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U.S./CANADA GRAIN HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

Park, Joon J.; Koo, Won W. - Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North … - 2001

The United States and Canada have developed very different grain handling and transportation systems (GHTSs) over the … producer returns. There has been considerable pressure for change in Canada's grain handling and transportation sector. Some … industry trends, such as the rationalization of elevators in the Prairies and investments in new high through-put facilities …

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Rationalization

Sandroni, Alvaro; Cherepavov, Vadim; Feddersen, Timothy - In: Theoretical Economics 8 (2013) 3, pp. 775-800

governed by "the necessity of providing an explanation." We construct a formal and testable model of rationalization in which a …

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List-rationalizable choice

Yıldız, Kemal - In: Theoretical Economics 11 (2016) 2, pp. 587-599

A choice function is \textit{list rational(izable)}, if there is a fixed \textit{list} such that for each \textit{choice set}, successive comparison of the alternatives by following the \textit{list} retrieves the chosen alternative. We extend the formulation of list rationality to stochastic...

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Completing the triangle: Taylorism and the paradigms

Fleischman, Richard K. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 13 (2000) 5, pp. 597-624

Taylorism and scientific management, as significant components of productive relations in the USA during the early twentieth century, have been examined by accounting historians representing the major paradigms that hold sway in contemporary historiography – the Foucauldian, the Marxist...

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Policing the police service : A case study of the rise of “new public management” within an Australian police service

Hoque, Zahirul; Arends, Sharee; Alexander, Rebecca - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 17 (2004) 1, pp. 59-84

Recently public interest in the police service in Australia has emanated from extensive media coverage and from rising public accountability expectations. In light of this, the current paper explores how far the accounting, accountability and performance management systems within “new public...

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Restructuring Ford Europe

Donnelly, Tom; Morris, David - In: European Business Review 15 (2003) 2, pp. 77-86

Within the contexts of globalization, rationalization and modularization, this article seeks to explore why Ford Europe …

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Alpha and Omega : The Effect of Terminations, and How to Lessen Their Impact on the Organization

Pamenter, Frederick - In: International Journal of Manpower 15 (1994) 6, pp. 85-93

While both recruiting and termination are crucial human resource management activities, professionals in the field have preferred to focus on other aspects of employment. Despite tremendous changes undergone by business and society over the past few decades, terminations are still handled in the...

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Organizational rationality and project management

Andersen, Erling S.; Dysvik, Anders; Live Vaagaasar, Anne - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2 (2009) 4, pp. 479-498

Purpose – Does the organizational culture of the base organization affect the way its projects are carried out? The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between one aspect of organizational culture, namely the formal rationality of the base organization and how projects are...

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Mechanisms and rationales for the coordination of a modular assembly system : The case of Volvo Cars

Fredriksson, Peter - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 26 (2006) 4, pp. 350-370

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate one crucial aspect and inherent difficulty of modular assembly systems, which is how the dispersed activities, resources and organizational units are coordinated with one another and the corresponding effects. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

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Design and Implementation of Production Systems for High Variety Electronics Assembly

Bennett, D.J.; Rajput, S.K. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 9 (1989) 5, pp. 39-46

Information technology companies are having to broaden their overall strategic view in deference to the premise that it is better to be market‐driven than technology‐led. Cost and technical performance are o longer the only considerations, as quality and service now demand equal recognition....

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