Firm Reputation and Horizontal Integration∗ Hongbin Cai† Ichiro Obara‡ March 14‚ 2008. Abstract We study effects of horizontal integration on firm reputation. In an environment where customers observe only imperfect signals about firms’ effort/quality choices‚ firms cannot maintain good reputation and earn quality premium forever. Even when firms choose high quality‚ there is always a possibility that a bad signal is observed. Thus‚ firms must give up their quality premium‚ at least temporarily
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Discuss the ways in which distinctive ecologies can develop along routeways (10 marks) Routeways such as roads‚ railways and canals can provide habitats for many species of plant and insect life because they often act as protected areas in which ecological succession can occur. There are several ways in which this can happen. One way in which ecologies can develop along routeways is that plant seeds‚ e.g. Oxford ragwort or buddleia‚ that have become windborne can be transported along by cars or trains
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BOUTIQUE CONSULTING FIRMS Management and Business Strategy Consulting CRA International CRA International is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic‚ financial‚ and business management expertise to major law firms‚ industries‚ accounting firms‚ and governments around the world. www.crai.com ECG Consulting Group Inc ECG provides its U.S. and international clients with business strategy and development‚ strategic market planning and technology commercialization services. www.ecgconsulting
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adequate service The level of service quality a customer is willing to accept. aftermarketing Marketing technique that emphasizes marketing after the initial sale has been made. after-sales surveys A type of satisfaction survey that addresses customer satisfaction while the service encounter is still fresh in the customer’s mind. ambient conditions The distinctive atmosphere of the service setting that
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Sally villos has always been reliant on men for e.g. on page 11 “one of the beautiful young men stood up and took her drink away. C’mon Sally it’s time to go’. The quote emphasizes how she is relying on someone especially male to stop her from drinking her tequila‚ highlighting how disempowered as a women she is. On page 102‚ day quotes “what sort of car do u drive‚ Sally? Daddy left me the Porsche” the example shows how again she is reliant on men‚ her father and how childish she is using the term
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being underpowered but that’s a plus as far as I’m concerned. Wagon or not? That depends on how you plan to use the car. You could also say that gas mileage isn’t the best for a four-cylinder car. That’s minor too. Source(s): Volvo owner and maintainer since 1968. Fourteen Volvos in forty-one years‚ still have four. * 3 years ago * Report Abuse 20% 1 Vote * 2 people rated this as good hobbabob pros: 1 comfortable on long trips‚ piratical for short ones 2 reasonable gas mileage
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Case Study: Nature of CPA Firm For this case study I looked at a broad range of CPA firms’ websites from the large national firms such as Deloitte‚ PWC and Ernst & Young to the smaller local firms including KDV‚ Copeland Buhl & Co and Schechter‚ Dokken & Kanter. While examining these websites‚ the first thing that became apparent to me is that the content and functionality from website to website is very similar. All of the websites I looked at include an ‘About Us’ page explaining who
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Internationalization and Firm Risk: An Upstream-Downstream Hypothesis Author(s): Chuck C. Y. Kwok and David M. Reeb Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 4 (4th Qtr.‚ 2000)‚ pp. 611-629 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/155664 . Accessed: 20/01/2013 05:04 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Part (a) This accounting firm is named as Chapman and French‚ and its office is located on Suite B3‚ 2 Central Avenue‚ THORNLEIGH NSW 2120. There is an online website for researchers or clients‚ and the address is http://www.chapmanandfrench.com.au/. They are chartered accountants with 7 members‚ and they are people of 2 directors‚ a consultant‚ a financial planner‚ an accountant‚ an administration supporter‚ and a receptionist. There were several explorations for the career or employment opportunities
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DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION Anil M. Pandya and Narendar V. Rao Abstract Diversification is a strategic option that many managers use to improve their firms’ performance. This interdisciplinary research attempts to verify whether firm level diversification has any impact on performance. The study finds that on average‚ diversified firms show better performance compared to undiversified firms on both risk and return dimensions. It also tests the robustness of these
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