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Corralling the "horses" to staff the global organization of 21st Century

Harvey, Michael; Mayerhofer, Helene; Hartmann, Linley C.; … - 2010

renewed meaning for human resource managers in global organizations. Staffing global organizations (e.g., finding an adequate … marketplace. Daniel Hanyzewski, Nike Inc.'s global staffing director, laments that Nike could grow its business significantly more … if it could effectively staff global management positions. Globalization of business complicates the staffing in emerging …

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Labor Productivity - The Use of Staffing Guides and Other Productivity Methods in U.S. Hotels: A Survey Study

Dougan, James W - 2011

American hoteliers including staffing guides, with a special focus on productivity standards. Advantages of physical, financial … Frontier Analysis are discussed. While the use of percentages and staffing guides were found to be commonplace, results …

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Optimal and Heuristic Echelon (r, nQ, T) Policies in Serial Inventory Systems with Fixed Costs

Shang, Kevin - 2010

This paper studies a periodic-review, serial inventory system in which echelon (r, nQ,T) policies are implemented. Under such a policy, each stage reviews its inventory in every T period and orders according to an echelon (r,nQ) policy. Two types of fixed costs are considered: one is associated...

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Complementary and Cost Reduction: Evidence from the Auto Supply Industry

Helper, Susan - 2002

Over the last 20 years, the success of Japanese manufacturing firms has broughtrenewed attention to the importance of cost reduction on existing products as a source ofproductivity growth. This paper uses survey data and field interviews from the auto supplyindustry to explore the determinants...

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Operations Research Methods Applied to Workflow in a Medical Records Department

Edna Chan, S.-Y.; Ohlmann, Jeff; Dunbar, Steven; … - 2002

record department. The findings provided insight into the workflow, staffing and performance of the department. …

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A Decision Model for E-commerce-enabled Partial Market Exit

Syam, Siddhartha; Bhatnagar, Amit - 2010

Struggling retail chains often try to recover profitability by closing some of their stores. The challenge in this strategy lies in determining how many stores to close, as store exit has implications for both the customers and the supply chain. After a store closes, its customers are lost...

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An overview of the role of information technology in strategic management: Part 2

Galbreath, Jeremy - 2006

Strategic management of the firm includes the strategic management of information technology in the context of business relationships. Firms do not exist in isolation. Multiple constituents make up a relationship network that constitutes the vital resources needed to fulfil the mission of a...

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Which Organisational Model Meets Best Practice Criterion for Critical Infrastructure Providers: An Examination of The Australian Perspective Based on Case Studies

Woodward, Andrew; Valli, Craig - 2010

While it is recognised that there must be segregation between corporate and process control networks in order to achieve a higher level of security, there is evidence that this is not occurring. Computer and network vulnerability assessments were carried out on three Australian critical...

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Fueling innovation through information technology in SMEs

Dibrell, Clay; Davis, Peter S.; Craig, Justin B. - 2008

This paper describes a study that investigates the mediating effects of information technology (IT) on the relationships among product and process innovations and firm performance (measured in multiple profitability and growth rate metrics). Using structural equation modeling on a sample of 397...

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Value creation in a virtual world

Hales, Kieth R - 2006

During the past two decades, increasingly powerful and capable information technologies have made information more accessible and valuable so that it has become the prime resource for business; ahead of the traditional resources of land, labour and capital. Improved information acquisition,...

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