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Logistics Integration in Horizontal Mergers and Acquisitions

Häkkinen, Lotta; Norrman, Andreas; Hilmola, Olli‐Pekka; … - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 15 (2004) 1, pp. 27-42

In this article, we describe the integration of logistics after Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) of firms within the same industry and, same industry level (i.e. horizontal M&As). First, we present a review of the literature on M&As and conclude that operational issues, in general, and logistics...

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The strategic role of investment banks in the retailer internationalisation process

Palmer, Mark; Quinn, Barry - In: European Journal of Marketing 37 (2003) 10, pp. 1391-1408

In recent years the scale and scope of retailer internationalisation activity has grown markedly, mainly through increasing levels of cross‐border merger and acquisition activity. This has been particularly prevalent among companies operating in the food retail sector. During this time, and...

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Merger of Malaysian banks: selecting appropriate partners

Guru, Balachandher K.; Avvari, Mohan - In: Managerial Finance 30 (2004) 4, pp. 19-28

The Malaysian government is rushing banks to merge. The Central Bank has decided that there must be only 10 banks instead of a current total of 20. As a result, the local banks were being forced to merge with other banks. The problem lies in the non‐existence of a systematic means of...

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Verteilungswirkungen alternativer Konzepte zur Familienförderung / Distributional Effects of Alternative Concepts of Family Support

Maiterth, Ralf - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 224 (2004) 6, pp. 696-730

within the scope of the income splitting method induces a very inhomogeneous tax relief for married couples which increases … splitting independent of the legal state. About one quarter of the entire national tax loss of approximately 30 billion € p ….a. due to the splitting method accounts for less than 7 % of all married couples. In contrast to the varying income taxation …

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Pipeline Power: A Case Study of Strategic Network Investments

Hubert, Franz; Cobanli, Onur - In: Review of Network Economics 14 (2015) 2, pp. 75-110

Abstract We analyze the impact of three controversial pipeline projects on the power structure in the Eurasian network for natural gas. Two pipelines, “Nord Stream” and “South Stream,” allow Russian gas to bypass transit countries, Ukraine and Belarus. The third project, “Nabucco,”...

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Beyond Manipulation: Administrative Sorting in Regression Discontinuity Designs

Crespo, Cristian - In: Journal of Causal Inference 8 (2020) 1, pp. 164-181

sorting is not recognized it can be mistaken as manipulation, preventing fixing the running variable and leading to discarding …

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Human robot interaction for manipulation tasks based on stroke gesture recognition

Li, Jiajun; Tao, Jianguo; Ding, Liang; Gao, Haibo; … - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 44 (2017) 6, pp. 700-710

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend the usage of stroke gestures in manipulation tasks to make the … designed for typical manipulation tasks. A gesture recognition and parameter extraction system is proposed to exploit the … needed for typical manipulation tasks with a success rate about 86.30 per cent. The system shows an acceptable performance in …

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Robust dexterous telemanipulation following object-orientation commands

Montaño, Andrés; Suárez, Raúl - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 44 (2017) 5, pp. 648-657

manipulation. The manipulation is controlled by teleoperation in a very simple way, with the commands introduced by an operator … using a keyboard. Design/methodology/approach The paper shows a teleoperation scheme, hand kinematics and a manipulation … telemanipulation schema to perform dexterous manipulation; in this schema, the operator sends high-level commands and a local system …

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Limit Up–Limit Down: an effective response to the “Flash Crash”?

Dalko, Viktoria - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 24 (2016) 4, pp. 420-429

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s new regulation, Limit Up–Limit Down (LULD), against the background of manipulative high-frequency trading (HFT). Design/methodology/approach This paper examines the background of HFT and related...

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Gender and white‐collar crime: only four percent female criminals

Gottschalk, Petter - In: Journal of Money Laundering Control 15 (2012) 3, pp. 362-373

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an empirical study of white‐collar crime to create insights into perceptions of potential offenders with a gender perspective. Design/methodology/approach – Media coverage of individual criminals was used as identification for crime cases,...

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