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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Industrial companies"”.
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Strategy and financial performance of South African industrial companies
… on the financial performance and risk of industrial firms quoted on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the period 1970 - 1976. This is the first study investigating the impact of strategy on economic performance in a developing economy and which utilizes a managerially orientated view of …
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An investigation into training needs analysis for technical staff within Libyan industrial companies
The development of competent technical staff for industrial companies is vital for a sustainable economy in Libya and is one of the key factors that will enable the industrial sector to grow. Thus, Libyan industrial companies (LICs) are able toidentify training needs for the preparation of training …
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Variables determining shareholder value of industrial companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
It is widely accepted that the primary objective or goal of a firm is to maximise the value of its shareholders' equity. An increase in wealth increases the satisfaction of any financial market participant, or in this case, of any shareholder. In management's attempts and decision-making to …
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Costing Systems and Management Accounting Practices in Syrian Private Industrial Companies: a Contingency Approach: A Contingency Approach
… practices (MAPs) used in Syrian private industrial companies. Additionally, it also identifies the significance of such practices. In undertaking the study, the researcher has adopted contingency theory (CT) and institutional theory (IT) to identify those contingent and institutional …
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Activity-Based Costing (ABC) Systems within Jordanian Industrial Companies: Factors that Facilitate, Motivate and Create Barriers to ABC Implementation
… in Jordan in general and within the Jordanian industrial sector more specifically is limited. The aim of the current research is to contribute to the design and successful ABC implementation in the Jordanian industrial sector.<br/><br/>To achieve the aim of the research, the research …
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The use of external information by managers in larger industrial companies with special reference to the role of electronic external information services
… of external information by managers in larger industrial companies, with special reference to use of electronic information services. Five different industries are selected for study - oil, pharmaceutical, construction, electronics and retail. Evidence on the areas and sources of external …
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An empirical investigation of the inter-relationships between systematic risk, financial leverage and operating leverage of industrial companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) postulates that beta is a quantitative measure of a company's undiversifiable risk, the determinants of which are of considerable interest to financial managers and investors alike. Analytical research has shown that beta is a positive function of a company's …
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Entwicklungstendenzen und Erfolgsfaktoren der digitalen Transformation im deutschen Mittelstand in der Industriegüterbranche – Empirische Studie auf Ebene des strategischen Managements
Germany’s medium-sized industrial goods sector is internationally recognised as the backbone and the driving force of the country’s economy. Many companies in this sector operate in the B2B space; are characterised as `hidden champions`; are regionally anchored; are often owner-managed with a high …
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Visualization of Guidelines on Computer Networks to Support Processes of Design and Quality Control
Industrial companies supply products intended to satisfy customers’ needs and requirements. To be competitive and to maintain good economic performance, efficient systems are needed to communicate information and exchange knowledge. Such systems are often referred to as quality systems as they …
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Inflation accounting in developing countries : the case of Iraq
… for inflation, in financial reports within the industrial sector. The study aims to recommend an inflation accounting approach which will provide government and managements with information required for decision-making and control. Iraq has been chosen as an example for Arab countries to find …
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A Data Driven Approach to Uncovering Energy Consumption Reduction Opportunities Within Industrial Operations
… costs and environmental pressures are compelling industrial companies to reduce energy consumption without affecting output. Although various tools to identify energy reduction opportunities exist, they often fall short, being overly theoretical, too generic, or primarily focused on …
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State-of-the-art pollution control technology : global market pull or domestic regulatory push?
This study identified factors influencing industrial companies' decisions to replace 'dirty' technologies with more environmentally sound ones. A case study of the decisions of New Zealand's two chemical pulp mills, Tasman and New Zealand Forest Products, to simultaneously replace heavily polluting …
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Tomorrow's manufacturing facilities : the design of a car assembly plant for the 21st century
… scale, implies that an important effort from industrial companies has been made to develop new concepts for the working environment. Many companies, such as IBM, Renault or Olivetti, have already invested large amount of money and research time in the definition of their future factories, …
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Achieving supplier integration through implementation of supplier managed inventory programs
… are designations typically used in traditional industrial settings. Similar programs have been successful in retail and grocery environments. This research seeks to determine the appropriateness of supplier managed inventory programs for use in industrial settings and the conditions under which …
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An examination of the post- second world war relative decline of UK manufacturing 1945-1975, viewed through the lens of the Birmingham Small Arms Company Ltd
… were not up to running one of Britain’s major industrial companies after it was exposed to global competition. While the charge, by Boston Consulting and others, that the directors sacrificed growth for short term profits was not proven, their failure to recognise the importance of motorcycle …
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A comparative analysis of South Africa's minerals-energy complex before 2011 and the current pursuit of a renewable just energy transition post-2011 to 2023
… the distribution of energy does not prioritise industrial companies but also supplies low-income households with affordable energy. South Africa's energy sector will need to diverge from the minerals-energy complex's narrow or enclave distributional structure. The sector will only be on a just …
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Predicting and Preventing Unsafe Events at an Enterprise
… in accidents can be subdued for Amgen and many industrial companies.
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Exchange rate forecasts and forecasting
… two hundred forecasters, working in banks, industrial companies, chambers of commerce and specialist forecasting agencies. It demonstrates that individual forecasters interpret commonly available information differently, and that these differences of opinion translate into economically …
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Implementation of Fieldbus Networks in Factory Automation
… increased, and this trend will continue as more industrial companies strive for enhanced production and efficiency through linked automation systems. Many of these systems use large numbers of input/output devices and operate over long distances, which leads to increased wiring and installation …
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The development of an intelligent maintenance optimisation system
… system. The aim of the system is to help industrial maintenanceengineers improve the planned preventive maintenance policies applied to large andcomplex technical systems. IMOS attempts to achieve this by providing someautomated analysis of the huge amounts of maintenance history …
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