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Time as a Strategic Resource in Management of Organizations

P. M., Suresh Kumar; Aithal, Sreeramana - 2020

Human history is derived in terms of time. Man had a sense of time which enabled him to calculate the life of all objects and the very process of ageing and obsolescence from time immemorial. Time is an often ignored but invaluable resource in any organization. All activities, be it procurement,...

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Japanese Manufacturers in Australia: Analysing Their Quality Evaluation and Employee Participation

Bayari, Celal - 2010

The characteristics of Japanese transnational automotive and electronic manufacturers in their overseas operations form a major topic of analysis. This paper discusses the data from Japanese electronics and automotive (auto and auto parts) manufacturers that were subjects of the author’s...

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The impact of external environment on organizational development strategy

Voiculet, Alina; Belu, Nicoleta; Parpandel, Denisa Elena; … - 2010

Abstract External environment of an organization includes a variety of factors, whose existence, influence its behavior and performance. The action of these factors may be direct (for example, the actions of competitors) or indirect (for example, changes in business climate), and external...

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Co-operative and competitive enforced self regulation: the role of governments, private actors and banks in corporate responsibility

Ojo, Marianne - 2010

In considering why practices which stimulate incentives for private agents to exert corporate control should be … and difficult to monitor – this being principally attributed to the possibility that private agents will lack required … performance, but also because some private agents are not able to afford internal monitoring mechanisms. Through the Enforced Self …

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Technological paradigms, regimes and trajectories: Manufacturing and service industries in a new taxonomy of sectoral patterns of innovation

Fulvio, Castellacci - 2007

The paper presents a new sectoral taxonomy that combines manufacturing and service industries within the same general framework. This exercise is relevant because it seeks to achieve a greater integration between the study of sectoral patterns of innovation in manufacturing and services, and to...

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The internationalization of firms in the service industries: channels, determinants and sectoral patterns

Castellacci, Fulvio - 2010

The paper presents the results of a new survey on the international activities of Norwegian enterprises in the service industries. The survey focuses on three main internationalization channels: international sales, international cooperation and R&D outsourcing. The empirical analysis studies...

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Virtual teams: A literature review

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2008

In the competitive market, virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to pool the talents and expertise of employees and non-employees by eliminating time...

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Modified stage-gate: A conceptual model of virtual product development process

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2009

In today’s dynamic marketplace, manufacturing companies are under strong pressure to introduce new products for long-term survival with their competitors. Nevertheless, every company cannot cope up progressively or immediately with the market requirements due to knowledge dynamics being...

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Concurrent Collaboration in Research and Development

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2008

Integration is the essence of current research and development (R&D) activity in many organizations. Integration can be established in various ways depending on the type, size and intricacy in organizational functions and products. Nevertheless, research and development (R&D) has become an...

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A Importância da I&D e da Variedade de Capitalismo na Capitalização em Bolsa: Evidência Econométrica das Maiores Empresas Europeias em 2008

Gonçalves, Vitor; Pinto, Hugo - 2010

The article discusses the factors influencing the market capitalization of a company. Using data on the thousand largest companies in Europe, taken from the 2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, the analysis focuses on the impacts of net sales value of each company, investment in...

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