Many "new" products enter the marketplace each year. Most of these products are not genuinely new or innovative. One estimate places the number of truly new products at less than ten percent. The other ninety percent are modified or repositioned products. A survey of new consumer products found that about ninety percent were introduced as line extensions. About five percent were introduced as brand extensions and only fewer than five percent were introduced with a new brand name. Despite the popular
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Vol. 54‚ No. 11‚ November 2008‚ pp. 1891–1903 issn 0025-1909 eissn 1526-5501 08 5411 1891 MANAGEMENT SCIENCE informs ® doi 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0927 © 2008 INFORMS Ethical Spillovers in Firms: Evidence from Vehicle Emissions Testing Olin Business School‚ Washington University in St. Louis‚ St. Louis‚ Missouri 63130‚ pierce@olin.wustl.edu Anderson School of Management‚ University of California‚ Los Angeles‚ California 90095‚ jason.snyder@anderson.ucla.edu Lamar Pierce Jason Snyder
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Rupavilas Patel Kaplan University Unit 1 Assignment Chapter 1 5 What role does professional research play within an accounting firm or department? Who primarily conducts the research? Professional research‚ if carried out properly‚ gives an accounting professional the tools need to investigate and assess an issue or problem that a client‚ business‚ or government may have. Being able to do this on a regular basis is a very important aspect of being a public accountant. Especially in today’s society
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Why are firefighting services usually provided by the government and not by private firms? First of all‚ the fire services is a kind of public goods‚ public goods means the goods that no matter whether the individuals are willing to buy‚ each member of the whole society can benefit from. It is produced by the public sector or it is a product‚ provided by the government‚ that the private are unwilling or unable to manufacture‚ including international security‚ police‚ fire services‚ roads
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Supply Chain Orientation in Indian Pharmaceutical Firms TOPIC AREA: OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Authors: Dr. J Shanmugan‚ Dr. Sajal Kabiraj Email: jshanmugan@skylineuniversity.com‚ skabiraj@skylineuniversity.com Address: Faculty Block 2‚ Skyline University College‚ P.O Box 1797‚ University City of Sharjah‚ Sharjah‚ UAE Tel: 06 5441155 Ext 234‚ 219 A Case Study Approach for Understanding Supply Chain Orientation in Indian Pharmaceutical Firms ABSTRACT Supply Chain Orientation
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H200704 H200704 The relationship between knowledge management‚ innovation and firm performance: evidence from Dutch SMEs Lorraine Uhlaner André van Stel Joris Meijaard Mickey Folkeringa Zoetermeer‚ January‚ 2007 1 This report is published under the SCALES-initiative (SCientific AnaLysis of Entrepreneurship and SMEs)‚ as part of the ’SMEs and Entrepreneurship programme’ financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs. Most recent EIM reports and much more on SMEs and Entrepreneurship
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1. Compare and contrast the theories of the firm developed by Alchian & Demsetz and Hart. Property rights is the focus of Alchian and Demsetz’s Theory of the firm‚ it considers the possibility that‚ when output is commonly shared‚ individuals faces the incentive to shirk as it is often difficult to observe individual output‚ and the consequence of shirking is bared by all members of the team. Hence monitoring and supervision is required in team production. Given the cost of monitoring and supervision
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Global and China FPCB (Flexible Printed Circuit Board) Industry Report‚ 2014 In 2013‚ FPCB industry enjoyed a high-speed growth with the market size approximating USD12.03 billion‚ up 16.2% from the level in 2012. The South Korean vendors developed rapidly and were excessively upbeat about the industry’s outlook‚ aggressively expanding capacity starting from the very beginning of 2012. As a result‚ most of new capacity was available in Q2 2013. However‚ the FPCB companies in South Korea without diversified
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paper titled “Financial Management Practices of Small Firms in Nigeria: Emerging Tasks for the Accountant” It is aim to determine whether the financial management practices of small firms in Nigeria have impact on their profitability‚ growth and survival. It was discovered that two financial information variables (accounting system and financial management information) alone dominate the risk perception of fund providers. As a result‚ small firms find it difficult to source adequate funds for business
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How Can The German Car Manufacturer Firm “A” Enter Brazil Market Firm A is a big multinational enterprise in Germany which focuseson vehiclemanufacturer. Now‚ firm A is planning to enlarge its business in the world. Brazil‚ the largest emerging economy in Latin America is their first choice. However‚ similar to other developing countries‚ the business and trade condition in Brazil is different from developed countries. So‚ firm A may face great political and cultural risk when doing business in
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