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Showing 1 to 20 of 289 for “"External Environment"”.
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Influence of external environment on fluid/ion transport in confined nanoscale systems
… favors a predominant transport of ions. The environment results in a near ideal ion-selective nanoporous membrane. The selective nature of ions can be triggered in the fields like single molecule/particle sensing, preconcentration of analytes using electric field focusing and desalination …
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A study of the strategic responses of commercial banks to changes in the external environment in Zambia.
… growth. However, commercial banks are faced with external environmental changes that may render negative as well as positive impacts on commercial banks. Thus, banks need to respond to such changes with strategies. Crafting strategies to suit changes in the external environment is one goal of …
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A study of the strategic responses of commercial banks to changes in the external environment in Zambia.
… growth. However, commercial banks are faced with external environmental changes that may render negative as well as positive impacts on commercial banks. Thus, banks need to respond to such changes with strategies. Crafting strategies to suit changes in the external environment is one goal of …
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The Impact Of The External Environment On Person-Environment Fit In The Selection Of New Housing Professionals
… (1999) framework/ model of describing person-environment fit and then determine how/if this fit may be impacted by individual or institutional demographics. This purpose aligned well with the emerging interest in student affairs competencies (ACPA & NASPA, 2010) as well as the literature …
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Ten years of challenge : the impact of the external environment on charity fundraising and marketing 1989-1999
… by going behind the headlines to examine the external environment between 1989 and 1994 and its impact on voluntary fundraising. The research uses a qualitative approach and a grounded theory methodology to examine the changing environment as experienced by 30 heads of fundraising from …
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The Strategic Fit Between Board of Directors Characteristics and the External Environment, and its Effect on Firm Reputation
… with the ideal profile varies across different environmental characteristics. My results indicate that board-level expertise, social capital, and gender diversity have positive effects on firm reputation. Moreover, misalignment from the ideal board profile based on these three characteristics …
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An Exploratory Model of the Relationships among the External Environment, Entrepreneurial Strategy, Mechanistic-organic Structure, and Financial Performance of Restaurant Franchisors from the Perspective of Franchisees
… model that examines the relationships among the external environment, entrepreneurial strategy, mechanistic-organic structure and financial performance of restaurant franchisors from the perspective of franchisees. The final structural model indicated that restaurant franchisees perceive that …
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Paradigmatic mediation : globalization and banking policy reform in Malaysia and the Philippines
… relationship between globalizing changes to the external environment of Third World states' banking policies and these policies' origins and central role in statist-nationalist policy paradigms. Given that these paradigms serve foundational regime legitimation functions, external pressures for …
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Paradigmatic mediation : globalization and banking policy reform in Malaysia and the Philippines
… relationship between globalizing changes to the external environment of Third World states' banking policies and these policies' origins and central role in statist-nationalist policy paradigms. Given that these paradigms serve foundational regime legitimation functions, external pressures for …
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Fenntartható versenyelőnyt nyújt-e a piacorientáció egy gyorsan változó környezetben? A vállalatok környezeti feltételekhez történő stratégiai adaptációja a gazdasági átmenet idején = Is Market Orientation a Source of Sustainable Competitive Advantage when Rapid Changes in the External Environment Take Place? Strategic Adaptation of Firms to the Changing Economic Environment During the Transition in Hungary
Doktori értekezésemben a vállalatok környezeti feltételekhez történő alkalmazkodását vizsgálom a rendszerváltást követő két évtizedben. Pontosabban a következő kérdésekre keresem a választ. (1) Milyen szerepet játszik a versenykörnyezet a vállalatok piacorientációjának kialakulásában? (2) A …
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Management with Chinese Characteristics: at the intersection of culture and institutions
… Republic of China, while the uniqueness of the external environment the country poses for its organizations still means a challenge in the generalization of these research results. According to the traditional approach to Chinese management, Chinese culture, especially the Confucian influence is …
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A Multi-Agent Computational Model for Product Development Organizations: Integration of Distributed AI and Organization Theory
… time. Finally, we investigate the impact of the external environment of product development organizations on the performance of these organizations.
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Speed and Scope of Strategic Response to an Environmental Change: The Case of the United States Trucking Industry's Deregulation
… organizations responded to the same, new environment. This study takes the mid-range approach between the two extremes of determinism and voluntarism views, accepting the influence of the external environment on organizations and yet believing in organizations' freedom and ability to cope …
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Investigating project management practice in Nigerian government construction organisations: a systems thinking approach.
… construction organisations. It reveals how the external environment, governance, middle management and project execution systems interact to influence project management practice. Another significant finding is the autopoietic nature of the middle management system, which demonstrates the …
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Analysis, design, and control for robots in temperature-restricted environments
… the problem of controlling the internal and external temperatures of a robot operating within a temperature-restricted environment was addressed. One example of a temperature-restricted environment is the interior of a holding tank for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), which is the focus of the …
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Response of the maize genome to external and cellular environments
… to investigate the effects of different types of environments on the structure and functioning of the maize genome. The external environment was altered by treatment of maize kernels with the fungicide captan and by adding coal fly ash and fly ash leachate to the soil. The cellular environment was …
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An analysis of the sources and use of financial resources of local authorities: The case of Rehoboth Town Council
… from institutional, human capital and external environment perspectives and its effects of financial performance of the town council. The study adopted a case study research design and data was collected through self-completing questionnaires. These were administered to 1 05 Rehoboth …
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An analysis of American foreign policy: a case study of the pipeline sanctions against the Soviet Union
… illustration of how changes in the domestic and external environment have caused a transformation of U.S. foreign policy in the past two decades. It was found that the domestic foundation of U.S. foreign policy - congressional bipartisanship, executive branch unity, a supportive public and the …
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Factors inhibiting unionization of the Virginia Governmental Employees Association
… set forth by the VGEA. These areas represent the external environment, the perceptions of the membership, and the internal environment of the VGEA. A random sampling of the membership by survey was conducted to investigate the factors. Internal documents of the association were scrutinized in …
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Optimization and visualization of strategies for platforms, complements, and services
… Platform strategies may be driven by internal or external forces, and the lifecycle of a firm and of a platform strategy evolve over time in response to both the needs of the firm and the changes in the external environment. This external environment may consist of a "platform ecology," in which …
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