Managing Supplier Integration into Product Development: A Literature Review and Conceptual Model Finn Wynstra and Ferrie van Echtelt Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies/Institute for Purchasing & Supply Development, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513 - 5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands Tel. +31 40 2473841, Fax +31 40 2465949, j.y.f.wynstra@tm.tue.nl, f.e.a.v.echtelt@tm.tue.nl Abstract This paper presents a critical literature review concerning the effects of involving suppliers in product
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The Uses and Abuses of Agency Theory in Business Ethics The spectacular corporate scandals and bankruptcies of the past decade have served as a powerful reminder of the risks that are involved in the ownership of enterprise. Unlike other patrons of the firm, owners are residual claimants on its earnings.1 As a result, they have no explicit contract to protect their interests, but rely instead upon formal control of the decision-making apparatus of the firm in order to ensure that their interests
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market through Deutsche Börse can be found at www.xetra.com/listing_e. The Listing Center also offers an index of expert capital market specialists: Deutsche Börse Listing Partners. These independent service providers can also be searched by area of business and region: www.xetra.com > Listing > Listing Partners Your contact at Deutsche Börse Listing & Issuer Services Phone +49-(0) 69-2 11-1 88 88 E-mail issuerservices@deutsche-boerse.com Finance your future. Made in Germany Contents 3 Contents
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been recognised by central and local government policies, environmental and economic development agencies, and business leaders. Two of the active business groups focusing on these issues are the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (NZBCSD) and the Sustainable Business Network (SBN). Waikato Management School is working in partnership with both of these key business groups on sustainability projects and events. The aim of these initiatives is to develop and share insights on
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to a “balanced economy” (p. 97) in the context of the “equity and mutual benefit” (p. 98) for the society as a whole. Translating the Collier (2007) argument to the South African context Collier (2007) indicates that Dutch disease, in combination with volatile commodity prices, is a significant contributor towards the natural resource trap. Barder (2006) describes the original concept of Dutch Disease in which the Dutch experienced large foreign exchange earnings due to the export of the gas. This
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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS EFFECT OF TRADE DEFICIT ON THE ECONOMY OF PAKISTAN Mohsin Abbas Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan Hassan Raza (Corresponding author) University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan Abstract This study has conducted to find the effects of trade deficit on the economy of Pakistan in which trade deficit is the independent and gross domestic product, foreign direct investment exchange rate are the dependent variables. Depending on the availability
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American Foreign Economic Policymaking CHRISTOPH SCHERRER, UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL Published in: Amerikastudien 46 (2001, 4), 573-591. ABSTRACT The paper introduces research on transatlantic relations done by neo-Gramscian authors. This research is distinctive by focusing on class in international relations and by using the concept of hegemony in a relational sense. Hegemony is leadership through the active consent of other classes and groups. A central question of this neo-Gramscian research is
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technologies that do not need any preceding experience. Social media permits the audience to be the authors and vice versa. Not only does it allow the audience to become involved, it is an essential part of the involvement. Social media booms on social exchanges from the audience, i.e. - commenting on someone's Facebook status or blog posting, tweeting a disproof to someone's tweet or rating a YouTube video. The whole experience is broad and this is exactly why the medium has caught fire. Anyone can do it
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Several studies are available establishing relationship between firm performance and ownership structure and the results are mixed. Several authors have found significant relationship while others have not found any significant relationships. In Indian context also, there are several studies which propagates to have both kind of results. The way literature is linking the owner ship with performance has always been via addressing the agency (outsiders and insiders) problem, board structure, size, leverage
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Atatürk Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 28, Sayı: 3, 2014 189 INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN TURKEY Funda ÖZÇELİK Burcu AVCI ÖZTÜRK Sevda GÜRSAKAL Abstract: This paper examined the relationship between corporate social responsibility and firm financial performance in Borsa Istanbul 100 index companies between the years 2010 and 2012. In order to test our hypothesis that the companies issuing corporate
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