the Industrial Organization (I/O) model is based on the assumption that firms competing in the same industries are homogenous and emphasizes the external environment as the basis for organizational decision making. The second model‚ called the Resource Based View contrasts the I/O model by assuming that individual firms are unique and composed of distinct bundle of resources. According to the resource based perspective‚ firms attempt to develop and exploit distinctive competencies based on the physical
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way for a firm to increase its competitiveness? Growing through integration is concerned with mergers and takeovers of businesses. There are a number of different ways of integrating: Horizontal (same industry‚ same stage of production)‚ backward vertical (same industry towards a supplier)‚ forward vertical (same industry towards the customer) and Conglomerate (different industries). Growing through integration can have a positive effect on the competitiveness of a business in that firms are able
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The Cause and Effect of Oil Price Hike to the Price of Commodities that Affect the Firms and Consumers Introduction Oil is very important as it one of major sources of energy. With oil there is fuel that is made to run or vehicles‚ buses‚ airplanes‚ to run machineries and plants and to heat hour homes. We have this unlimited need for oil but like any other natural resources‚ it is limited. One day in the future it is possible that we’ll run out of oil. So as ordinary consumers we just accept
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COLLABORATIVE SCHEDULING MODEL FOR SUPPLY-HUB MANAGEMENT Roshan Gaonkar & N.Viswanadham The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific National University of Singapore tlirsg@nus.edu.sg‚ mpenv@nus.edu.sg Supply-hubs‚ supported by information sharing technologies‚ are being used by contract manufacturers in hi-tech industries to streamline their supply-side inventory management‚ in response to shortening product lifecycles and the necessity of configuring goods to order. In this paper‚ we develop
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Colloquium Bridging the Gap between Theory‚ Research and Practice : IFRS Convergence and Application Faculty of Economics Universitas Indonesia Bali-Indonesia‚ 27 - 28 Oktober 2010 TAX01 INFLUENCE OF BOOK TAX GAP TOWARDS EARNINGS PERSISTENCE AND FIRM VALUE FOR THE PERIOD OF 1999 – 2007 Dwi Martani Universitas Indonesia (martani@ui.ac.id) Debby Fitriasari Universitas Indonesia (dfsari@yahoo.com) Yulianti Universitas Indonesia (yuli.a@ui.ac.id) Field of Research : Taxation Organized
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Evaluate the view that the separation of ownership from control in large firms inevitably leads to diseconomies of scale. The separation of ownership from control can be defined as the situation in which the shareholders of a firm do not manage or control it. The shareholders of large publicly owned have no controlling interest and hence the managers and directors run the organisation. Diseconomies of scale can be described as the increase in the long term average cost of production as the scale
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THE ROLE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT ON PERFORMANCEMANAGEMENT OF EXPORTING FIRMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE STUDY OF UGANDA’S EXPORTING FIRMS. BY TWESIGE DANIEL ABSTRACT This study examined the role of foreign exchange risk management (FERM) on performance management of exporting firms in developing countries taking Uganda as the case study. The conceptual framework relating to FERM attributes (currency risk assessment and currency risk management strategies) and the indicators
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internationalize because of many factors that include profit motives‚ costs minimization‚ diversification of the markets‚ search for new opportunities‚ saturated domestic market etc. the internationalization process of a firm involves many processes that are interlinked and the firm that wants to internationalize should always take these factors into considerations. The factors include the knowledge on the market‚ the availability of resources‚ the strategies to be used and the market environment.
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Vol. 53‚ No. 5‚ 1050–1073. CEO PERSONALITY‚ STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY‚ AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF THE INDIAN BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING INDUSTRY SUCHETA NADKARNI Drexel University POL HERRMANN Iowa State University We examine the relationships between CEO personality‚ strategic flexibility (ability to adapt quickly to environmental changes)‚ and firm performance‚ using a sample of 195 small and medium-sized firms from the Indian business process outsourcing industry. We hypothesize that
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses the background to the study‚ statement of the problem‚ the objectives‚ and research question‚ significance of the study‚ scope and limitations. 1.1 Background to the study A negotiation is an interactive communication process that takes place whenever we want something from someone else or another person wants something from us. Most of us negotiate with one another frequently. Once we realize this‚ theoretically‚ we have
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