An opportunity to study the technical and organizational impact of management accounting system changes has emerged with companies' adoption of activity-based costing (ABC). This paper provides a structured account of experimentation with, and adoption and adaptation of ABC in General Motors...

Intensive pre-project feasibility and engineering studies begun in 1979 have produced an outline plan for development of a major project for production of shale oil from private lands in the Piceance Basin in western Colorado. This outline plan provides a blueprint for the development of a...

Attention to processes has increased, as thousands of organizations have adopted processfocused practices, including TQM and ISO 9000. Proponents of such programs stress the promise of improved efficiency and profitability. But research has not consistently borne out these prospects. Moreover,...

In search of competitive excellence, economic developers often ask for guidance and assistance on key enterprise management and operational issues relating to running a quality economic development program. They are interested in operating as effectively as possible, in making the highest...

In search of competitive excellence, economic developers often ask for guidance and assistance on key enterprise management and operational issues relating to running a quality economic development program. They re interested in operating as effectively as possible, in yielding the highest...

Beginning in the United States in December 2007, and with much greater intensity since September 2008, much of the industrialised world is being subjected to an economic downturn, which manifests in unemployment, small-business lending, and in particular, the closing of small business...

O trabalho buscou analisar a produção integrada praticada entre um produtor de frangode corte da microrregião de Viçosa – MG e a empresa integradora. Os dadosconfirmaram as vantagens da integração, por se tratar de um sistema de menor risco eque gera entradas freqüentes de caixa,...

Ziel der Arbeit war es, die praktische Umsetzung des Wissenskreislaufs im Call-Center zu untersuchen. Es wird gezeigt, in welchem Grad die theoretischen Ansprüche des Wissensmanagements in die Praxis umgesetzt werden und wie Wissensmanagement auf den unterschiedlichen Ebenen eines Call-Centers...

In dieser Arbeit wird erstmalig ein holistischer Ansatz zur Ermittlung der betriebswirtschaftlichen Implikationen von barrierefreien Webpräsenzen vorgestellt, welcher die Barrierefreiheit aus zwei Perspektiven (Organisation, Behörde) analysiert. Die organisationale Dimension umfasst die...