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An Analysis of Starbucks as a Company and an International Business

Roby, Lauren R - 2011

The researcher examines a detailed synopsis of the specialty coffee industry and the role that Starbucks plays in it …. Starbucks is in a growth market, and it has a good relative overall position. The researcher will examine the business structure … of Starbucks and the future implications of its current business strategies. By examining the strategic imperatives such …

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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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Examining Curvilinearity and Moderation in the Relationship between the Degree of Relatedness of Individual Diversification Actions and Firm Performance

Cernas Ortiz, Daniel Arturo - 2011

Corporate diversification continues to be an important phenomenon in the modern business world. More than thirty years of research on diversification suggests that the degree of relatedness among a firm's business units is a factor that can affect firm performance, but the true effect of...

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Management komplexer internationaler Projekte: Netzstrukturen, Governance und Handlungsempfehlungen

Ellmann, Sonja - 2008

network and thus stakeholder oriented project management is necessary in order to improve and handle socio-economic complexity …

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A semantic system for stakeholder-sensitive planning and design of sustainable civil infrastructure systems

Mostafa, Mostafa A. - 2011

systems. It has been acknowledged that one key element of a project is stakeholder involvement. As such, failure to … project. However, stakeholder involvement practices are in many cases unsuccessful due to a set of gaps in the following areas …: 1) Time of stakeholder involvement: stakeholders are not involved early enough in the project lifecycle; 2) Depth of …

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The Ability to Change or the Willingness to Change: Stakeholder Interpretation of Adversity

Napshin, Stuart A.; De Carolis, Donna M - 2011

Firms often face adverse environmental events which have the potential to destroy the value the firm has created. This study focuses on the occurrence of adverse events. In particular, we address the research question of what organizational and managerial characteristics impact shareholder...

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Toward a Stakeholder Theory of the Firm: The Case of the Saturn Partnership

Kochan, Thomas; Rubinstein, Saul - 2002

Saturn Corporation. Three questions are posed fora stakeholder theory: (1) Under what conditions is a stakeholder firm likely … to emerge,(2) what are the critical determinants of performance in a stakeholder firm, and (3)what will determine the …. Saturn?s governance structure, work organization, andinternal processes fit the characteristics of a stakeholder firm …

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Idealized Design of A Leadership from the Middle Process

Stankard, Martin F. - 2011

This slide presentation describes the origin, approach and deliverables of course Org. Dynm.633, on “Leadership from the Middle” (LftM). Course participants were middle managers taking responsibility without authority for producing results in uncertain organizational environments, under high...

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Project manager or change manager? Who should be managing organizational change?

Hassner-Nahmias, Anat; Crawford, Lynn H - 2008

Projects are an increasingly popular approach to instituting organizational change. But do project managers possess the skills needed to realize significant change? This paper examines a survey of 134 project professionals who have participated in organizational change projects to determine the...

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Factors that influence and are influenced by change projects

Nahmias, Anat H.; Crawford, Lynn; Combe, Marge - 2010

Organizational changes are often achieved through disciplined project management. Change management and project management are two disciplines that draw upon different theoretical frameworks but rely on each other to achieve an organizational goal. While organizational change deals with...

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