For example‚ Rosen (1981)‚ Murphy and Zabojnik (2004)‚ and Gabaix and Landier (2008) all model CEOs with different qualities. Empirical studies confirm that managerial heterogeneity is important for corporate actions and performance. For example‚ Bertrand and Schoar (2003)‚ Adams‚ Almeida‚ and Ferreira (2005)‚ and Bennedsen‚ Pérez-González‚ and Wolfenzon (2008) find evidence that specific abilities matter. Ability is an individual’s current capacity to perform various tasks in a job. Intellectual
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An article analysis “The Eternal Coffee Break” The headline of the article is “The Eternal Coffee Break”. The topic of the given article is about the idea that the office of the future may become more like home due to computers and electronic communications. The first paragraph deals with the advice from Frank Becker‚ a professor at Cornell University who studies the pattern of office work. His advice is connected with the idea that companies need to devote more office space to creating places
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precise and distinctive. These three articles focus on the application of cognitive‚ social and psychosocial theories and their implications within an effective classroom. Each individual psychologist puts into practice learning practices that can be executed within a classroom to increase student’s success and achievement. Piaget’s article stresses the educational practices of peer learning‚ and depicts possible outcomes from this strategy. Vygotskys article highlights the importance of developing
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NUS rolls out “grade-free” system for its freshmen By Ong Hwee Hwee‚ The Straits Times‚ 23 January 2014 In this article‚ the author addresses the issue of having a grading system in the National University of Singapore (NUS) where alphabetical grades will not be given anymore; instead‚ the only “grades” given will be a distinction‚ pass‚ or fail. A similar approach has been taken by the Singapore University of Technology and Design‚ and in certain modules in Nanyang Technological University and
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Business Ethics Article Review XMGT 216 University of Phoenix Abstract This paper is written to provide a summary and overview of two articles that have been selected from two different countries‚ Brazil‚ South America; and Germany‚ Europe. The primary ethical perspectives of the countries will be discussed as they were in the article‚ along with how the article contributes to understanding global ethical perspectives. It will conclude with how each countries business ethics differ from
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com/locate/lrp From Strategy to Business Models and onto Tactics Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart Strategy scholars have used the notion of the Business Model to refer to the ‘logic of the firm’ e how it operates and creates value for its stakeholders. On the surface‚ this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual framework to separate and relate the concepts of strategy and business model: a business model‚ we argue‚ is a reflection of the
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Report Introduction The productivity of a company is strongly related to its people and its strategies. The Employees bring along a wide range of qualifications‚ abilities and knowledge‚ which might as well be useless to the company needs. Some of them identify with the company and are motivated in helping reaching goals‚ while others see the company as a vehicle meant to satisfy their own targets. This paper touches upon the importance of retention of the employees and human capital investment
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whole attempt to formalize the definition of business models when he wrote that " "Business Model" is one of those terms of art that were central to the Internet boom: it glorifies all manner of half baked plans. All it really meant was how you planned to make money." In an abstract of his paper "A Mesoscopic Approach to Business Models: Nano Research on Management" published in "Economic Issues in China" Dr. Junyi Weng stated that "Business Model‚ a well known important and extensively used term
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The Business Model * Based on your reading of Chapter 4 from the Hess book‚ "An Elevator-Pitch Business Model‚" and the "Why Business Models Matter" article‚ complete the following: a. Write a concise two-sentence "elevator pitch" customer value proposition for your real-world business. (You can use the examples in the Hess book as a guide.) We will offer services to assist customers acquire any type of property to be used in any kind of way that is responsible
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funny to admit at this stage of my pre-registration year‚ but I do not fully understand the role of a pharmacist. Those of you who read my blogs may be thinking – “why?” Surely after four years at university and four months of pre-registration training I should understand the role of the pharmacist. But the truth is I don’t‚ and here’s why. Throughout my pharmacy degree I gathered experience in four sectors that pharmacists can work in which included; academia‚ hospital‚ community and the industrial
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