The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0142-5455.htm Quality of work life and career development: perceptions of part-time MBA students Jessica Li College of Information, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA, and Quality of work life and career development 201 Received 19 April 2010 Revised 8 November 2010 Accepted 10 November 2010 Roland K. Yeo Kuwait Maastricht Business School, Salmiya, Kuwait Abstract Purpose – The
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MARK DAMIAN MORELLI Submitted to the Alfred P. Sloan School of Management on May 21, 1993, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Master of Science in Management ABSTRACf In an attempt to build better products faster, companies have employed simultaneous engineering, which requires the aggressive overlapping of product development tasks. In doing so, the complexity of product development projects has been dramatically increased, along with the risks of failure. Since
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Manage quality customer service BSBCUS501A Student Workbook BSBCUS501A Manage quality customer service 1st Edition 2009 Student Workbook BSB07 Business Services Training Package Part of a suite of support materials for the Acknowledgment Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council (IBSA) would like to acknowledge HASCOM Pty Ltd for their assistance with the development of this resource. Writer: Phil Sands Copyright and Trade Mark Statement © 2009 Innovation and Business
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Robert Ronec PMP, PMOP, CSM, ITIL v3, CSSGB +1.704.779.0072 | robert@ronec.com PROFILE A dynamic, certified IT program and project manager, with broad expertise in all phases of project lifecycle planning and implementation. Highly skilled in solving complex engineering, operations and technology problems, along with managing budgets, risk and vendors. Extensive experience in bridging technology and business goals to provide productive solutions. Expertise in managing and working on large-scale
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economic power has shifted from marketers to customers. This shift happens in the market place due to the technology. Today customers have the access to information that lets them make much more informed decisions. Customers are increasingly telling companies what type of product or services they want and when, where and how they want to buy them. Before purchase a product or service, they compare each of the competitors' product and their pricing, availability and value for money. So customers are
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Table of Contents Executive Summary (JS) 5 Introduction 6 Background / History of the Company(CD) 6 Mission Statement(CD) 7 Business(CD) 7 Major Goals(CD) 7 Corporate Philosophy(CD) 7 Strategic Evolution (KH) 8 Intended Strategies (KH) 8 Emergent Strategies (KH) 8 Stakeholders (AB) 9 Internal (AB) 9 External (AB) 9 General Growth Properties Organizational Structure (KM) 9 Purpose of the Report (CD) 10 External Analysis (KM) 11 Basic Industry Information (AB/KM) 11
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Multinational companies and China: What future? Multinational companies and China: What future? Contents Preface Executive summary Introduction Chapter 1: The big picture Hope, hype and reality Justified optimism? Chapter 2: The consumption story Chapter 3: The perils of success Is it enough One strategy, or two? Is it too much? Lacoste: Who’s your benchmark? Chapter 4: Whose hubris? Suddenly uncertain Chapter 5: The invisible hand Aiming high The real issue A non-standard
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Market Entry Mode Strategies – A study of Bangladesh Mobile Telecommunication Market for Foreign Companies Authors: Debashish Barua Examiner: Prof. Anders Pehrsson Marketing, Master Programme Tutor: Prof. Mosad Zineldin Mahmudur Rahman Chowdhury Subject: Master Thesis, 4FE02E Marketing, Master Programme Level and Semester: Master, Spring, 2014 i Acknowledgement We express our gratitude to those people who helped us a lot in conducting the research work successfully. Their cooperation helped
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES OUTSOURCING AT WILL: UNJUST DISMISSAL DOCTRINE AND THE GROWTH OF TEMPORARY HELP EMPLOYMENT David H. Autor Working Paper 7557 http://www.nber.org/papers/w7557 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 February 2000 The author is indebted to Daron Acemoglu, Joshua Angrist, John Donohue III, Edward Glaeser, John H. Johnson III, Lawrence Katz, Sendhil Mullainathan, Andrew Morriss, Richard Murnane, Stewart Schwab, Douglas
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TO DRAW THE BOUNDARIES Industries and Markets Defining Markets: Substitution in Demand and Supply FROM INDUSTRY ATTRACTIVENESS TO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: IDENTIFYING KEY SUCCESS FACTORS SUMMARY NOTES INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES In this chapter and the next we explore the external environment of the firm. In Chapter 1 we observed that profound understanding of the competitive environment is a critical ingredient of a successful strategy. We further noted that business strategy is essentially a quest
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