Downsizing has become an extremely popular strategy in today ’s business environment. Companies began downsizing in the late 1970 ’s to cut costs and improve the bottom line (Mishra et al.‚ 1998). The term "downsizing" was coined to describe the action of dismissing a large portion of a company ’s workforce in a very short period of time. According to online encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org downsizing refers to "layoffs initiated by a company in order to cut labor costs by reducing the size
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054VJ CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP – A FRAMEWORK FOR COMPETITIVENESS Dr. Vinnie Jauhari Associate Dean Institute for International Management & Technology Udyog Vihar Phase IV Gurgaon 122 001 E mail : vinnieverma@hotmail.com Ph. : 98 100 32324 Fax : (0124) 6397784 ________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT Corporate Entrepreneurship has of late evoked interest from practitioners of management and academicians. It refers to entrepreneurship in established firms
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MEMO To : Dr Janie Liew-Tsonis From : NurulJannah Binti Ismail Date : 6 March 2013 Subject: Three reasons for choosing UMS ========================================================= Choosing the right university is crucial. The main reason being‚ the right university provides you with the opportunity to grow and gain knowledge. First main reason‚ I choose to enter Universiti Malaysia Sabah is because I want to gain more opportunity and experience here. As we know Sabah situated on the
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Ontario K1N 6N5‚ and 1 HEC Montreal‚ 3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road‚ Montreal‚ Quebec H3T 2A7‚ Canada Email: benamar@telfer.uottawa.ca‚ claude.francoeur@hec.ca‚ taieb.2.hafsi@hec.ca‚ real.labelle@hec.ca This study investigates the joint effect of corporate ownership and board of directors’ diversity configurations on the success of strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions. Board diversity is defined as the extent to which its demographic diversity as measured by the culture‚ nationality‚ gender
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Literature Review Corporate Identity What is corporate identity? The task of defining corporate identity is challenging. Different views and definitions were introduced to the concept. The first time the “corporate identity” term was used was in 1957 by Lippincott and Margulies (Cornelissen & Elving‚ 2003). It was constrained by the visual representation of the organization by which means it identify itself. The understanding of the concept has expanded later to include all the characteristics
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Q3. What role should six sigma play in corporate strategy? Six sigma is a methodology and describes the process of; Define – Measure – Analyse – Improve- Control This process means that Six sigma has to be kept in mind from the identification of needs and objectives all the way through to when the objectives are met and need to be sustained. When Six sigma is implemented within 3M‚ different objectives will be set with six sigma and the reduction of waste in mind. These objectives are usually
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Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies Deanna Williams Dr. Antony Jacob Contemporary Business July 21‚ 2014 Social and ethical responsibility is how a company will use all its resources in a way that will benefit people and society not only physically but also socially. Social responsibility is defined as “The idea that businesses should not function amorally‚ but instead should contribute to the welfare of their communities”. Social responsibility covers not only shareholders but
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Corporate Culture (a) What do you think is the dominant corporate culture in your organization? Describe some of the features of this culture‚ what shaped them‚ and comment on their effects (both positive and negative) on organizational performance and staff behaviour and motivation. (b) Could some of the negative cultural features be changed or minimized? If yes‚ describe how you would go about changing them using any change model you like and what resources/support are needed. Suggest the
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"Corporate Fraud" when you hear those words the first‚ most recent incident‚ many think of is The Enron Scandal. This same scandal produced the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002. This much needed act created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board under the Security Exchange Commission ’s supervision. This board sets accounting standards and investigates Certified Public Accountants and companies to ensure they are following the guidelines set forth. This
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htm EJM 40‚7/8 Seven dimensions of corporate identity A categorisation from the practitioners’ perspectives T.C. Melewar Brunel Business School‚ Brunel University‚ London‚ UK‚ and 846 Received August 2003 Revised September 2004 and April 2005 Accepted May 2005 Elif Karaosmanoglu Istanbul Technical University‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey Abstract Purpose – This paper investigates what organisations perceive as the essential components of corporate identity concept and their contents. It proposes
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