Management Accounting Research, 2002, 13, 1–39 doi: 10.1006/mare.2001.0175 Available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on The association between activity-based costing and improvement in financial performance Douglass Cagwin* and Marinus J. Bouwman† This study investigates the improvement in financial performance that is associated with the use of activity-based costing (ABC), and the conditions under which such improvement is achieved. Internal auditors furnish information regarding company
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the ‘‘power-deficient target’’ into agents who galvanize a variety of resources on their own or others’ behalf but also place them at considerable risk. In some cases, employees evaluate the abusive situation and quickly resign. Others protest but, if resistance fails to stop abuse, they also leave organizations. The paths of resistance, case outcomes, and dialectic nature of resistance and control are discussed. Keywords: Workplace Bullying; Verbal Aggression; Organizational Communication; Resistance;
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 1 No. 10; August 2011 Examining Customer Purchase Intentions for Counterfeit Products Based on a Modified Theory of Planned Behavior Shih-I Cheng Assistant Professor Department of Business Administration, Shu-Te University China E-mail: jane@stu.edu.tw Hwai-Hui Fu Associate Professor Department of Business Administration, Shu-Te University China Le Thi Cam Tu Graduate School of Business Administration China ABSTRACT Counterfeits
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aims at making it easy for you to read the material more easily and logically. In each Lecture you will find some activities or exercises that you should go through before starting the subsequent unit. It is advisable that you answer all the questions and check the answers from the various sources i.e.,
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Industrial Marketing Management 40 (2011) 219–230 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Industrial Marketing Management Customer value anticipation, customer satisfaction and loyalty: An empirical examination Daniel J. Flint a,⁎, Christopher P. Blocker b, Philip J. Boutin Jr. a a b The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 22 October 2009 Received in revised form 30 January 2010
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these areas is a much-needed complement to studies of men small business owners, to our knowledge no study has yet to compare the woman home-based owner to her obvious counterpart, the woman who locates her business outside of the home. We seek to answer a number of questions about women who own and operate businesses from their home by comparing them to women owners whose businesses are run elsewhere. We are motivated by recent statistics showing that the HBB sector in the US is substantial in size
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WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS IN TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES ALEXANDRA L. ANNA United States Air Force Academy GAYLEN N. CHANDLER Utah State University ERIK JANSEN Department of Systems Management, Naval Postgraduate School NEAL P. MERO Department of Management & Decision Sciences, Washington State University Small businesses continue to grow in importance to the national economy. According to the Small Business Administration, America’s 22 million small businesses generate more than half
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Furthermore, we interviewed the shift manager in order to get the company’s view on employee motivation. Our findings indicate that there are several overlapping factors that determine and influence motivation in the long run. From this particular case we saw that a unified working culture and collective efforts both boost the willingness to work and help the process run smoothly. Furthermore, proper communication is motivating, where everyone should be committed to company goals, but the workers
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Comprehensive Analysis Case Study Cheryl M. Todd PSY7220 Capella University Abstract This comprehensive case analysis will follow Gwen Cohen-Green through the following three stages of development: early childhood, middle childhood, and early adolescence. Within each of the three stages I will identify Gwen’s social and emotional development, theories pertaining to her development, validation, and predominate factors. A complete analysis and synthesis will support the findings, and recommendations
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Customer Satisfaction in the Banking Industry Case Study – Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd. Customer satisfaction is a major issue in almost all sectors. This can basically determine the success and profitability of a company as a satisfied customer would most likely to ‘spread the good word’ or would have be happy to do business again with the firm. It is an important theoretical and practical issue for market researchers and consumer researchers (Meuter et al, 2000). With positive results
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