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How democratic internal law leads to low cost efficient processes

Jardat, Rémi - In: Society and Business Review 3 (2008) 1, pp. 23-40

Purpose – Does democracy within the firm have a positive influence on its economical and managerial efficiency? What sort of democracy do we consider, for what sort of efficiency? Tracing back competitiveness to rights and statutes is particularly difficult because of the multiplicity of...

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Corporate social responsibility in Nigerian banking system

Achua, Joseph K. - In: Society and Business Review 3 (2008) 1, pp. 57-71

Purpose – The ongoing reforms in the Nigerian banking system have resulted to mega banks, driven by advanced … for the prioritization of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as the foremost condition for banking stability in the … practices in the Nigerian banking system. Findings – The paper identifies self‐induced vices, regulatory laxity, inauspicious …

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Induction as an institutionalized and institutionalizing practice

Méric, Jérôme; Jardat, Rémi - In: Society and Business Review 5 (2010) 1, pp. 66-83

Purpose – Induction and institutions may have followed the same tracks for a long period of time, but their interaction is scarcely analyzed. On the one hand, induction prepares newcomers to work in an organization that is completely new to them. On the other hand, institutions apparently need...

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Induction – organizational renewal and the maintenance of status quo

Sprogoe, Jonas; Elkjaer, Bente - In: Society and Business Review 5 (2010) 2, pp. 130-143

Purpose – Induction is the process of newcomers entering and becoming part of an organization. In one sense newcomers represent an opportunity for organizations to learn and change, but in another sense newcomers are instigated into an existing institutional order. The purpose of this paper is...

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In pursuit of a sustainable supply chain: insights from Westpac Banking Corporation

Keating, Byron; Quazi, Ali; Kriz, Anton; Coltman, Tim - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 13 (2008) 3, pp. 175-179

developing a sustainable supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – A case study was undertaken of the Westpac Banking …

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Motorola's global financial supply chain strategy

Blackman, Ian D.; Holland, Christopher P.; Westcott, Timothy - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 18 (2013) 2, pp. 132-147

chains will lead to significant savings in terms of funding, banking and administrative costs associated with treasury and …

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Customer retention strategies at a UK telephone bank

In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 8, pp. 16-18

When Frontier Bank (not its real name) set up its telephone banking service for businesses in 1995, the aim was to have …

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Bank on changes to corporate identity

In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 9, pp. 19-21

size. These are, as the Chinese would say, interesting times for the banking world. Long‐established financial institutions …

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Why your organization could be the next Barings Bank

In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 11, pp. 4-6

In February 1995, Simon Jones and Tony Railton of Barings Bank planned a meeting that afternoon with their star Singapore trader, Nick Leeson, to iron out a few financial discrepancies that had arisen in his Far Eastern office. A few minutes after the meeting was confirmed, Leeson made an excuse...

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Visa, First American and space age banking

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 9, pp. 24-26

Sick of feeling like a criminal when the sales clerk scrutinizes your every dollar bill before allowing them in the till? Tired of the jangle of pockets full of coins round the office? Irritated by the days you wait for a check to clear? Well thanks to Visa, it looks like these days are nearly...

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