component knowledge and architectural knowledge. The paper argues that firms concentrate on refining components within a stable architecture established by a dominant design‚ and consequently‚ their “information-processing capabilities” are shaped by the existing architecture. While building upon component knowledge‚ their architectural knowledge is outmoded and made obsolete by architectural innovations. Their resulting inability to identify or understand new interactions between components has serious competitive
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AN ALTERNATIVE TO EXISTING SPORT BROADCASTING RIGHTS MODELS AND THE CASE OF FOOTBALL BROADCASTING RIGHTS IN TURKEY A Dissertation By Sarp Tunçay Submitted to the Department of Sociology‚ City University In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.) Supervised by Petros Iosifidis March 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................................................................ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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A Publication of TRANS Asian Research Journals AJMR Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research Vol.2 Issue 3‚ March 2013‚ ISSN 2278-4853 HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS - A THREAT TO EXISTING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE: A STUDY OF POWER PROJECTS IN RAVI BASIN IN CHAMBA DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH INDIA DR. MOHINDER KUMAR SLARIYA* *Associate Professor‚ Department of Sociology‚ Govt. P.G. College‚ Chamba‚ H.P.‚ India. ABSTRACT Dams have had serious impacts on the lives‚ livelihoods‚ culture
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Topic: Analyse the main advantages and disadvantages of European Union enlargement for a) existing members and b) for applicant countries. In 2004 we will see the biggest enlargement in the history of the EU. All previous enlargements have significantly impacted on the regional focus of the EU’s external policies. The countries joining the EU in 2004 are Cyprus‚ Czech Republic‚ Estonia‚ Hungary‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Malta‚ Poland‚ Slovakia and Slovenia and will expand the European Union from currently
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In today’s rapidly changing globalised business environment‚ human capital has become one of the keys to competitive advantage. Consequently‚ any good business strategy must fully utilise the inimitable assets of people through their knowledge‚ skills and abilities. This highlights the need for strategic human resource management (SHRM). The key assumption of SHRM is that organisational performance is affected by employees through a set of human resource (HR) practices (Pan et al 2006). A review
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A PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING BULK CARRIER LOCAL STRUCTURAL STRENGTH IN RELATION TO THE ALLOWABLE HOLD MASS CURVES K Chatzitolios‚ Bureau Veritas‚ Greece G de Jong‚ Bureau Veritas‚ France Dr JE Kokarakis‚ Bureau Veritas‚ Greece SUMMARY The allowable hold mass curves for vessels built after 1998 are mandatory in the loading manual & the loading instrument as per IACS Unified Requirements S1A. The majority of the bulk carriers in service have been constructed before 1998 and generally do not
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McAfee Spyware Blocker McAfee‚ an Intel company‚ has been an industry leader for antivirus software to protect personal computers for many years. The company has expanded its services from protecting computers to also protecting cellular browsing as well‚ the software can be used on the iPhone‚ and Android phones. Product McAfee is introducing a new line of software designed specifically for Android and iPhone devices to block unwanted spying from applications downloaded on the mobile devices
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What do you think is the best strategy for existing businesses to adopt in response to the entry of a new large competitor? Justify your answer with reference to the UK bottled water market and/or other markets that you know. Almost all business operates in competition with other businesses‚ whether this is Sainsbury’s competing with Asda for customers at a local‚ national and international level or two local hairdressers competing for clients in a single town. Competition is usually between firms
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IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURE ON JOB SATISFACTION‚ JOB STRESS AND EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION: A SURVEY OF EXISTING LITREATURE ABSTRACT Effectively managing human resources in the organizations is a big concern both for HR managers and the policy makers of the organization. To have a satisfied‚ motivated‚ less stressed performing workforce an organization must have consistency amongst its structure‚ system‚ people‚ culture and good fit with the strategy. In this paper an attempt has been
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Measurement issues in the Meyer & Allen model of organizational commitment Steve Jaros Southern University Paper to be presented at the 2007 Academy of Management Meetings. The Meyer/Allen three-component model of commitment arguably dominates organizational commitment research. Given its widespread use‚ the measures used to tap the affective‚ continuance‚ and normative commitment constructs merit close scrutiny. This paper will outline some of the key measurement
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