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Information Systems Audit and Control Issues with Enterprise Management Systems: Qualitative Evidence
Green, Peter F.; Best, Peter J.; Indulska, Marta; … - 2005
Today, organisations may have production applications running on multiple servers, spread geographically throughout the organization. In such circumstances, organisations will look to software assistance through packages collectively known as Enterprise Management Systems (EMS). This paper shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437901
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Customer management strategies using internet commerce in the Australian energy industry
Maher, Peter; Steane, Peter; Dufour, Yvon - 2007
The application and performance of Internet Commerce (IC) strategy has become a critical success factor in an industry characterised by volatile change and transformational upheaval. This article presents research examining how IC has been applied in Australian electricity utilities from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475251
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The impact of the colour red on product price perception in retail print advertising
Nicolson, Simon Matthew - 2007
persuasive hierarchy AIDA model. The impact of colour is then considered along with consumer psychology and behavior as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457782
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An analysis of the key drivers, decision making and strategic issues with respect to outsourcing in the SA pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
Govender, Inbanathan - 2007
SA is not just about costsavings or reduction in product costs but that this process is able to afford the contractgiver … highlybeneficial, organisations need to carefully manage the process, identify hidden costs,risks and initiate preventative measures to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457783
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Corporate Reporting : adoption of forward-looking reporting by Zimbabwean listed companies.
Ndlovu, Bright - 2007
ABSTRACTThis study examines the disclosure of forward-looking information in annualreports of companies listed on Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). It aims todetermine if ZSE listed companies disclose forward-looking information and if theydo disclose, how helpful the information is to the intended...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457786
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A mathematical model to determine strategic options for a firm using time based financial accounting and physics equations
Carias, Rui Manuel Roteiro - 2007
this project is to build on existing work in the area of process modeling and strategy formulation todefine a quantitative … evaluative summary of the existing literature on theapplications of process modeling and physics to business limited in scope to … mathematical model based onkinematics and thermodynamics for strategic formulation.From the literature review derive a mathematical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457788
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Not-for-profit marketing :branding, brand equity and marketing of smaller charities
Van Niekerk, Elizabeth - 2007
Decades after the idea of not-for-profit marketing was first introduced the uptake hasnot been universal. This study investigates the application of commercial marketingprinciples in a sector where objectives other than profit are pursued. In particular, itseeks to establish the effectiveness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457790
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The effect of relationship banking on customer loyalty in the retail business banking environment
Ravesteyn, Louis Johannes van - 2005
right customer. To supportthe segmentation process banks need to be able to determine the individualcustomer profitability … model for appropriate market segmentation of businessbanking customers in South Africa.• Research on the importance of …. As part of the CRM model banks have implemented the concept of relationship banking. The retail banking industry has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457802
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Panel studies of new venture creation: a methods-focused review and suggestions for future research
Davidsson, Per; Gordon, Scott R. - 2011
Longitudinal panel studies of large, random samples of business start-ups captured at the pre-operational stage allow researchers to address core issues for entrepreneurship research, namely, the processes of creation of new business ventures as well as their antecedents and outcomes. Here, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438227
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Making the business case for process safety using value-at-risk concepts
Ford, David M. (contributor) - 2006
An increasing emphasis on chemical process safety over the last two decades has led to the development and application … concepts will bridge the gap between engineers and scientists who determine process risk and business leaders and policy makers … the chemical process industry. We discover that by using the VaR tool we are able to present data that allows management …
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