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This paper evaluates the level of satisfaction of students enrolled in the Degree in Business Administration and …
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In today's business environment it is impossible for one or one group of people to fully know or understand all the … dynamics associated with the operational business processes within an organization. This is why it is essential that companies … looking towards Business Process Management (BPM), which would help to maximize the bottom-line impact of process improvement …
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This paper presents results of a pilot study completed as part of the BestLog (Best Practices in Logistics) project. BestLog (www.bestlog.org) is a research project initiated by the European Commission (EC) and financed from the 6th Framework Programme. One of the project goals is to identify...
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On September 22, 2004, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Supervision (OFHEO) made public a report that was highly critical of accounting methods at Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored enterprise that plays a leading role in the secondary mortgage market. OFHEO charged Fannie Mae with not...
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) measurement: (1) Do HR practices impact business results? (2) How can HR practices add value to business performance? (3) What HR … measures can drive business performance? Using Eastman Kodak as a case study, this article identifies three paths through which … HR practices contribute to business performance: (1) by building organizational capabilities; (2) by improving employee …
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Current business conditions mandate greater competitive advantage from HR agendas and processes. To add greater … value either reactively or proactively. In its strategically reactive mode, HR assumes the existence of a business strategy … and adds value by linking HR practices to the business strategy and by managing change. In its strategically proactive …
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&D. Our theory draws on perspectives that emphasize the need to develop new competencies within a business organization and to …
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This paper develops an explanation for the mode and sequence of entry that firms select for their international research and development activities. The hypotheses are based on the internalization and evolutionary theory perspectives. I first hypothesize that there is a sequence to the mode of...
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I evaluate two processes, niche formation and resource-partitioning, that could independently account for the entry of firms into new market segments in mature industries. The niche formation argument focuses on environmental changes that promote the entry of new firms whereas the...
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This paper studies how firms use acquisitions to achieve long-term business reconfiguration. We base the study in a … routine-based perspective on business dynamics. We develop and test hypotheses concerning the relative extent of change by … between 1978 and 1995. We find that acquisitions play a major role in business reconfiguration, offering opportunities for …
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