Paradoxes and Dilemmas for Stakeholder Responsive Firms in the Extractive Sector: Lessons from the Case of Shell and the Ogoni ABSTRACT. This paper examines some of the paradoxes and dilemmas facing firms in the extractive sector when they attempt to take on a more stakeholder-responsive orientation towards issues of environmental and social responsibility. We describe the case of Shell and the Ogoni and attempt to draw out some of the lessons of that case for more sustainable operations
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HOW CAN DOMESTIC FIRM GAIN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ON NEW INTERNATIONAL MARKET? MD3442 INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT MICHAL GIERDA G20443172 Marketing can be explained as a process of gaining the competitive advantage and sustaining it. Many firms across the world which get to that point on their domestic markets decides to start their businesses on the international markets. This process is well known as internationalization and with proper strategy and market entry mode can lead
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The Relationship between Knowledge Management Initiatives and Human Resource Capability: Towards a Competitive Firm Performance Norhaiza Binti Ishak Faculty of Business and Law‚ Melaka Campus‚ Multimedia University‚ Ayer Keroh Lama‚ 75450 Melaka Email: norhaiza.ishak@mmu.edu.my Uchenna C. Eze Faculty of Business and Law‚ Melaka Campus‚ Multimedia University‚ Ayer Keroh Lama‚ 75450 Melaka Email: uchenna.eze@mmu.edu.my Abstract Knowledge is increasingly becoming a catalyst for change
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How can a service firm build a strong service culture that emphasizes service excellence and productivity? Service management has to take a personal interest in improving the service culture by showing the employees how to provide excellence service and be very productive through this example or display employees can copy this vision and provide excellence service and productivity. Once the management has committed itself to building this strong service culture‚ the next most important thing is
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Finance‚ Firm Size‚ and Growth Thorsten Beck‚ Asli Demirguc-Kunt‚ Luc Laeven and Ross Levine* June 7‚ 2006 Abstract: This paper provides empirical evidence that financial development boosts the growth of small firms more than large firms and hence provides information on conflicting theoretical predictions about the distributional effects of financial development. Using cross-industry‚ cross-country data‚ the results are consistent with the view that financial development exerts a disproportionately
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For a business to function it needs to have a competitive advantage‚ that is it needs to be more attractive than its competitors in some way to sway consumers. Porter (1985 pp2) succinctly suggests that "If your product is not cheaper than anyone else’s or doesn’t serve me better or more conveniently than anyone else’s‚ why on earth should I use them?" A business entity needs to develop strategies to enable them to keen this competitive edge down to its sharpest point. This can be summarised
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MBC 703 –CORPORATE FINANCE & ACCOUNTS ASSIGNMENT: The Primary goal of a firm has been held out to be shareholder wealth maximization which translates to maximizing stock prices. In light of this statement‚ do you think firms have any responsibility to society? BY Akanji Emmanuel olusegun BSU/MS/MBA/08/3104 FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY MAKURDI. AUGUST‚2010 1.0 Introduction:
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Nathan Jurczyk of SBGA‚ A merchant services firm introduces business management solutions for small business. (1888 PressRelease) Nathan Jurczyk‚ merchant services company SBGA integrates new business management systems to help streamline payroll for small businesses. Nathan Jurczyk of Small Business Growth Alliance makes payroll easy! The Small Business Growth Alliance (SBGA) has helped hundreds of businesses nationwide cut their payroll costs on average by $1‚900 a year over other third party
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If a firm uses a minority share ownership plan‚ external shareholders own it with a minority of employee owners‚ usually no more than 5% of the firm. Management or the board of directors exercises control of the firm and there is limited employee participation. While a significant number of employees may own shares in the firms they work for‚ almost all of this stock is in firms that are only minority employee-owned. In this essay I intend to explore the causes and consequences of firms choosing
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Journal Article Critique to the article “From common to uncommon Knowledge: Foundations of Firm-specific use of Knowledge as a Resource” Authors: Rajiv Nag and Dennis A. Gioia Published: Academy of Management Journal‚ 2012‚ Vol. 55‚ No. 2‚ 421–457 Course: Business Research Methods‚ Dr. Johannes Rank‚ Winter Term 2012/13 Submitted: January 28th 2013 Technische Universität Berlin Research question: “How can managers create uncommon knowledge when rivals have access to similar‚ commonly
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