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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"strategic value"”.
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Capturing and measuring the strategic value in corporate venture capital
… onto the dual objective of investing for both strategic and financial returns. It is the existential need to return strategic value back to the parent corporation that separates CVCs as distinct from institutional venture capital (VC) firms. While the survivability and growth of institutional …
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The Strategic Value of India and Pakistan to the United States
… war-torn region. India and Pakistan are of value to the United States for several reasons: the possibility of war in the Kashmir region, the military and political power associated with nuclear weapons, the danger of weapons transfers to third-party nations, and India and Pakistan's …
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Neighbourhood Level Master-Planning - ‘A Strategic Value-Based Decision-Making Perspective’
… little is said about stakeholders’ susceptible values and actions tied to dominate sources of complex urban development pressures. In that context, this research aims to explore the significance of ‘value’ in master-planning at the residential neighbourhood and the pre-application planning phase …
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Strategic Value of Flexibility: Case of Execution and Technology Choice for Carbon Capture
This thesis addresses the strategic issue of how best to develop large-scale investments in carbon capture and storage (CCS). It compares flexible designs with real options for execution and technology choice, to fixed investments associated with a proposed CCS ‘hub’. Climate change and global …
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The Strategic Value Driver Model: a Methodology for Examining Value Drivers for a New Pharmaceutical Product in Diabetes
… was to explore a new methodological framework—Strategic Value Driver Model (SVDM), for examining value drivers for new pharmaceutical inhaled insulin in diabetes. Methods. A cross-sectional, internet-based survey was used to collect a sample of 483 Type 2 diabetic patients via national panel of …
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Actors & Allies: Foreign Policy & the Strategic Value of Satisfaction— Examining Military Arms Transfers as a Measure of Trust
… the strength of an alliance by analyzing the value of arms transfers beyond the financial exchange. The measure constructed, termed the Total Transaction Score (TTS), incorporates aspects of a Weapon Effectiveness Index (WEI) calculation (which focuses on “war gaming”) to provide a more …
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An Exploratory Study of the Strategic Value of Information Technology: A Theoretical Application of the Co-Alignment Model
… has made it so difficult to measure the value of IT. To clarify the ambiguity, this study, with a focus on the strategic dimension of IT application in the web of organizational activities, proposes a conceptual model that relates IT application to Knowledge Management and then to …
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Sourcing strategy for power electronics derived from modular product structure
… one of the most important tasks when it comes to Value Chain design. Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) seeks to gain competence in power electronics with corporate synergy generated by value chain strategy, which leverages experts' knowledge and experience across the corporate. Focusing on the …
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Information Technology Outsourcing in U.S. Hospital Systems
… is a difference in IS sourcing based on the strategic value of the outsourced functions. The theoretical framework is based upon a synthesis of strategic management theory (SMT) and transaction cost economics (TCE) as they apply to vertical integration in the health care sector; therefore, IS …
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Blue Helmeted Dragons : explaining China's participation in United Nations peace operations
… taking place in states that have a high strategic value to China. That is, the peace operation host state is important to China because of the presence of natural resources, Chinese investment, diplomatic interests, or a variety of other factors. The thesis finds that China's …
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Strategic decision analysis for transportation systems
… is a fundamental infrastructure, and requires strategic thinking in making decisions on its projects. The current valuation methods, however, do not reflect the strategic value of a project. We investigate how to make a strategic decision by comprehensively valuing a project in transportation …
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A model for effective organisational stakeholder engagement : development and evaluation of a systematic approach to corporate-stakeholder engagement management
… management, together with a drive to enhance the strategic value of corporate communications functions such as stakeholder engagement, community consultation and issues (social risk) management - primarily to improve corporate responsiveness.
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Cinemaplex Over the Pavese: An Architectural Response to the Question of Looking at Territory
… the Atelier's vision were to have a significant strategic value to the territory, resonating with and magnifying the landscape's existing qualities. They were to intensify its complex identity without further complicating it. Included in this document are the author's initial impressions of the …
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Managing disruptive technology : a comparison of academic research and industry practice.
… process, significant gaps in understanding the strategic value of these two theories remains. Continued research could provide more insight on how the application of these theories can influence strategic planning when dealing with disruptive technology.
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As dificuldades de internacionalização do algodão colorido paraibano: um estudo de caso sobre a cooperativa CoopNatural
… new business opportunity model. In Paraíba, the strategic value of cotton and, especially, the colored cotton, has triggered a process of internationalization adopting a development strategy from cooperatives. In view of this, this article discusses the main difficulties faced by this sector in …
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The Dynamics of Border Disputes in State Making: The Fragile Borderlands in the Northern Region between Nigeria and Benin Republic in West Africa
… mechanisms, the area in contention has no strategic value or economic significance, and no overlapping power struggle between the states and the border communities. Empirical data were collected using the case study method. The key finding of the study revealed that the domestic politics in …
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An invitation to thought: ambiguity in the apologetic of C. S. Lewis
… apologetic of C.S. Lewis. Though the nature and value of ambiguity remain contested across scholarship, there is agreement that ambiguity has some role to play in creating understanding. That role is almost entirely unexplored within Christian apologetics and Lewis studies. Through an exposition …
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BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS: A CASE INVESTIGATION IN THE RUG AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY
… buyers. These suppliers are distinguished from strategic suppliers by their interorganizational relationships and supply network positions. The nexus supplier framework draws on the supply chain characteristics observed in the automotive industry. The goal of this qualitative case study was to …
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Strategic benchmarking in corporate real estate
This work examines the strategically focused benchmarking of corporate real estate units and the implementation of its results towards broadening their mandates. To illustrate how benchmarking of corporate real estate can add strategic value to an enterprise, this thesis presents data gathered …
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Japanese Theater Missile Defense: Impact on North East Asia
… The United States recognized the growing geo-strategic value of Japan and its possible role within a missile defense architecture. At the end of the Cold War the United States and Japan reevaluated their alliance. Growing regional threats, specifically a long-term threat from China, and more …
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