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Showing 1 to 20 of 109 for “"service industry"”.
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Analysis of energy service industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.
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Quality and Capacity Decisions in Service Industry
… models that capture the effects of quality of service. We consider quality of service as a measure separate from capacity decision and analyze the effects of these decisions on costumers' behavior. The first part of research investigates the continuity of the customer experience across various …
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New product development in the service industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1987.
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Predicting business failure in the food service industry
… best predictors of impending failure in the food service industry. This study had two major objectives. The first was to determine which financial statement items and ratios show the greatest magnitude of difference between failed and nonfailed restaurants. The second objective was to determine …
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Organizational and group antecedents of workgroup innovativeness in a service industry
This study tests a model of Workgroup Service Innovativeness that proposes that a workgroup’s climate for innovation mediates the relationship between organizational context (using the constructs: Organizational Climate and Task Design) and workgroup context (Group Self-efficacy, Group Citizenship …
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Determinant factors of labor turnover in the institutional food service industry
… which may affect turnover in a college foodservice operation. The subjects were current and former employees of foodservice operations operating in Virginia and holding membership in the National Association of College and University Food Services. Demographic data and employee ratings of …
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The strategic importance of the "stakeholder approach" in the service industry
… sustainability and competitiveness in the service industry by analyzing some empirical evidences in leading companies in it; Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's. In the service industry, companies can't help continuing interactions and relationships with all the …
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Marketing strategy in the service industry : a product life cycle case study
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1986.
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A business and technology strategy approach for the building equipment service industry
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2000.
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A normative model of advertising communication strategy for an entertainment service industry
… developed that was tailored to the entertainment service industry. Based on each model, hypotheses were developed to posit relationships between easily identified and accessed restaurant characteristics (location, classification, atmosphere style and current entertainment status) and interest in …
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Present status and perceived importance of computer skills in a Taiwanese service industry
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The service industry and the aging population: marketing opportunities in a dynamic environment
… of the elderly is a growing problem. Existing services are inadequate for the needs of an aging population. In order to suggest new services to deal with the care of the elderly, this report examined four areas: the demographic characteristics of our aging society, the nature of services in …
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Gender at Work: The Role of Habitus and Gender-Performance in Service Industry Occupations
… relationship between gender roles and habitus in service industry occupations. It draws primarily from the works of Pierre Bourdieu and Judith Butler. Data includes an exploratory focus group, non-participant observations and interviews with women currently or formerly employed as bartenders, bar …
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An Analysis of Selected Mechanical Tasks Performed in the Agricultural Equipment Service Industry in Illinois
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:53:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7524406.pdf: 8468887 bytes, checksum: 85edad489c03809e5e9a5f8d0a34cdaf (MD5) Previous issue date: 1975
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Three Essays on the Structural Changes and Service Industry of Indonesia: Macro, Meso and Micro Perspectives
… output from Jawa. The decomposition of goods and service sector show that the demand for services was not necessarily generated by internal region, but also indirectly generated through other regions, especially in Jawa. More than 50% demand for services in Other was generated in Jawa.
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Strategy, environmental scanning, and their effect upon performance: an exploratory study of the food service industry
… strategic typology was utilized to classify foodservice firms by strategic orientation; and, an analysis of variance was performed to determine the differences in their performance. Environmental scanning engaged in by the firms was measured utilizing a modified multimethod - multitrait scale …
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Employability skills of new graduates and SMEs: A case study of the financial service industry in Lagos State, Nigeria.
… from five different companies in the same industry in Lagos, Nigeria. In-depth face-to-face interviews with these SME employers provided rich data. The study findings reveal eleven themes relating to how SME employers experience and understand new graduate employability: (a) hungry for …
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The Impact of the Food Safety Training Program on Food Handlers in the Food Service Industry: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective
… improper food handling by employees in the foodservice industry. Although training and preventive actions have been carried out, they appear to be less effective when correlated with reported food outbreaks over the same period. A large group of food safety training researchers has suggested …
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