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Showing 1 to 20 of 191 for “"Strategic decision"”.
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Isomorphism in strategic decision-making
… the propensity of organisations to copy the strategic decisions of others, based around the BRANDMAPS simulation, investigated the effects of contingencies relating to the environment, the decision and the firm itself, in the absence of binding resource constraints and legal pressures. The …
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Strategic decision analysis for transportation systems
This thesis examines decision analysis methods of capital investment in transportation systems. The transportation system is a fundamental infrastructure, and requires strategic thinking in making decisions on its projects. The current valuation methods, however, do not reflect the strategic value …
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Strategic decision making model for shared services
… In this research I developed a shared services decision model which provides a formal approach to the evaluation of shared services opportunities of an organisation. The drive to be able to respond to the challenges of the chaotically changing business environment has forced organisations to …
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Understanding strategic decision making in manufacturing organizations
Strategic decision making has been a widely covered topic in a number of fields. While some researchers have concentrated on the"content" of strategic decisions, others have looked at the"process" of strategic decision making. A review of recent strategy-related literature shows that researchers …
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Visualisation of data to optimise strategic decision making
… developing data visualisations for effective strategic decision making. 1.1.1 Main problem statement: Big data is produced at exponential rates and organisational executives may not possess the appropriate skill or knowledge to consume it for rigorous and timely strategic decision-making (Li, …
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The value of process mining in strategic-decision making
… the value of process mining in organisational strategic decision-making is underexplored; this study aimed to fill this research gap. A qualitative research design was adopted to explore new insights and answer three research questions. This study put forward the exploratory design using the …
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The Iranian Triad: Forcing a Strategic Decision in Tehran
… not the U.S., will ultimately be forced into a strategic decision: forego nuclear weapons or face political extinction.
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Context-relevant strategic decision-making by leaders under crisis conditions
… and how their diverse contexts influenced their decision-making amidst uncertainty and change. The primary research question explored was: How do different contexts influence the strategic decision-making behaviours of leaders under crises conditions? The participants in this study, 16 female and …
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Cost modeling in the integrated supply chain strategic decision process
… strategy development process. The scope of ISC strategic decisions encompasses Honeywell Aerospace's global footprint of external and internal suppliers, and includes insourcing, outsourcing, transition and consolidation activities. The current practice within Honeywell Aerospace is to construct …
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Developing a fengshui-based strategic decision-making model for Malaysia's property industry
… to get a sense of confidence to make well-guided decisions is unheard-of. To compound the problem, conscious and subconscious belief-based factors like Fengshui is pervasive in Malaysia's property industry. Although this phenomenon significantly impacts strategic decision (SD) making in the …
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Established Firms’ Strategic Decision Making when Faced with Low-End Disruptive Innovation
… of incumbent companies to make different strategic choices in such situations? To address these questions, I unite existing views in a deductively developed model of incumbent response to disruptive business model innovations. Then, I build a dynamic behavioral model of incumbent firms’ …
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Towards Sustainable Freight Energy Management - Development of a Strategic Decision Support Tool
… and policies to choose from to attempt this, decision-makers need support and guidance in terms of selecting which policies to adopt – they are faced with a complex and demanding problem. These complexities result, in part, from the vast range, scope and extent of measures to be considered by …
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The strategic decision processes and information needs of nuclear government-oversight-agency managers
… (GOA) managers face increasing numbers of strategic decisions with fewer people to support their strategic decision processes. There is an increasing need to find new means of strategic decision support for nuclear GOA managers. This exploratory research contributes toward meeting this need …
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Strategic decision-making in development theory and practice : a learning approach to democratic development
… ‘development’ will continue to fail people until decision-making structures are altered to reflect the views of those that are seeking to ‘develop’. This perspective suggests the possibility of a ‘dual approach’ to policy that seeks to alter decision-making structures while working in the shadow …
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Mechanisms for embedding sustainability into organisational strategic decision-making: technology as an enabling mechanism
… businesses to shift toward a more sustainable strategic focus if they are to positively impact the societies within which they operate and remain viable businesses in the future. This is becoming increasingly acknowledged amongst South African organisations, however the challenge they face is …
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An investigation of influences on strategic decision-making in popular recorded music industry micro-enterprises
This thesis investigates the strategic decision-making practices (SDM) in music industry micro-enterprises in the United States. Although a significant body of literature has examined the SDM processes in high-tech firms, manufacturers and other specialty industries, very little has been learned …
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Strategic decision-making of Chinese managers on corporate social responsibility issues: A policy-capturing study
… (CSR) literature; to analyse CSR issues from a strategic decision-making aspect; and to investigate the process of individual decision-makers’ CSRrelated decision-making in China. Therefore, the aims of this research are (1) to examine how managers’ strategic decision-making concerning CSR …
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Cybersecurity Strategy and Strategic Decision-making: An Examination from Dynamic Capability and Judgment-based View Perspectives
… cybersecurity strategy-making research in the strategic management discipline is exceedingly rare, while research streams in cybersecurity research are heavily focused on the technical aspects of it with little discussion of strategy. With respect to the strategic management literature, while …
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A strategic decision making model on global capacity management for the manufacturing industry under market uncertainty
… capacity, as well as great management efforts in strategic planning. Capacity-related investment decisions are often irreversible or prohibitively expensive and time-consuming to change once they are in place. Furthermore, such companies operate in uncertain business environments, which can …
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