moderating role of supply network structure on the customer integration–efficiency relationship Author Details Prof. Pamela Danese Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Vicenza, Italy. Prof. Pietro Romano Department of Electrical, Managerial and Mechanical Engineering, University of Udine, Udine, Italy Corresponding author: Pietro Romano Corresponding Author’s Email: pietro.romano@uniud.it Structured Abstract: Purpose: To study whether a fast supply network structure interacts
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sheet. As computers became more robust and integrated databases standardized, accounting software developers added more functions-including cost accounting, manufacturing resource planning, customer resource management, human resources, and payroll (Jones, 2002). Mattingly (2001) stated that choosing the right accounting software is becoming more difficult as the software market becomes increasingly fragmented. In many cases, more product information makes decision-making more difficult rather
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Master programme in Economic Growth, Innovation and Spatial Dynamics Corporate social responsibility as an organizational innovation: a comparative analysis of its implementation in the institutional frameworks of Sweden and the United Kingdom Klara Simcikova klara.simcikova.111@student.lu.se Abstract: Corporate social responsibility is a management concept originating from the Anglo-Saxon background and associated with the tradition of arm’s length relations between business and institutions
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Fi FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS (section 2) ch 19 -creditors and investors use financial statement analysis to predict expected return and assess risk (variability in the return) HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS: -the study of percentage changes in comparative statements -eg. identifying that sales increased by 20% since last year is more useful than knowing sales increased by $20,000 -can be used to calculate all figures (including COGS, expenses, etc) -don’t calculate a percentage change
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market sales enabling investment in the existing product/ service mix in new markets (market development); More profitable sales in home and new markets enabling investment in new products and services which can then be transferred to existing distribution channels (product development). The temptation is often to look for major, single solutions – with the obvious “nuclear” option of outsourcing, and/or dramatic cuts in personnel. This has surface advantages, but often creates crucial competitive
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C H A P T E R 1 The Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics chief of Omaha, W arren E. Buffett, the renowned chairman andstartedexecutive officerpartnership Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., an investment with $100 in 1956 and has gone on to accumulate a personal net worth in excess of $30 billion. It is intriguing that Buffett credits his success to a basic understanding of managerial economics. Berkshire’s collection of operating businesses includes the GEICO Insurance Company, Buffalo
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At Palamon we are passionate about the companies we partner. Louis G. Elson Managing Partner Fabio Massimo Giuseppetti Jonathan Heathcote Holger Kleingarn Daan A. Knottenbelt Daniel Mytnik Partners Valerio Boccardi Jean Bonnavion Julian Carreras Ricardo Caupers Owen Wilson Principals Michael Beetz Pascal J. Noth Olivia Roberts Associate Principals Anthony Luzzatto Gardner Managing Director of Structured Finance Annette E. Wilson Managing Director of Investor Relations & Marketing Gary Pritchard
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|HOW JACK WELCH RUNS GE | |A Close-up Look at How America's #1 Manager Runs GE | |Whisked by chopper from New York City, Jack Welch arrives early at the (GE) training center at Croton-on-Hudson. He scoots down to The | |Pit--the well of a bright, multitiered lecture hall--peels off his blue
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0-13-603313-X 1. Probabilities—Textbooks. I. Title. QA273.R83 2010 519.2—dc22 2008033720 Editor in Chief, Mathematics and Statistics: Deirdre Lynch Senior Project Editor: Rachel S. Reeve Assistant Editor: Christina Lepre Editorial Assistant: Dana Jones Project Manager: Robert S. Merenoff Associate Managing Editor: Bayani Mendoza de Leon Senior Managing Editor: Linda Mihatov Behrens Senior Operations Supervisor: Diane Peirano Marketing Assistant: Kathleen DeChavez Creative Director: Jayne Conte
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