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Guha, Abhijit - 2009

This dissertation focuses on managerial decision making, and specifically explores conditions wherein managers may increase their propensity to escalate commitment towards a failing project. Escalation researchers (e.g. Schmidt and Calantone, 2002) have listed four classes of factors that may...

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Organizational Capital Budgeting Model (Ocbm)

Kang, Hyoung Goo - 2009

Organizational Capital Budgeting Model (OCBM) is a general theory of capital budgeting that incorporates traditional capital budgeting theories and the consideration about firm's information/ organization structure. The traditional financial capital budgeting model is a special case of OCBM....

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The internationalization of Korean firms and its impact on managerial sophistication

Shin, Mann-Soo - 1989

This project explores the various developments of modern management system with the increasing internationalization of … technology, production, marketing, organizational control, strategic planning, and human resource management. … of their management system. Specifically, attempts have been made to see whether there is a systematic market …

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Factors influencing strategy-making processes: A field study of Korean firms in a rapidly changing environment

Oh, Jung-Taik - 1992

The purpose of this dissertation is to learn more about strategy-making in business organizations by examining Korean conglomerate firms in a rapidly changing environment. The Korean context, an environment that has received little research attention, provides a testing ground for existing...

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The internationalization of the United States chemical industry

Kadlec, Susan Anne - 1995

Many firms have taken advantage of increasing international opportunities. Therefore, internationalization is important because it has been a source of growth and profitability. To adequately study the topic, it is necessary to investigate the factors that constitute and influence...

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Optimal single and multiple source purchasing arrangements

Choi, Jeong-Wook - 1992

This research is concerned with the development of an analytical framework for multiple and single source purchasing arrangements.

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Corporate financial information disclosure process vs. event

Ono, Connie Lee - 1990

are important to the valuation of a firm. It would seem to be in the best interest of management to control the …

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Profiles and adaptive strategies of owner-managers of medium-sized firms in Kenya

Mwaura, Muroki Francis - 1994

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to develop a profile of owner-manager entrepreneurs of 30 medium-sized firms in the "missing middle" sector of Kenya's economy, and (b) to investigate the business strategies used by these managers through the various stages of growth of their...

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A theory of private branding and its implication for the relative competitiveness of foreign versus domestic manufacturers

Chen, Shih-Fen - 1996

This dissertation develops and tests a new theory of private branding, a business practice under which manufacturers' products are sold to consumers under retailers' brands. The theory first argues that consumers' satisfaction with a product depends on both the performance of the manufacturer...

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Lean production, subcontracting, and industrial development: The case of the Brazilian automobile industry

Peebles, Glenn Harold - 1995

Over the last several decades, manufacturers in the developed countries have adopted organizational techniques collectively referred to as lean production. An essential element of the lean production model is the specialization and decentralization of production decisions throughout the supply...

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