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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"Business Unit"”.
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Air Cargo as a Different Business Unit
… cargo and passenger operations under the same business, airlines are facing an operational conflict with respect to the cargo operation, which has always been perceived as a by-product and not as an essential revenue generating activity; This fact leads to poor product quality, weak revenues, …
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Strategies for decommoditizing and internationalizing a prepaid business unit
… company to leverage the operation of its prepaid business unit in Brazil and overseas. The work starts using the Delta Model to segment the customers, defining the correspondent value proposition and identifying the capabilities required by the company to execute its mission. Further, frameworks …
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The role of organization communication in the implementation of a business unit strategy
… of media richness to learn of the Strategic Business Unit (S.B.U.) level strategy and the relationship of knowledge of the strategy, organization commitment, and employee productivity. In addition, the study investigated demographic impact on communication and the most effective level of …
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Developing a unified manufacturing and sourcing strategy in a multi-business unit engineering firm
… This thesis develops a methodology to aid multi-business unit firms in formulating outsourcing strategies on the corporate or business group level. It offers frameworks for identifying non-core manufacturing capabilities and make versus buy decision making. In addition, it identifies critical …
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Strategic planning--an application to the Services Development Division (of the Singapore Economic Development Board) and its Logistics Strategic Business Unit
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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Aligning Strategy and Customer Information for Performance in Business Markets
… an effective strategy combination helps the business unit achieve competitive advantage as measured by the Marketing Performance variables above and by business unit growth. The decision to follow the ""Both"" strategy (Low-Cost and Differentiation simultaneously) could be considered a …
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Starting a new software business in an established firm
… the establishment and running of Expression Business Unit in Microsoft's Developer Division. This business unit was created in 2005 to help Microsoft expand into the computer-aided designer market. New business creation within the existing business is commonly called corporate …
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Business value of information technology : an applied framework to assess the business value of IT and maximize the impact of IT strategy
Information Technology (IT) is a major enabler of business, yet the most questioned of investments. Time and again, the question asked by senior executives is: What is the business value of IT to our firm? This question is coming in from all directions and bringing to bear enormous pressure on the …
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Performance Measurement, Feedback, and Reward Processes in Research and Development Work Teams: Effects on Perceptions of Performance
… level of performance measurement occurred at the business unit level followed next by the individual level while team level measurement was unrelated to team performance. A simple measurement system with three to seven performance measures focused on objective results, outcomes, and customer …
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Accelerating value capture of SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system : governance model and process
… range of defense products using a wide range of business systems and tools that are not currently integrated. To achieve the corporate vision of "one company", in 2005, Raytheon began to deploy its SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, called "PRISM", focused on planning, sourcing, …
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Competencies : a case study of Royal Bank Financial Group, Personal Financial Services
… development. Personal Financial Services, a business unit within Royal Bank Financial Group, has turned to competencies as a tool for supporting its business strategies. With the assistance of The Hay Group, external consultants to Royal Bank Financial Group, this business unit has developed …
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Creating Optimized Value Creation Conditions: An Additive Manufacturing Model
Stryker's additive manufacturing (AM) business unit has pioneered cost competitive Metal AM capabilities at scale. Recently the company has been exploring the possibility of expanding AM capabilities into other materials, processes, and business segments. The opportunities for growth have revealed …
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Applying IT governance principles of control, coordination, and communication in a shared services technology group
… an organization's use of technology to meet business needs. Over the past decade, IT governance has become a key issue of concern for senior technology leaders around the world. This research suggests that shared services technology groups can leverage appropriately architected IT governance …
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Developing and testing a model of successful adoption of activity-based costing
… examination of the relationship between ABC and business unit performance. The study also aims to investigate why some business units have not adopted ABC and why some business units have discontinued their use of ABC.
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Three essays on the linkage between corporate and business strategies
… the impact of corporate diversification on a business-unit's (BU's) performance, a research which reflects the linkage between corporate-level and business-level strategies. One distinguishing feature of this research is that it explicitly recognizes two key attributes of competition among …
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Investigating the linkage between business objectives and information technology objectives : a multiple case study in the insurance industry
… how can the degree of linkage between business and information technology (IT) objectives be measured, and 2) what factors are associated with the attainment of linkage. The linkage within multi-divisional life insurance companies was studied at both the corporate (3 sites) and business …
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SCALE, SPECIALIZATION AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE HOTEL INDUSTRY
… large sample of branded lodging companies in the United States from 2010 to 2014 for the analyses. For property performance, I investigate how a hotel company decides on franchising on properties based on its specialization and study the impacts of the combinations of franchising choice and …
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The management of customer feedback in the development of service orientation in the public sector
… network, as well as an online survey of all business customer facing employees (322). The responses from 203 employees (63% response rate) were analysed in SPSS and AMOS. The findings suggest that there is a strong service orientation discrepancy in public sector organisations: while …
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