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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"business improvement"”.
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Business improvement districts : an effective revitalization tool for Massachusetts' forgotten cities?
… owners who are in the process of forming a business improvement district (BID) to enhance their investments in the mill district. However, these stakeholders face a dilemma: they must form a partnership with a city government that lacks capacity and rely on faulty BID enabling legislation in …
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Service Oriented Architecture as a strategy for business improvement in the enterprise
… for corporate agility, the gap between IT and business, IT project failures and shortcomings in the measurement of business performance.This paper explores the complementary nature of SOA and the core principles of business process management. When combined, these methodologies can help an …
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Promoting retail to revitalize downtowns : an examination of the business improvement district idea
… pioneering research on the strategies adopted by business improvement districts (BIDs) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The popular belief among practitioners is that where the BID approach has been adopted, downtowns have become vibrant retail destinations. However, there is …
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The integration of lean thinking and manufacturing business improvement methods within the aerospace supply chain
Business environments need to react efficiently and quickly to demand today's global markets. The manufacturing industry is an environment that has become more competitive due to greater demands from the customer. Technology is evolving faster, and this impacts on the accelerating changing market. …
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Homelessness in the West: business improvement districts as the strategic weaponization of class monopoly rent
<p>The objective of this study is to examine business improvement districts (BIDs) as a form of class monopoly rent (CMR) within the broader production and spatial management of the ongoing homeless crisis in Seattle Washington. The city of Seattle Washington is home to a plethora of successful and …
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Managing the Environmental Change Process: How to Use Waste Minimisation as an Effective Tool for Business Improvement
In the Business sector there is increasing pressure for organisations to embrace Sustainable Development - but what does it really mean for the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector? While this concept has received considerable attention in the academic literature, legislation and common …
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A right to vend : new policy framework for fostering street based entrepreneurs in New York City
… discretion of private interests represented by Business Improvement Districts. There is an estimated ten to twelve thousand street vendors today of which half operate outside any regulatory framework. A historical analysis of street vending policies in New York City reveals a legacy of political …
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Mejora aplicada en el área de producto de una agencia de viajes
The objective of this research was the business improvement of a travel agency, specifically in its product area. This was possible from a descriptive case study oriented to propositional action that generates value as academic research and as an improvement proposal for the company. For this, …
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Benchmarking the Key Determinants for Successful Business Growth Within Manufacturing
… competencies in process capability, continuous improvement and manufacturing best practice to ensure sustainability of the business unit.<br/><br/>This research was undertaken to determine the key enablers of sustained business growth and use this knowledge to contribute to the body of knowledge …
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Spare Some Change?: The Policing of Shelter-Resistant Homeless in Missoula, Montana
… stakeholders representing the Downtown Business Improvement District and the Missoula Police Department. In my research, I found that there were four possible outcomes of interactions between police or service providers and the shelter-resistant homeless: negotiation, informal …
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Spare Some Change?: The Policing of Shelter-Resistant Homeless in Missoula, Montana
… stakeholders representing the Downtown Business Improvement District and the Missoula Police Department. In my research, I found that there were four possible outcomes of interactions between police or service providers and the shelter-resistant homeless: negotiation, informal …
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Design and testing of a Jewish model for secular leadership as a driver for organizational development and operational excellence in manufacturing
… to measure the impact of the model to effect business improvement. Further RTA were used to ascertain the utility of the operationalization of the model. These RTA also report changes by leaders to their evolved leadership practice and changes in attitudes in that practice during the reported …
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The Applicability of the Human Sigma Model to Service Quality Management in the UK Tourism Industry: an operational analysis
… the service encounter and, ultimately, on business improvement has adopted a new approach: Human Sigma (Fleming and Asplund, 2007). This new approach has signified a shift away from isolated employee and customer satisfaction scales, described as meeting expectations, to an examination of …
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Change management approach for enterprise transformation and improvement
… by designing and implementing more advanced business and organizational architectures, streamlined and robust processes and structures, and effective and scalable management systems and practices. Industry, academia and management consulting companies have developed a variety of …
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Assessment of performance in the domain of product development
Improvement of business performance is an enduring subject of research across a diverse set of disciplines such as accounting, operations management, marketing, finance, economics and even psychology and sociology. In any discipline the ability to create self-awareness, a capacity to evaluate and …
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A generic model for effective implementation of empowerment in construction contractor organisations
… (contracting) organisations for continuous business improvement, by the use of the concept of empowerment. The In aim of this research is to develop an implementation model, along with a best practice framework, to assist construction organisations in effectively implementing empowerment. …
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The impact of lean on the UK civil service and the trade union response
… argues that rather than view lean as a set of business improvement techniques lean must be seen within the context of the specific political-economic context of the UK. The thesis confirms the argument that lean systems are premised on management control of the labour process. The thesis …
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Demystifying Performance Measurement in Small and Medium-sized Independent Hotel Accommodation: A Phenomenological Approach
… an organisation is doing, giving direction for business improvement and growth. The study draws on existing literature on the adoption, approach and implementation of performance measurements systems within the small and medium-sized independent hotel accommodation. However, existing studies …
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Not on The Plaza: Critical Strategies for Object-based Public Art in New York
… by commercial galleries, city officials, private business improvement districts and agencies. This thesis uses Patricia Phillips’ notion of “The “Public Art Machine” as a point of departure against which to map the art interventions entitled The “Public Utteraton Machines”, which form the …
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The effectiveness of zoning in solidifying downtown retail
… guidance of a downtown management entity like a business improvement district is essential in shepherding a retail district. The overall population and density cannot be underestimated in importance from a retailer's perspective.
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