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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"competitive pressures"”.
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The Shifting of Corporate Capital Acquisition Tax Subsidies: An Empirical Analysis
… such shifting behavior is affected by the competitive pressures in the marketplace (as reflected by industry barriers to entry). The capital acquisition tax subsidy is defined as the sum of the tax savings derived from the investment tax credit and accelerated (or excess tax) depreciation …
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Warehouse of The Future
Competitive pressures require Amgen Rhode Island (ARI) warehouse to be as efficient and low cost as possible. An Outside Service Provider (OSP) has led operations within the warehouse since September 2021. The work is considered safe and compliant. However, there are many opportunities to mature …
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Application of lean and continuous improvement methodologies at a biopharmaceutical manufacturing site
Heightened competitive pressures, changes in the regulatory atmosphere, and dropping research and development productivity have been plaguing the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Amgen has felt the effects of these forces and launched a new effort to improve its operations via …
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Developing a unified manufacturing and sourcing strategy in a multi-business unit engineering firm
Competitive pressures in manufacturing industries have led to an increased utilization of outsourcing as a strategic alternative to vertical integration. This thesis develops a methodology to aid multi-business unit firms in formulating outsourcing strategies on the corporate or business group …
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Effects of Board Composition on Pricing of Charity Care among Nonprofit Hospitals
… listed prices for patient care, primarily due to competitive pressures from for-profit hospitals, increasing costs, and regulatory pressures. Prior literature shows that one reason for this trend has been to increase reported charity care to meet state regulatory reporting requirements for the …
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Comparative resource use by two species of black bass in riverine and impounded sections of the New River, Virginia
… both river and impoundment, which implied that competitive pressures were not intense. Diet analyses indicated fairly high overlap in prey types consumed. High fitness combined with considerable diet overlap suggested that food availability was adequate, and that segregation in this impounded …
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Corporate Actions and Outcomes Under Multifaceted Market Landscape
This thesis explores the multifaceted impact of competitive dynamics on firm performance and market behaviour across three empirical studies. The first study introduces a novel metric for labour market competitiveness, revealing its influence on stock prices. The second study examines how a firm's …
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The Societal Impacts of Private School Choice around the World
… policy relevant. While an introduction of competitive pressures into the schooling sector may improve educational quality levels, the effects on societal outcomes such as national test scores, student effort, and criminality may be less clear. After all, traditional public schools were …
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Decoding the secret to faster drug production through simulation modeling
… efforts are a luxury when faced with heightened competitive pressures and a fast-paced work environment where fires are constantly being fought. This need for speed is even more important for startup companies who are racing against time to get their product to the market. Continuous improvement …
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A global sourcing strategy for durable tooling
Competitive pressures in manufacturing industries have led to an increased utilization of strategic sourcing initiatives: among them is low cost sourcing. While low cost sourcing has been used extensively for direct materials, the penetration of low cost sourcing in indirect materials is small. …
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A case study in the deployment of digital access technologies : DSL vs. cable modems
… by the regulatory environment and a lack of competitive pressures. The 1982 divestiture of AT&T successfully created competition in the long distance market, however the local access market continued to operate as regulated monopoly. As the primary access point between users and the …
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Determining Underlying Characteristics of Supplier Evaluation Model: A Quantitative Empirical Research
… changes in the business environment, driven by competitive pressures and business complexity, present challenges that organizations cannot address without the support of their suppliers. In the past decades, performance evaluation factors such as quality, delivery, and price have been widely …
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Product development process design : improving development response to market, technical, and regulatory risks
… frequently face product development challenges. Competitive pressures, industrial or societal innovations, and government regulations are some of the many factors that drive the need for new or better products. Companies respond to these drivers and changing needs by developing new products and …
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Tackling uncertainty in airport design : a real options approach
… systems and contend with previously unknown competitive pressures. As a result, many of the same airports which once enjoyed natural monopolies and government protections must now compete with secondary facilities both for airline patronage and for passenger traffic. Further, changes in the …
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On site measurements of kraft pulp pump system efficiency
With increasing energy costs and competitive pressures, interest has increased in surveying installed pumps for potential energy savings. Field pump efficiency tests are required to assess pumping performance and help to identify improvement opportunities. This work concerns the on-site …
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The Right to Housing in the City
… the financialization of housing and the global competitive pressures with which cities increasingly contend. An ‘urban turn’ has even become evident in the global discourse and practice, and this is apparent in the adoption of an urban specific UN Sustainable Development Goal in 2015, Goal 11, …
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Recession as an agent in the restructuring of tourist accommodation
… economy.Consequently, an understanding of the competitive pressures and restructuring strategies in this sector is essential in maintaining the long-term health and prosperity of the resort. The aim of this study is therefore to examine the restructuring process occurring in the hotel industry …
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Measuring the customer value of information technology
… to illustrate current issues and thinking. Competitive pressures require that companies receive maximum value from large-scale investments in information technology. Arguments for considering why customer value should play a role in the management and evaluation of information technology …
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Sustainability Strategies in Supply Chain Management
… and economic growth of shareholders. Various competitive pressures are forcing managers to broaden the scope of sustainability to include explicit environmental and societal objectives too. These pressures are emanating from various sources such as depleting natural resources, regulatory …
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The effects of foreign entry in banking sectors of transitional economies : The case of Slovakia
… entry. Foreign banks were important for exerting competitive pressures, introducing higher quality of services and new products as well as market-based credit and risk management and a different corporate culture and human resources, which was detected as a major spillover effect. The foreign …
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