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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods"”.
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Bureaucratic characteristics and TQM: are they compatible? A case study of the Bureau of Mines Spokane Research Center
… Mines Spokane Research Center was formed in 1951 and has responsibility for mine safety, waste disposal, and the protection of ground water. In 1992 the SRC instituted a Total Quality Management hybrid program-- Quality Improvement. Utilizing the case study method of analysis, this thesis …
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Modeling the impacts of hospitality and tourism enterprises on community quality of life
… research examined the impacts of hospitality and tourism businesses on community quality of life using existing public domain databases. In the tourism literature, various methodological approaches have been proposed to investigate the impacts of tourism on a host community and its residents. …
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Segmenting Segmentation: A Taxonomy Bridging Theory and Practice of Strategic Consumer Segmentation
… been published (most as studies on statistical methods of segmentation), scant evidence has been gathered on the role market segmentation plays in strategy formulation and what has been presented has not been adequately classified to provide a basis for further comparative study. Based on …
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Three Essays on Competition and Cooperation in R and D Alliances
… I investigate the interplay between competition and cooperation in R&D alliances. The alliance literature on this issue has emphasized that product market rivalry (i.e., market overlap) between partnering firms aggravates cooperation hazards by increasing the private benefits from opportunism. …
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A Correlational Study Of Mid-level Managers Examining Emotional Intelligence And Coaching Dimensions
<p>The purpose of this quantitative correlational case study was to explore how mid-level managers’ emotional intelligence, as established through the <em>Emotional Intelligence Appraisal</em> (EIA), correlates with their executive coaching dimensions as revealed by the <em>Extraordinary Coach …
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Demand uncertainty and investment in the restaurant industry
… Economic uncertainty affects consumer sentiment and spending, turning into demand uncertainty. Nevertheless, the highly competitive nature of the restaurant industry does not allow much room for restaurants to actively control prices, leaving most food service firms exposed to demand uncertainty. …
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A mixed methods study on choice of media influence on construction industry communication
… design-problems containing spatial information and are informally reported between site supervision and design professionals. Due to the fragmented nature of the construction industry, miscommunication is a well-known and common problem. Yet, this fragmented nature is necessary in order to build …
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Examining law enforcement officer job satisfaction and burnout through the lens of empowerment theory
… enforcement officers’ perception of job stress and perception of job satisfaction. The extant literature is replete with the finding that organizational factors (job context) rather than the aspects of providing police service (job content) cause law enforcement officers the largest amount of …
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A Taxonomy of Emerging Markets
… for business professionals as well as strategy, management, and international business (IB) scholars. However, there are no accepted categorizations of these countries. Furthermore, major international organizations, institutions, scholars, and multinational, all approach classifying these …
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Technological, organizational, and environmental factors affecting the adoption of cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
… Enterprise Resource Planning (Cloud ERP) systems and organizations that did not adopt Cloud ERP systems based on the Technological, Organizational, and Environmental (TOE) factors. Relevant technological factors were identified as relative advantage of Cloud ERP systems, compatibility of Cloud ERP …
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Critical Mass of Women on Biotech Corporate Boards and Its Implication For Firm Performance: A Mixed Method Explanatory Sequential Study
… the influence of demographic, functional, and cognitive diversities on firm performance of North American Biotech companies using a mixed method explanatory sequential approach. One-year cross-sectional data of 100 companies was analyzed followed by purposeful semistructured interviews with …
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The Use of Financial Statements to Predict the Stock Market Effects of Systemic Crises
… around the globe. Many financial institutions and government officials failed to see the build up of problems predicting the crisis and hence failed to take actions to keep the crisis from breaking out. Thus, it is important to see if the emerging problems could have been identified in advance …
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Managing learning in the workplace: a study of the perceptions and practice of local government managers
… business to remain competitive in the global and growing economy. The development of flexible organisational cultures, where managers increasingly displayed leadership and developed their staff to generate innovative cultures, was a central premise of the Karpin Report Task Force’s vision. …
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Ineffective Psychometric Testing: GRE Test Administration
… of the GRE was measured through a mixed-methods study. Quantitative data was studied to determine a relationship between GRE scores and the completion of higher education. Students and employers were surveyed to clarify a link between the content the GRE measures and the skills that are …
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Measuring Family Business Performance: A Holistic, Idiosyncratic Approach
… represents the measure of outcomes, goals, and aspirations vital to various organization stakeholders; thus performance is an important research variable (Seijts, Latham, Tasa, & Latham, 2004, Simon, 1964). Family businesses are different from non-family businesses in that the family …
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