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The global market has an impact on almost all Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), but the high-technology industry appears to be most affected by the changes coming about due to globalisation. The industry is confronted with shorter product life cycles, blurring of industry boundaries and not...
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Familiness has become widely accepted as the appropriate construct representing the unique bundle of resources arising out of family involvement in business. However as yet we do not fully understand the types of familiness or the conditions that give rise to them and as such familiness remains...
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achievement of its non-financial performance objectives (NFPO). In this way the paper not only contributes to the debate …
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Market orientation has been cited as a source of competitive advantage that allows the firm to construct offerings superior to those of competitors by the effective collection and dissemination of and reaction to market intelligence. Previous work on market orientation has focused on the effort...
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latter affect firm performance. The firmstrategy is determined by available resources and capabilities which are deployed to … obtain a goodperformance. Therefore, strategic choices act in between resources and performance. The purpose of thepaper is … to evaluate the relationship between strategic choices and performance achieved by food SMEs,based on a set of …
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American industry the need for ever higher levels of performance. And, similar forces are necessitating improved performance in … cost, schedule and product performance that characterize the modern Quality ethic. This paper discusses the manager's role …
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This project used a systems approach to improve slim-hole drilling performance. A high power mud motor, having a double …
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The economic development potential that wind power offers is often an overlooked aspect of today's wind power projects. Much has been written about how wind can spur economic development, but few have attempted to quantify these impacts. Using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's)...
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methods to the performance of nuclear power plant crews in a control room simulator. There are a number of unique aspects to … performance; (4) a relatively large sample size of crews; (5) the use of multiple methods and scenarios to provide a well …-rounded view of HRA performance; (6) the importance of clearly defined human failure events; and (7) the use of a common comparison …
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models, using actual GHP operating data and the experience of seasoned professionals, to simulate the financial performance …
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