directors. The issue has taken on a high public profile as a result of reports in the popular press‚ shareholder proposals from advocacy groups‚ and policy statements from major institutional investors. This is simply stated as Board of diversity which means different things to different people. Among the types of diversity commonly described are: gender‚ national origin‚ race‚ sexual orientation and viewpoint. In my report I have selected three companies and have focused on “The Impact of board of
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dabznal心gement 1991 Vol. 17 No. 1 99-120 ‚ ‚ ‚ Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage JayBarney 海’xas A&M University Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage has become a major area of research in strategic management‚ Building on the assumptions that strategic resources are heterogeneously distributed across firms and that these d，胡erences are stable over time‚ this article examines the link betweenfirm resources and sustained conψeti tive advantag，ι
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EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION THE FIRM SIZE EFFECT * K. C. CHAN Ohio State Universiry‚ Columbw‚ OH 43210‚ USA OF Nai-fu CHEN and David A. HSIEH University of Chicago‚ Chicago‚ IL 60637‚ USA Received August 1983‚ final version received April 1985 We investigate the firm size effect for the period 1958 to 1977 in the framework of a multi-factor pricing model‚ The risk-adjusted difference in returns between the top five percent and the bottom five percent of the NYSE firms is about one to two percent
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CONFERENCE OF “INTERNATIONALISATION AND e-COMMERCE” Organised by Chamber of Commerce Very good morning to Mr Chairman‚ special guest‚ speaker‚ businessman or businesswoman and to all lucky person who site here today. First at all‚ I would like to thanks to our organiser‚ Chamber of Commerce that invite me to give a talk in this main session. In my remarks today‚ I will briefly review on the “Internationalisation and e-Commerce”. Before that‚ for your information‚ I’m Information System Manager
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Ebenezer Scrooge Firm of Scrooge and Marley 1234 Marleybone lane London‚ England Dear Mr. Scrooge: I have read your ad in the paper and I am interested in a position as an accountant for your counting house. My associates tell me you are a remarkable businessman in need of an accountant and coincidentally I am looking for a job as an accountant. My skills as an accountant were widely praised when I was apprenticed to your former co-worker Dick Wilkins. I am not in great need of money due to
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ENABLING E-COMMERCE IN INDIA Amarjit Singh Department of Computer Science‚ HP University Shimla‚ India aj_singh_6@yahoo.co.uk M.P.Thapliyal Department of Computer Science‚HNB Garhwal University‚ Srinagar(Garhwal)‚ Uttaranchal‚ India mathuraprasad1@rediffmail.com M.M.S.Rauthan Department of Computer Science‚HNB Garhwal University‚ Srinagar(Garhwal)‚ Uttaranchal‚ India mms_rauthan@yahoo.com D.K.Joshi Department of Computer Science‚ Amravati university‚ Amravati (Maharashtra)‚ India Dine_joshi@rediffmail
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First‚ customers value the freedom in product review‚ purchase and choosing delivery methods‚ time and locations (Thirumalai & Sinha‚ 2005; Royal Mail‚ 2015). This is what differentiates e-Commerce from traditional model of order fulfilment and outbound logistics since it provide flexibility in delivery and receipt options. Customers want to freely review any product that interests them‚ compare with other models‚ make purchase and choose whatever delivery options (method‚ time and pick-up locations)
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Knowledge management in projects - a study of small consulting firms Gustav Pilsmo Luleå University of Technology Bachelor thesis Computer and systems science Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences Division of Information Systems Sciences 2010:261 - ISSN: 1402-1773 - ISRN: LTU-CUPP--10/261--SE Abstract Title: Knowledge management in projects- A study of small consulting firms Author: Gustav Pilsmo Background: Knowledge management and how organizations capture the experiences gained
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technology and the challenges we will be facing when we start selling our product over the inter-net. I’m going to spend the first half of this presentation discussing the risks we face today. You are all familiar with today’s operations and by discussing the risks involved here‚ it’ll give you better perspective on the risks we’ll be facing when we start selling on-line‚ which will be the topic of the second half hour. Slide #2 Speaker’s notes For your quick reference
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and background 2 Reasons for growth of e-commerce in East Africa. 4 Influence of e-commerce on trading practices in East Africa. 5 Types of e-commerce 8 Challenges facing the growth of e-commerce in East Africa. 9 1. Poor infrastructure 9 Computer illiteracy 9 Lack of proper regulation 9 Inadequate capital 10 Inadequate personnel 10 Conclusion 10 References 11 Definition and background E-commerce refers to business conducted through the use of computers‚ telephones‚ fax machines
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