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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"National companies"”.
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A study of expatriate managers' adaptation, learning, knowledge acquisition, and personal development in multi-national companies in China
… managers will actively engage in their international assignment experiential learning, which in turn leads to global manager development. In particular, the study adopts a pseudo longitudinal research method that examines Western expatriate managers with different lengths of assignment tenure …
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Estimating the rate of technical change in the oil and gas industry using data from private and national companies
… been a critical undertaking of many governments, companies, and analysts. The most important goal of this exercise is to effectively project the price of crude oil and natural gas to inform and shape today's decisions. Most long-run energy models in use today are unable to quantify properly a …
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Commercial leisure in Halifax 1750-1950. The development of commercialized leisure provision in a northern industrial town.
… experience increasingly provided by regional and national companies and a sporting calendar that included structured leagues with professional clubs and games played seasonally.
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Decision support systems for tool reuse and EOL processes
… harvesting, donation or scrap. Like other multi-national companies, Intel® has decentralized manufacturing processes over multiple worldwide sites; most if not all the fabrication, sort, and assembly tool information is archived in multiple repositories/systems. In addition to the scattering of …
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Flawed corporate governance of state-owned entities (SAA) in South Africa: lessons from Rwandair and Ethiopian airlines
State-owned companies (SOEs) hold a distinct and contrasting position in the majority of governments worldwide. They function as commercial enterprises while also being obligated to promote the political interests of the state. The term SOEs lacks a specific or widely agreed-upon definition. The …
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Flawed corporate governance of state-owned entities (saa) in south africa: lessons from rwandair and ethiopian airlines
State-owned companies (SOEs) hold a distinct and contrasting position in the majority of governments worldwide. They function as commercial enterprises while also being obligated to promote the political interests of the state.1 The term SOEs lacks a specific or widely agreed-upon definition. The …
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Activity Theory as a lens for considering culture: A descriptive case study of a multinational company developing and supporting training around the world
… an eye to advancing the business causes of the companies it has been used with. In addition, it has not been used internationally with multi-national companies. This is a shame, for with its Elements of Activity and its idea of contradiction, Activity Theory does seem to hold much promise for …
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A textual analysis of Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients to explore best organizational communication models in American companies
… the wide array of practices existent in American companies. To remain among the most competitive globally, it is increasingly important to understand how best practices can be utilized to maintain a lead. This can be accomplished by recognizing the importance of American efforts to share knowledge …
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Integrated health, safety and environmental management systems
… management systems, at present, there are no national or international published integrated management standards, although some multi-national companies have introduced their own internal integrated standards.<br/><br/>The research explored the development of an integrated health, safety and …
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Corporate social responsibility and reporting by multinational corporations in Bangladesh: an exploration
… corporations in general and subsidiaries of multinational corporations in particular in Bangladesh. It particularly addresses the research question: Why, in Bangladesh, do corporations in general and subsidiaries of MNCs in particular produce or not produce social and environmental data in their …
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Management role in employee participation:a comparative study of multi-national enterprises in India and the U.K.
… in the participation arena of two British multi-nationals i.e. Cadbury Limited and ICI plc. The research was carried out in matched pairs of factories of the above named companies, located in the Midlands of the UK and in Bombay in India. The data for this research was collected through …
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Technological Transitions in the Far North: Yukon People’s Difficult but Transformative Relationship with Technology
… the study argues that increased competition from national and multi-national companies, a shortage of high-end technical expertise in the territory, and the poor state of its rural education system left Northern people vulnerable to disruption and marginalization from the global economy. The North …
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Telecommunications Technology Transfer/Diffusion Model Into Rural South Africa
… is one of the keys to sustainable national development in South Africa. Where other kinds of public infrastructure have collapsed, mobile operators are reaching people in rural areas (without roads, rails, or a stable power supply). Telecommunication also is a fast moving high-tech …
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A knowledge sharing framework for improving the testing processes in global product development
… development and testing operations of multi-national companies. Currently, engineering companies are still mainly using traditional information systems with structured databases such as computer aided engineering, enterprise resource planning and product lifecycle management systems. This …
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Supply chains and value networks : the factors driving change and their implications to competition in the industrial sector
… We organized our research around multi-national companies having complex operations. This was based on our hypothesis that large companies, in their capacity as buyers, function as pull factors and dominant actors in supply chain systems. The companies that we selected operate in the …
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Relationship between geo-cultural identity and leadership characteristic preferences of followers in a virtual environment
… of working in other cultures have enabled companies to compete in the global marketplace. To create, develop, and manage geographically and culturally dispersed teams, organizations are tasked with understanding the multi-faceted dimensions of a team working virtually. This study was …
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Integrated marketing communications: implementation and application issues in consumer-focused companies
… and practices within large global and national companies located in the UK and Germany.The aim of this thesis is to understand how and to what extent IMC has developed and is practiced in the selected firms. This study takes the perspective that IMC can only be understood via social …
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The identification and evaluation of factors influencing the use of quantitative methods in South African business
… of those factors in South Africa's listed companies, and to survey the opinions regarding those factors among various categories of people. The factors may thus be evaluated as to the influence they have on the use of quantitative methods. This insight should be of use to people and …
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Essays in Microstructure Analysis in the Foreign Exchange Market
… UK. When the world economy is doing well, multi-national companies are selling more goods in the US and repatriate more foreign currencies back to UK, during which more GBP or EUR are converted from US Dollars. More sales of US Dollars then reflect the good future prospects of the world economy …
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Neuromarketing: Los sentidos como oportunidad de potencializar la industria textil en Colombia
Se explica la influencia que ejercen los sentidos del ser humano a lo largo del proceso de compra, específicamente en el sector textil. Todos los estímulos que recibe el cerebro del consumidor, son parte de las estrategias de las marcas en su intento por conectar a un nivel superior y lograr que …