University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA Acquisitive growth strategies continue to be popular, in spite of increasing evidence that they often do not enhance the financial performance of acquiring firms and may adversely affect innovation. However, some acquisitions are associated with both increases in financial performance and a strengthened commitment to R&D while others experience decreases in both. Multiple theories have been offered to explain acquisitions and
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investigation. An extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies that have been trying to measure and understand the impact that individual HR practices like training have on employee productivity across various sectors. The focal point of our review is on training practices and employee productivity and their relationship. In conclusion, we can say that taken as a whole, the research findings are varied. Some studies have found a positive association, some negative
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Journal of Health Communication, 13:667–680, 2008 Copyright # Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1081-0730 print/1087-0415 online DOI: 10.1080/10810730802412248 Interrupting a Narrative Transportation Experience: Program Placement Effects on Responses to Antismoking Advertising SARAH DURKIN AND MELANIE WAKEFIELD Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia It is thought that ‘‘transportation’’—absorption into the narrative flow of a story—
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Journal of Accounting and Economics 50 (2010) 344–401 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Accounting and Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jae Understanding earnings quality: A review of the proxies, their determinants and their consequences$ Patricia Dechow a, Weili Ge b, Catherine Schrand c,n a b c University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States University of Pennsylvania
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Conditions in Russia and Their Effect . . . . Kouznetsov and Jones CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ENTRY MODE DECISIONS OF MULTINATIONAL MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY IDENTIFYING ISSUES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF COUNTRY CONDITIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON ENTRY MODE ALEX KOUZNETSOV, Melbourne Institute of Technology ASHELEY JONES, Melbourne Institute of Technology This study examines entry modes employed by foreign multinational manufacturing enterprises
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and the protective effect of statins on reducing that outcome. According to the authors (Yoshimura, Murakami, et al), their results showed that use of any statin “was inversely associated with rupture risk in unruptured aneurysm patients.” This finding was qualified because of a number of limitations associated with their model and techniques. Our recommendation seeks to address some of these concerns. The
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National Capital Region Division of City Schools KASARINLAN HIGH SCHOOL Caloocan City “Our goal is perfection, excellence will be tolerated” National Capital Region Division of City Schools KASARINLAN HIGH SCHOOL Caloocan City “Our goal is perfection, excellence will be tolerated” INVESTIGATORY RESEARCH / PROJECT Dealing with Benefits of Computer Games for Children, Students and Adults within Brgy. 28 In partial fulfilment of the subject requirement In ENGL 1023, Writing in
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was difficult to find previous literature on the subject. We considered an UAE based bus assembly firm named Hafilat to test our hypothesis that work life balance could be affected by organizational culture. Our findings supported the argument that organizational culture can affect a firm’s provision of work life balance. It was only because of Hafilat’s empathic and internally centric organization culture, along with their flexible organizational structure that allowed them to provide work
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review of the subject in order to gain a general understanding of how the academic community views the business research process. The paper will be divided into two main sections. These main sections include the business research process, and ethical considerations thereof, and research design. By the end of the literary review, the reader should have a good understanding of not only the business research process as a whole, but how to ask the right questions during each step in order to maximize
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Journal of Organizational Behavior J. Organiz. Behav. 30, 525–542 (2009) Published online 5 October 2008 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/job.563 Getting even with one’s supervisor and one’s organization: relationships among types of injustice, desires for revenge, and counterproductive work behaviors DAVID A. JONES* University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A. Summary I tested hypotheses derived from the agent–system model of justice specifying that
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