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The study of the effectiveness of boards of directors is a tremendously interesting area of investigation, heightened by the many financial scandals of the recent past. Research efforts have suffered from several deficiencies like the inconsistency of many of the results achieved (Daily, Dalton...
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In this paper we asses the current state of research on Lean Production and Supply Chain Management in the aeronautic industry, with two basic aims: 1) identify all lines of research developed, providing a classification criterion of literature, 2) discuss the empirical evidence and try to...
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One of the most complex and sophisticated managerial tools is the profit centers based management. Promoting and using the profit centers based management in the Romanian companies represents a condition for the economic and commercial success. By its content, the profit centers based management...
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This paper improves upon the existing literature surrounding the production order quantity inventory model in which unit cost and daily production are assumed to be constant. By including economies of scale into the model, we examine its impact on production order quantity and total cost. The...
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The balanced scorecard is one of the most successful, endurable management concepts in recent years. The balanced scorecard is a performance measurement tool developed in 1992 by Harvard Business School professor Robert S. Kaplan and management consultant David P. Norton. Kaplan and Norton's...
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Business students often have difficulty integrating economics reasoning into other business disciplines because of differences in the format and presentation of financial data across disciplines. Economics courses use one format while Accounting and other business courses use another. This paper...
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The objective of this work is the analysis of the influence that the resources and capabilities of companies in the distribution sector in Spain has to explain productive efficiency as a performance measure (in the period 1997-2006, for a total of 42 sectors of activity a 4-digit NACE). It also...
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Hierarchical aggregation/disaggregation of time series in order to make forecasts is a frequent challenge in business … and econometric scenarios. This work presents a novel approach for selecting an adequate time series disaggregation level … subscription business model company show the usefulness of combining AHP and time series forecasting techniques and the importance …
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The design of the new study plans adapted to the guidelines of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) attempt to bring business reality closer to the students, involving them into their learning process adopting an active model and participation and providing them a favourable framework in...
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