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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Strategy Choice"”.
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Timing of Strategy Choice: An Exploration of Industry Cycle, Strategy Choice, and Performance
… behavior in the restaurant industry, types of strategy choices made by the casual dining industry, and the use of the industry cycle to make a timing decision of strategy choice. The main idea of this study is that the phases of the industry cycle differently support a firm's strategy choice, …
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Strategy use and basic arithmetic cognition in adults
… therefore, sought to expand understanding of strategy choice for adults’ basic arithmetic. Background on this topic and supporting knowledge germane to the topic are provided in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 focused on a well-known, but unexplained, finding: A written word problem (six + seven) results …
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A Test of the Co-Alignment Principle in Independent Hotels: A Case Study
… the co-alignment principle, as it relates to the choice of competitive methods and their implementation, was the focus of the research. The study investigated the co-alignment between the elements of the co-alignment principle; strategy choice, firm structure and firm performance. Five hotels in …
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The effects of introversion/extraversion and relational maintenance strategy preference on marital satisfaction
… the effects of extraversion and maintenance strategy choice on perceived relational satisfaction in marital dyads. Three research questions were addressed in this study. RQ #1 examined the relationship between extraversion and maintenance strategy preference. RQ #2 examined the various …
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Frame of Reference and Navigation Through Document Visualizations
… for those with lower spatial ability. Tool and strategy choice likely played a role in the high variability observed in the data, but the flexibility allowed subjects in the current paradigm strengthens the generalizability of the findings. Finally, subjects did not always adjust their tool …
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Household task performance continuity during widowhood
… during widowhood and variables associated with strategy choice for maintenance of continuity of household task performance during widowhood. Respondents to the personal interviews were 173 household heads (38 males and 135 females), aged 60 to 91 years, who had been widowed 5 years or less and …
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Corporate restructuring and turnaround : an exploratory study of the determinants and effectiveness of corporate restructuring strategies by troubled UK firms
… I. What are the determinants of restructuring strategy choice in response to performance decline 2. How effective are the prescribed turnaround strategies in contributing to corporate turnaround from performance decline? 3. Are the turnaround strategies equally applicable and effective to both …
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More than consultation: Civil society organisations mainstreaming fundamental rights in EU border management policies. The case of Frontex and its Consultative Forum
… Regulation introduced a Fundamental Rights Strategy, and two new bodies: the Fundamental Rights Officer and the Consultative Forum on fundamental rights (CF). Aim of this research is to establish whether and to what extent CSOs influence Frontex “from within” and what are the outcomes of …
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Buyer's Choice of Online Search Strategy and Its Implications for E -Markets
… of information search in explaining buyers' choice of online search strategy and applies this theory to develop a mathematical model that is used to estimate the probability distribution of a buyer's online search strategy choice. The study illustrates how an online seller can combine this …
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An Examination of the Link between RM Implementation Strategies and Performance
… comparison test confirmed the difference in strategy choice on performance for US hotels, giving us insights into the importance of selecting the strategy that is optimal for a given property.
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Shyness and EFL learning in Taiwan : a study of shy and non-shy college students' use of strategies, foreign language anxiety, motivation, and willingness to communicate
… fit. Among the variables that influence L2 strategy choice and use, personality type and motivation are two critical predictors, whereas foreign language anxiety and willingness to communicate often influence learners' performance in L2 communication. This study examined the …
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Competitive versus Collaborative: Exploring the Negotiation Strategy Impact on Relational Outcomes in Ongoing Buyer-Supplier Relationships
… negotiation encounters. The collaborative strategy seeks to achieve an outcome that is mutually beneficial, while a competitive strategy is focused on individual outcomes. The purpose of this dissertation is to utilize a multi-method research approach to examine the relational impact of …
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Strategy and performance in a volatile environment: a study of the electronic computing industry
… had two objectives. The first was to extend the strategy paradigm by examining the relationship between strategy type and performance objective. The second was to test the idea of a contingency relationship between strategy and performance. The central research question guiding this effort was: …
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Investigating reading comprehension strategies and learning styles with eight year old children
… combined the principles of comprehension strategy instruction (Richek et al., 2002; Robb, 2000), whole language learning theory techniques (Goodman, 1976; Smith, 1978 and Cambourne, 1988) and Honey and Mumford's (1986,1992) learning style theory. The investigation was conducted from …
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Cost of quality tradeoffs in manufacturing process and inspection strategy selection
… in manufacturing process and inspection strategy selection are examined through a probabilistic cost of quality model explored analytically using a sample set of fundamental inspection strategies (reinspect rejects, reinspect accepts and single inspection) and applied to the case of …
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Achieving Collaboration In Distributed Systems Deployed Over Selfish Peers - An Illustrative Case Study With Publish/Subscribe
… and selfishness, and perform strategic choices consequently. The natural frame for modelling such complex, interdependent and possibly interactive decision landscape is Game Theory (GT). In this context, the monitoring setup proposed in this thesis corresponds to a class of GT models …
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Emotion Regulation and Borderline Personality Features
… emotion regulation influence emotion regulation strategy choice and limits emotion regulation success. In addition, it was also found that BPF predicted shorter durations of positive emotion regulation attempts. The investigation of positive emotion regulation has been largely neglected in the …
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Climate-change adaptation among Smallholder farmers in zambia
… and investigates drivers behind adaptation strategy choice, including the adoption of conservation farming and other climate adaptation strategies such as crop diversification and irrigation. The seemingly unrelated regression estimation is used to investigate the adoption of farming …
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An Exploratory Study of Strategic Human Resource Management High Performance Work Practices for Unit Level Managers, in the Casual Segment of the Us Restaurant
… four key constructs, i.e. the environment, strategy choice, firm structure, and firm performance. Briefly, the four constructs in the model must be in alignment with each other in order for the firm to produce the greatest value for its stakeholders. Co-alignment theory purports that, "if …
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Semantische Repräsentation, obligatorische Aktivierung und verbale Produktion arithmetischer Fakten
… Science, 47, 52-72. Siegler, R. S. (1988). Strategy choice procedures and the development of multiplication skill. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 117, 258-275. Thibodeau, M. H., Lefevre, J. A., & Bisanz, J. (1996). The extension of the interference effect to multiplication. …