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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"macro-environment"”.
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The implementation of TQM models in an unstable macro-environment
… of Total Quality Management tools in an unstable macro-environment, by using a special TQM tool, the Common Assessment Framework and its implementation in the Greek Public Sector, which faced unusual circumstances over the last 8 years, due to the Greek debt crisis. As many authors indicated in …
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What are the corporate governance challenges for family businesses? : A comparison of the United Kingdom and China
… and had steady growth thanks to a conducive macro-environment that consisted of a democratic political system, an advanced legal system and a Western socialcultural context. In contrast, China has a socialist and centralised political system. It has an inadequate legal framework for its …
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An Investigation of Environmental Factors that Affect the Behavior and Welfare of Domestic Cats (Felis sylvestris catus)
… year, so offering the most appropriate housing environment could lead to improvements to their welfare and possibly in the outcomes of biomedical research, shelter adoptions and veterinary care for cats. Most research on the welfare of confined cats has been aimed at modifications to their cages …
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CORPORATE STRATEGY, EARNINGS MANIPULATION, AND SHORT SELLING
… decades. Factors such as CEO’s characteristics, macro environment, behavioral biases, and regulation rules are discussed in the literature. In this paper, corporate strategy aggressiveness is proposed to be one of the factors that leads to earnings manipulation. Short interest ratio is used to …
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The relationship between corporate sustainability and innovation in the South African banking sector
… from an integrated approach. The South African macro-environment and national priorities play an important role in determining corporate sustainability initiatives. Accordingly, risks and opportunities are manifest (as part of a regulated and compliance-driven industry). Considering the national …
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Financial inclusion: A look at the institutional and credit organisational enablers in the South African market
… approach; the hypothesis was 'some of the macro and micro enablers required when seeking to serve the underserved are missing in South Africa'. From our analysis; there are very specific positive steps being taken to enhance the macro environment. Hopefully as these undertakings are …
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Family Ties: Impact of Socioemotional Wealth and Succession on Real Earnings Management
… world economy. While contributing to the larger macro environment, they also contribute critical resources to their communities and family units. Earnings management is a practice that is detrimental to future business viability. The motivation to use earnings management is different in family …
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Information technology outsourcing in emerging markets
… influenced by the cultural factors and the macro environment of the local markets. This thesis discusses the factors through two perspectives. The first encompasses the factors influencing a firm's decision whether or not to outsource its IT functions. Those factors can be categorized into …
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"Platform of Platform" business model for corporate training in China
… being wed out and created every day. In such an environment, every enterprise must clearly understand its core business strategies, and identify the core competencies needed by its organization to support such strategies. The core competencies of an organization are embodied by every individual …
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Managing Development Organisations: A Process-Based Assessment of Australian Based Non Governmental Development Organisations
… of organisational factors and external environmental factors to the delivery of that assistance. Those aspects of organisational factors that were selected for examination were restricted to two areas, namely (i) organisational structures, and (ii) strategies for financial resource …
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Challenges and opportunities in the Tunisian private equity sector
… in emerging markets as well as the current macro environment in Tunisia. I will then examine the drivers and fundamentals of PE investment in Tunisia by analyzing the current framework in place and the specificities of the private equity lifecycle - from fundraising to exit. Finally, I will …
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SPECIALIZUOTOS STATYBOS VEIKLOS ĮMONIŲ KONKURENCINĖS STRATEGIJOS FORMAVIMAS /
… security companies is presented, the analysis of macro-environment of JSC “Šiaulių tauro ryšiai” is performed and the assessment of perspectives is provided. The most suitable alternatives of competetive strategy are selected for “Šiaulių tauro ryšiai” JSC.
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Implementing precision agriculture in the oil palm industry: a case of oil palm management system (OPAMS)
… of technological means in order to adapt to the macro environment changes. The need of drastic changes in the global food system in order to achieve a more sustainable agriculture is inevitable. Agriculture industry stakeholders, especially those in oil palm industry, reckon the significance of …
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A comparison of health technology adoption in four countries (Japan, Korea, the UK, and the US)
… the micro factors of health technologies and the macro environment in the adoption of health technologies are examined on the basis of a literature review and analysis of data. The micro factors were evaluated in terms of economic, clinical and technical aspects. In assessing the macro factors, …
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Constraints oriented approaches in advancing spatial data infrastructure: case of Southern African Customs Union
… and Mapping (Geoinformation), Statistics, Environmental and Information Technology Agencies. Studying these countries’ SDIs, helped in establishing context-based constraints in their advancement. Through inductive reasoning, these constraints are aggregated as; macro-environment, …
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Impact of the Development of Wealth Management on China's Financial Ecology
… main body from the perspective of the domestic macro environment and domestic demand. Including securities company asset management, public funds, private equity funds, custodial asset management and trust industries. At the same time, the development and prospects of China's wealth management …
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Facilitating and Hindering Factors in Implementing Managerial Technology: A Socio-Technical System Process
… limitations. Among these are: (a) lack of environmental compatibility in the societies and cultures in which attempts are made to apply such organizational theories and practices; (b) differences between economic systems of developing nations and industrialized nations (c) differences in …
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Technological and demographic factors as agents of change in the development of business events
… and demographic changes in the external macro-environment within which this market operates. The extant body of research into the market for business events such as conferences, meetings and other face-to-face gatherings pales in comparison with the extensive volume of investigations …
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An exploratory study on the impact of new public management inspired change on work and HRM in the Irish nonprofit, voluntary and community sector
… at a time of unprecedented turmoil in the macro environment and in the institutional and policy landscape. One of the biggest catalysts for change has stemmed from New Public Management (NPM), which has infiltrated the sector through the sector's growing dependence on the State for funding …
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Digital Business Strategising in the context of Regulatory Uncertainty - the case of a Financial Services Provider in South Africa
… complexity of uncertainty in the regulatory environment regarding financial products and services, regulation of digital platforms and ongoing financial regulatory changes based on macro-economic turbulence, makes for a complex external environment within which businesses need to effectively …
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