This article was downloaded by: [Kingston University Library] On: 02 November 2013, At: 01:05 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Journal of Marketing Management Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjmm20 Relationship Marketing Theory: Its Roots and Direction Kristian
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examining their social responsibilities. For example, Business in the Community published ‘Winning with Integrity’ in November 2000. This has as part of its objectives ‘to produce materials and resources on how companies should measure and report their impact on society’ (Business Impact, 2000). It lists twenty such initiatives in various areas of furthering corporate social responsibility, not including its own report. Similarly, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD, 1999) seeks
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University of New South Wales B Soc Sc (Hons) (HRM), Southern Cross University A research thesis submitted to the Graduate College of Management, Southern Cross University, Australia, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Business Administration 15 May 2009 Statement of Original Authorship I certify that the substance of this thesis has not currently been submitted for any degree and has not previously being submitted for any other degree. I also certify that to the best
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University of New South Wales B Soc Sc (Hons) (HRM), Southern Cross University A research thesis submitted to the Graduate College of Management, Southern Cross University, Australia, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Business Administration 15 May 2009 Statement of Original Authorship I certify that the substance of this thesis has not currently been submitted for any degree and has not previously being submitted for any other degree. I also certify that to the best
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» BEST OF HBR THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION 1989 Sixteen years ago, when Gary Hamel, then a lecturer at London Business Schooi, and C.K. Prahalad, a University of Michigan professor, wrote "Strategic lntent,"the article signaled that a major new force had arrived in management Hamel and Prahalad argue that Western companies focus on trimming their ambitions to match resources and, as a result, search only for advantages they can sustain. By contrast, Japanese corporations leverage resources
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Challenges Facing Maritime Education and Research in a Changing Environment: Implications for ITMMA Author(s): T. Notteboom and Van Laeken, F. This chapter has been included in the book: Ports are more than piers, Antwerp: De Lloyd This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that, in a modified form, has been accepted for publication or has already been published. For the convenience of the visitors of this site, an early version of the manuscript is provided
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gap-spotting or problematization? Jörgen Sandberg Mats Alvesson UQ Business School, University of Queensland, Australia Department of Business Administration, University of Lund, Sweden Abstract This article examines ways of constructing research questions from existing literature, which are likely to promote the development of interesting and influential theories. We review 52 articles in organization studies and develop a typology of how researchers construct their research questions from existing
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Commercial Banks: The Process and Challenges in Kenya George O. Omondi1, Peterson Obara Magutu2, Cliff Ouko Onsongo3 and Linda A. Abong’o4 1 Department of Business Administration, School of Business, University of Nairobi, Nairobi - Kenya 2 Department of Management Science, University of Nairobi, Nairobi - Kenya 3 School of Business, Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology, Nairobi - Kenya 4 Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi - Kenya _________________________________________
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Competitive Strategy and the Wal-Mart Threat: Positioning for Survival and Success John A. Parnell, University of North Carolina-Pembroke Donald L. Lester, Middle Tennessee State University No class of retailer has influenced the business landscape in recent years more than the big box, and no big boxer is more prominent than WalMart. Big boxers like Wal-Mart not only apply pressure to suppliers and alter the mix of shopping alternatives for consumers, but they also greatly influence the competitive
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Recovery,” WTO Press Release 373, April 5, 2004, p. 1. Ibid. Thomas Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999). Jonathan P. Doh and Hildy Teegen, Globalization and NGOs: Transforming Business, Government, and Society (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003). For discussion of some of the emerging concerns surrounding globalization, see Peter Singer, One World: The Ethics of Globalization (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002); George Soros, George
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