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Suitability of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) as asset management tools for institutional buildings
Shankar Kshirsagar, Anurag; El‐Gafy, Mohamed A.; Sami … - In: Journal of Facilities Management 8 (2010) 3, pp. 162-178
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the accuracy of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) for institutional (higher education) buildings as a predictor of actual realised facility costs. Design/methodology/approach – Research methodology includes a comprehensive literature review to...
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Using the private finance initiative for energy efficiency projects at the urban scale
De Marco, Alberto; Mangano, Giulio; Michelucci, Fania … - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 10 (2016) 1, pp. 99-117
urban settings. It helps designing an appropriate PF scheme and understanding the advantages of PF to reduce risk and …
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Developing a model for process improvement using multiple regression technique
Sarkar, Ashok; Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Arup; Kumar Ghosh, … - In: The TQM Journal 26 (2014) 6, pp. 625-638
Purpose – Practitioners often face challenges in model development when establishing a relationship between the input and output variables and their optimization and control. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate, with the help of a real life case example, the procedure for model...
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What Chance to Profit?
Kalff, Hans - In: European Journal of Marketing 14 (1980) 8, pp. 458-465
in an increasing market. Analyses a reasonably simple computer program 'Call‐Risk' asking the computer to do a lot of … are not really good enough but the addition of uncertainty, and risk analysis, gives improved plans with better chances to …
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Gaining sustainable competitive advantage through strategic pricing: selecting a perceived value price
Thompson, Kenneth N.; Coe, Barbara J. - In: Pricing Strategy and Practice 5 (1997) 2, pp. 70-79
pricing that can be used to seize and drive competitive advantage, and which yields a price that minimizes the risk that … buyers will not perceive value at least equivalent to that provided by a reference product. At the same time, the risk to …
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Designing robotic systems for the healthcare industry
Sweeting, Pat - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 29 (2002) 1, pp. 15-19
This article identifies a significant incidence of unsatisfactory outcomes in complex automation projects. It looks at the particular problems that arise when specifying and designing automated systems for the healthcare industry and how they contribute to complexity. A number of case examples...
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An alternative model for measuring the success of IS projects: the GPIS model
Saleh, Yasser; Alshawi, Mustafa - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 18 (2005) 1, pp. 47-63
Purpose – Aims to present an alternative holistic measurement model, the general practitioner IS (GPIS) measurement model, which assists managers in determining the organisation's state of readiness prior to IS investment. Design/methodology/approach – The model is based on assessing four...
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Partial abandonment as an exit strategy for troubled IT projects
Pan, Gary - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 21 (2008) 6, pp. 559-570
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conduct a stakeholder analysis to find out what factors contribute to partial abandonment and also to examine stakeholders' roles and role conflicts in a partial abandonment implementation process. Design/methodology/approach – A case study of a...
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Project management in European Aerospace plc: a case study
Quayle, Michael - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 99 (1999) 5, pp. 221-226
Over the past 20 years the competition for capital equipment sales and support has intensified world wide. Europe in particular has scored some notable sales successes for aircraft, locomotives and ships. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of project management in European...
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Web-application development projects by online communities
Annarelli, Alessandro; Battistella, Cinzia; Nonino, Fabio - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 117 (2017) 1, pp. 166-197
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an in-depth analysis of online communities of practice that support the innovative development of web applications. The analysis is aimed at understanding the preeminent characteristics of communities of practice that can favour the process of...
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