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Organizational rationalization and innovation: Vertical integration and multidivisional organization

Mahoney, Joseph Timothy - 1989

management research. The paradigmatic issues involve vertical integration theory, the evolution of vertical integration in the … be valued by those concerned with progress in the emerging field of strategic management. …

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Determinants of profitability in international industries

Savara, Arun Madan - 1989

This study empirically examined relationships between performance and the international strategy of the firm in multidomestic and global industries. The performance measures used were expert rating, sales growth, return on assets, return on sales, sales to asset ratio, return on equity and stock...

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Improving the accuracy of hotel reservations forecasting: Curves similarity and parameters processes approach

Schwartz, Zvi - 1995

This study examines the accuracy of various time series models in forecasting daily levels of occupancy. A reservation data set of 3 hotels that include over 3450 booking curves is used to test the performance of five models in forecasting occupancy levels up to 99 days in advance. Three...

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Impact of front-end loading on construction project cash-flows: A mathematical approach for determination of unit prices in bidding

Cheng, Tao-ming - 1996

There exists increasing competition in the construction industry, forcing contractors to be more cautious in calculating the mark-up for a project. For most contracts, the percent-markup is limited up to a certain range. In a tight bidding environment, the general tendency is even to...

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Measuring reverse cannibalization: Strategic implications for category and product line management

Kashyap, Rajiv - 1997

effective category management. One strategy to consolidate categories is product elimination. The questions that concern …

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Asset exchanges as a restructuring strategy: Motives and valuation effects

Nanda, Sudhir - 1992

This study examines restructuring in which, (i) two firms exchange operating units (asset-for-asset exchanges), and (ii) a firm divests assets in exchange for an equity stake in the firm acquiring the assets (asset-for-stock exchanges). These transactions are called asset exchanges, as distinct...

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Consensus on strategic decisions and core capabilities

Roberts, Chris - 1995

Past research on Top Management Team (TMT) consensus has investigated relationships between consensus on strategic …

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Modeling teams: A general systems theory approach

Patrashkova-Vozdolska, Ralitza - 2005

How do teams achieve their best performance? Why do some teams develop into top performers while others, seemingly the same, do not? The answers to these questions will provide a practical and theoretical team behavior understanding. Traditional models do not explain how teams work (Lembke and...

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Corporate risk management and measurement: Theory and empirical evidence on commodity-based corporations

Chung, Sam Young - 2000

The use of derivatives in corporate risk management has grown rapidly in recent years, motivated in part by the success … effectiveness of a risk management program or to test financial theories of risk management, a firm's underlying risk exposure must … management activities through derivatives markets (e.g., Bodnar and Gebhardt 1996, and Tufano 1996, 1998), there is little …

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Economic studies in project escalation and project selection

Chulkov, Dmitriy Viktorovich - 2004

Escalation is generally defined as continued commitment of resources following negative feedback. Chapter 1 presents a literature review. In Chapter 2, a principal-agent model of asymmetric information uses escalation behavior to link managerial turnover and project outcomes. Managers escalate...

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