks about: multinationals, the growth of imports, Boeing and...
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This study examines the divide between finance theory and practice by analysing thesignificance of the determinants of capital structure choice among 123 listed firms on the JSE, todetermine whether these firms follow the trade-off theory or the pecking-order theory.Data obtained from...
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This thesis tests Oliver Williamson’s proposition that transaction cost economics can explain the limits of firm size. Williamson suggests that diseconomies of scale are manifested through four interrelated factors: atmospheric consequences due to specialisation, bureaucratic insularity,...
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Advisor: Susan A. VowelsFriday April 27, 2007
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Advisor: Susan Vowels, 4/23/07
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The Home Depot, Inc. is the world’s largest home improvement retailer and thesecond largest retailer in the United States. The company made its debut in 1979 and hasgrown to 1,984 stores throughout the United States (including Puerto Rico and the VirginIslands) as well as Canada and Mexico....
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View looking North on North Cook St. and Railroad Ave. R.R. Ave was a short street that was parallel to the R.R. tracks from E. Main St. then going northwest down to Hager's lumber yard office then on to North Hough St. The building on the right in this photo is 203 North Cook. The sign above...
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The use of financial planning and control systems is one of the factors that influence the survival of small businesses. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of financial planning and control systems contributes to the survival of manufacturing MSEs in the Tshwane...
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