Strat. Change 18: 45–58 (2009) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/jsc.838 Strategic Change Change leadership: case study of a global energy company Malcolm Higgs* and Deborah Rowland Southampton University School of Management‚ UK Organizations operating on a global basis have wrestled with the dilemma of achieving a balance between global standardization and local differentiation. Similar dilemmas arise from a review of the literature around
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“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought‚ conscience‚ and religion.” (Article18). In the book thief by Markus Zusak this article was violated many times by Hitler and other characters. Hitler and the torture that he brought to characters such as Max‚ Liesel‚ and Hans violate many articles such as article 18 in the UDHR. These characters were not given the right to freedom of religion. Or given the chance to stand up for what they believe is right. Or even given the privacy they deserve in their
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Customer knowledge management via social media: the case of Starbucks Alton Y.K Chua and Snehasish Banerjee Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the extent to which the use of social media can support customer knowledge management (CKM) in organizations relying on a traditional bricks-and-mortar business model. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a combination of qualitative case study and netnography on Starbucks‚ an international coffee house chain. Data retrieved
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The Wreck of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited H. Richard Eisenbeis‚ Sue Hanks‚ and Bruce Barrett University of Southern Colorado On September 22‚ 1993‚ the Sunset Limited‚ the pride of Amtrak‚ glided swiftly along through the warm‚ fall night. A dense fog hugged the countryside. Because there was nothing to see through the train’s windows‚ many passengers dozed peacefully‚ lulled to sleep by the gentle‚ rhythmic‚ clickety-clack of iron wheels passing over jointed rails. Crewmembers roamed the aisles and
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Analysis of the Denver International Airport baggage system Michael Schloh Dan Stearns‚ advisor Title Abstract Contents Introduction Reasons For Automation Functionality Of Original BAE Design Problems and Solutions System Complexity Comparative Functionality Opening Delays Financial Hardship Summary Glossary References THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTOMATED BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM by Michael Schloh Computer Science Department School of Engineering California Polytechnic
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Journal of strategic change‚ volume 12‚ No. 4‚ pages 209 - 221‚ John Wiley and Sons. Meier‚ E.‚ (1991)‚ Response rate trends in Britain‚ Admap‚ 26 (11)‚ pp. 41 - 44. Miles‚ M.B.‚ (1979)‚ Quantitative data as an attractive nuisance: The problem of analysis. Administrative science quarterly‚ 24‚ pp. 590 - 601. Miles‚ M.M.‚ and Huberman‚ A.M.‚ (1984)‚ Qualitative data analysis: A sourcebook of new methods. Newbury Park‚ CA: Sage. Proctor‚ T.‚ (2000)‚ Strategic Marketing‚ An introduction‚ Routledge‚ Taylor
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Females are larger then the male great white sharks. The great white shark has a cone shape nose‚ black eyes‚ and a torpedo-shape body. The lion of the sea has a powerful tail; called the caudal fin: to swim through the water at the speeds of up to 15 miles (15 kilometers) per hour. The great white shark mouth has 300 serrated; triangular teeth in several row. The great white shark has an exceptional sense of smell to find their prey; their organs can also sense electromagnetic fields created by animals
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socio-demographic elements such as age‚ gender‚ education‚ income‚ size of household and invulnerability of oneself are distinguished as important aspects influencing people’s risk perception (Klontz et al.‚ 1995; Hibbert et al.‚ 2004; Miles et al.‚ 2004). Support by the view of Flynn et al. (1994) that individual risk perception is manipulated by socio-demographic characteristics‚ voting behaviour and level of understanding. Furthermore‚ Dosman et al. (2001) analyze the relationship between food safety and risk
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to the South American tropics. When some of these bees escaped quarantine in 1957‚ they began breeding with local Brazilian honey bees‚ quickly multiplying and extended their range throughout South and Central America at a rate greater than 200 miles per year. In the past decade‚ AHB began invading North America. Africanized bees acquired the name killer bees because they will viciously attack people and animals who unwittingly stray into their territory‚ often resulting in serious injury or
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P roc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 94‚ pp. 4229–4232‚ April 1997 Economic Sciences The capital-asset-pricing model and arbitrage pricing theory: A unification M. A LI K HAN* AND YENENG SUN†‡ *Department of Economics‚ Johns Hopkins University‚ Baltimore‚ MD 21218; †Department of Mathematics‚ National University of Singapore‚ Singapore 119260; and ‡Cowles Foundation‚ Yale University‚ New Haven‚ CT 06520 Communicated by Paul A. Samuelson‚ Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ Cambridge
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