A Theory-Based Approach to the Relationship between Social Capital and Communities of Practice El-Sayed Abou-Zeid John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada el-sayed@jmsb.concordia.ca Abstract: There is almost a consensus that tacit component of organisational knowledge is of critical strategic importance because, unlike explicit knowledge, it is both inimitable and appropriable. Because of its characteristics, organisational tacit knowledge is usually created and shared
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TOP 40 2011 Edition CRM SOFTWARE VENDORS REVEALED Profiles of the Leading CRM Software Vendors For more information, visit Business-Software.com/CRM CRM Solutions For businesses of all sizes, acquiring, retaining, and supporting customers is more challenging than ever before. Activities that were already complex have become highlycomplicated, multi-faceted workflows and procedures that are difficult to coordinate, track and manage. Marketing teams must plan and develop an increasing
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Pharmaceutical Cluster in Andhra Pradesh Microeconomics of Competitiveness Final Project Harvard Business School Helene Herve | Lhakpa Bhuti | Saurabh Agarwal | Sonny Kushwaha | Akbar Causer May 2013 Table of Contents 1 2 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction to India .........................................................................................................
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CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Executive-Summary: For several years now, 'employee engagement' has been a hot topic in corporate circles. It's a buzz phrase that has captured the attention of workplace observers and HR managers, as well as the executive suite. And it's a topic that employers and employees alike think they understand, yet can't articulate very easily. employee engagement as "a heightened emotional connection that an employee feels for his or her organization
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Investing in a Rebound The 2010 A .T. Kearney FDI Confidence Index® The Global Business Policy Council is a strategic service that assists chief executives in monitoring and capitalizing on macroeconomic, geopolitical, socio-demographic and technological change worldwide. Council membership is limited to a select group of corporate leaders and their companies. The Council’s core program includes periodic meetings in strategically important parts of the world, tailored analytical products
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Menon is a Professor in the DC School of Management and Technology, Idukki, India and Research Scholar in the School of Management Studies, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, India. 1. Introduction When the founder Chairman of US Technology Private Ltd (UST) Late Mr G. A Menon wanted to set up a software company in Trivandrum, the capital city of the communist party dominated state of Kerala in the year 1999, many people close to him warned that he was setting himself up for failure. The state of
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1(d).Value Chain Analysis: A Way to profit improvement & cost Reduction Learning Objective 1. how to identify the value added activity 2. how to rectify the non –value added activity 3. application in profit planning & cost reduction INTRODUCTION Competitive advantage for a company means not just matching or surpassing their competitors, discovering what the customers want and then profitably satisfying, and even exceeding
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Smart Service Queensland Information Systems and Green IT Strategies 2010 Submitted: 18/10/2010 Prepared by: Varun Kewal (Student No: W0103335) varun_kewal@hotmail.com Word Count: 2,847 words Letter of Transmittal Green Tech Pty Ltd 23 Virtual Drive Technology Park, QLD 4125 18 October 2010 The Director Smart Service Queensland 37 Creek Street Brisbane QLD 4000 Dear Ms Jeans, Please find attached our report analysing the IT infrastructure for SSQ and value that
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