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Showing 1 to 20 of 187 for “"Competitive environment"”.
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Women going places : women and transport in a competitive environment
… unexplored. In addition, the current policy environment of privatisation and competition in the transport arena contributes to the exacerbation of women's disadvantaged status, and does little to encourage gender sensitivity in transport policies and practice. The thesis explores these issues …
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Valuation of electric utility generating assets in a competitive environment
… technological advances, and changing environmental laws and regulations are providing opportunities for many electricity companies to substantially lower their cost of doing business. One such cost is property tax, which in a majority of states is based upon the fair market value of …
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An examination of the competitive environment within the venture capital industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1989.
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Understanding and managing profitability in a competitive environment : an application in biotechnology
… As other biotech drugs begin to face similar competitive market dynamics, an analysis of Genentech's product brings timely insight into understanding and managing profitability in a competitive environment within the biotechnology sector. System dynamics modeling is used to analyze the key …
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From e-commerce to m-commerce : a new competitive environment for wireless vendors
… of industry players will have on an already competitive and complicated industry.
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Realigning contract incentives for the non-competitive environment of the US shipbuilding industry
… best. In order to produce a larger effect, the competitive base in the shipbuilding industry must be increased. This increase in the competitive base is possible through a large capital investment into an existing tier 2 shipyard in order to increase its production capabilities to the level of a …
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Commoditization of the third party logistics industry
… At first glance, it signifies commoditization--a competitive environment in which differentiation is difficult, customer loyalty is low and competing offerings are virtually indistinguishable from customer perspective. The objective of this study is to explore whether third party logistics …
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A Determination of the Association of Competition and Regulation With Hospital Strategic Orientation
… how the hospital industry responds to either a competitive environment or a regulated environment. There continues to be significant variation across the country on which model provides the environmental context for hospitals, and there is no resolution of the issue on the horizon. It is clear …
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Survival strategies among informal economy businesses: the case of small maize millers in Zambia
… whether the informal sector survives in a competitive environment. It focuses on informal maize millers in an industry dominated by large-scale milling firms. The study was guided by a mixed methodology for data collection and analysis. This entailed the use of a case study design which …
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Boys will always be boys? The impacts of gender-based Affirmative Action and Role Models on competitiveness in the lab
… outcomes are pervasive in current society. Competitiveness is viewed as a possible factor contributing to the favourable labour market outcomes for men, with the stylised fact being that men are more competitive than women on average. In this study, we experimentally investigate whether …
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Age and Loss Aversion: Impact on PGA Tour Professionals
… participants competing for large prizes in a competitive environment. In the study, I find these players exhibit risk-seeking behavior in losses and risk-averse behavior in gains. However, age did not significantly affect players' risk-seeking or risk aversion behaviors.
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PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT OF THE CACAO AGRO-FOOD SYSTEM IN TABASCO (MEXICO): A FITNESS APPROACH
… now required to adapt to a challenging and more competitive environment. How the food industry can fit itself into such environment is the main question that is addressed in this study. The fitness approach, an exploratory framework, is applied in order to study the Cacao Agro-food System (CAPS) …
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Evaluating the Economic Returns to Entrepreneurial Behaviour
… capabilities to succeed in the new competitive environment.
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An analysis of alternative data communications networks for the Federal Aviation Administration's weather message switching center replacement
… is to proceed into a full and open competitive government procurement. In a competitive environment, this type of procurement will allow the government to receive the lowest possible life cycle cost. A description of the existing system, the end-state system, the interim network …
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Competitive Regimes and Entrepreneurial Behavior: The United States Brokerage House Industry, 1965-1996
… industry from 1965 to 1996. Changes in the competitive regimes and entrepreneurial activity was identified using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis. On the basis of shifts in industry principles, regulations and norms three different regimes were identified. …
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Complex glycan utilization preferences of human gut bacteria
… hierarchy was explored when bacteria are in a competitive environment. Co-culturing of these organisms in the same mixture resulted in reduction in expression of some Bt PULs, however the hierarchical orders remained generally the same. Relative abundances of these species in the co-cultured …
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Total quality management: an investigation of the link between management control systems and organisational learning to support continuous improvement
… that their organisations are operating in a competitive environment whereby it is necessary to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction. The need for such improvement has lead to the adoption of an operating philosophy based on continuous improvement. However, respondents have identified …
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Mathematical modelling and risk management in deregulated electricity markets
… companies cope with the transition to a competitive environment in a newly deregulated electricity industry. Analyses and discussions are generally performed from the perspective of a Generator/Producer, otherwise they are undertaken with respect to the market as a whole. The techniques …
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Applying reconstructuralist models in the IaaS market : a case study of GreenQloud
… provider, which is competing in an increasingly competitive environment. Blue ocean strategy, which is also termed reconstructuralist strategy, and the five forces model, are explored and applied to three separate groups of customers, to go beyond accepted market boundaries, in the search for …
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Exploring The Market Potential Of Non-Timber Forest Products In The United States
… for NTFPs? (2) What are the social and environmental factors influencing companies' decisions to source sustainable products, and how can this understanding be utilized to expand market opportunities for NTFPs in the United States? The first chapter identified and analyzed several …
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