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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"strategic challenges"”.
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Strategic challenges of the Japanese investment banking industry
… thesis explores both the external and internal strategic challenges confronting a Japanese investment bank seeking to survive and become a global player in the industry. First it confirms the findings of a recent stuffy of the Japanese investment banking industry and then explores two key …
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Afghanistan and transnational war: Interlocking security dilemmas and strategic challenges
… security dilemmas, involving benign actors, and strategic challenges, involving actors with malign intent. Operationally, bilateral formulations of the security dilemma are expanded to demonstrate the occurrence of multiple interlocking security dilemmas. Thematically, a case study method is used …
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The organisational structure, dynamics and strategy of integrated education in Northern Ireland
… of the 21st century and to consider some of the strategic challenges the sector faces in the new millennium.
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The strategic transformation of advertising agencies in the digital era : the case of Cheil Worldwide in Korea
… advertising industry, Cheil Worldwide is facing strategic challenges in this field. Cheil Worldwide needs to break out of its domestic boundaries and adapt into the digitalized industry and seek competitive advantage over its competitors. This thesis analyzes the strategic changes that other …
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Networking vendor strategy and competition and their impact on enterprise network design and implementation
… vendors specifically. However, many of the same strategic principles that are used to analyze general IT vendors can also be used to analyze networking vendors. This paper extends the platform model that was developed by Michael Cusumano and Annabel Gawer to networking vendors, outlining the …
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Analyzing the critical success factors for two distinct social movement case studies : climate change & the opening of U.S.-Cuba policy
… part, of these two movements, and focuses on the strategic challenges and opportunities facing a key protagonist in each case. Finally, the conclusion proposes that organizing can indeed make significant contributions to these specific social problems and offers suggestions for how each movement …
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A Three Part Dissertation: Part I - Implementation of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework for Education: A Case Study of a Suburban School District's Improvement in Operational Processes Over a Ten-Year Period, Resulting in Sustained Student Learning Environment Satisfaction and Improvement. Part II - Creating a Sustainable Organization Through the Development of a Strategic Plan. Part III - Development of a Strategic Plan and Process for Implementation: A Policy Advocacy Document
… excellence framework with a key component of strategic planning. The importance of implementing a strategic planning process is key to understanding what the mission of the district is and how it achieves its goals that align to that mission. The overarching challenge is for school districts …
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The mega-universities and the knowledge media : implications of new technologies for large distance teaching universities
… that enroll over 100,000 students, and the strategic challenges these institutions face. Although the mega-universities operate at much lower unit costs than conventional universities they face competitive challenges as more institutions adopt distance teaching methods. We analyse the …
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Evaluating the effectiveness of activity-based costing for costefficiency in South Africa Retailers
… will enrich understanding of contextual and strategic challenges surrounding adoption. The study is grounded in Cost Behaviour Analysis theory, which underscores the dynamic relationship between operational activity and cost drivers. Preliminary findings from similar international studies …
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An Organizational Network Analysis of the Sprawling U.S. Department of Defense Innovation Ecosystem
… Strategy (NDS) highlights that the greatest strategic challenges for today’s security environment are linked to rapidly changing military capabilities and emerging technologies. It is through innovation that the military’s technological edge is maintained. Defense innovation refers to the …
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Innovation in the management of upstream state oil contracts in the Republic of Congo : from transaction to Cooperation for Economic Development
… involved in oil contracts and the ensuing strategic dilemmas faced by both the Republic of Congo and international oil companies that operate in that country. Throughout this thesis, we use the Issues-Frameworks-Actions approach to identify, analyze and propose solutions to key problems …
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Strategic Competition and Escalation Management in the 21st Century: Russian Hybrid Warfare and China’s Rise
… both focus on China and Russia as preeminent challenges for the United States. The NDS states specifically, “Long-term strategic competitions with China and Russia are the principal priorities for the Department [of Defense].”<sup>1</sup> This paper focuses on the strategic challenges that …
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Data as a Common Good: Essays on Data Portability and B2B Industrial Data Sharing
… defined in the GDPR for personal data and b) the challenges and measures of the not yet successfully established, non-personal data sharing.
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The roles that coaching and mentoring play in addressing the leadership challenges of charity CEOs
… range of economic, social and political challenges in recent years. Coaching and mentoring offer under-utilised and potentially significant forms of support, but very little is known about the practice or impact of the disciplines for leaders in this position. This qualitative, intrinsic …
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Investigation of the smart cities strategies within the United Kingdom
… has emerged as an innovative response to the challenges and opportunities faced by cities around the world. However, despite many attempts to implement various strategies, many organisations within the United Kingdom still encounter difficulties embedding the smart city agenda in their systems …
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An analysis of factors influencing housing affordability in Windhoek, Namibia
… the housing sector is faced with a number of strategic challenges, which provide the basis for policy and strategy decisions by exposing the existing gaps in the housing industry in Namibia and the inability by low to middle income groups to afford housing. This study aims to analyze the …
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Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass
… renewable energy is among the most important and strategic challenges of technology nowadays. Biomass is one of the ideal candidates for reliable and abundant renewable energy production, since it is largely available, universally distributed and potentially CO2 neutral, if utilized in a …
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'New' police work with offenders? Exploring senior and strategic perspectives
… police work with offenders and in particular the strategic culture that shapes those working relationships deserves more attention. A series of developments over the past two decades, that can collectively be debated as representing a ‘new’ police work with offenders, has led to the police role …
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Land based air power or aircraft carriers? The British debate about maritime air power in the 1960s
… together. The issues of foreign policy at the strategic level and the military operations that took place in this period have been especially well covered. However, the question of military strategic alternatives in this important era of British foreign policy has been less studied. This …