Literature Review on Strategic Management with Emphasis on Porter’s Theories as Applied in Current Decision Making Abstract This review provides an overview of a few of the key topics that have defined the strategic management field since the later twentieth century. Strategic planning‚ strategic planning frameworks and strategy implementation issues are discussed both from a historical and modern perspective. Michael Porter’s frameworks and generic strategy provide an excellent backdrop
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2. Literature Review 2.1 Cost Estimation of Light Rail 2.1.1 Whole Life-cycle cost estimation of Light Rail As light rail is playing an increasingly important role in public transportation‚ more concern is put on light rail and the costs of the flexible and expandable transport. Most of our light rail transit decision-making considers the project forepart construction investment only. But in terms of the annual operation cost‚ scrap value and so on after project completion‚ there is less or even
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Literature Review LIME Grenada Ltd is a well established company that has been in operation since 1989 on the island of Grenada. Currently‚ LIME Grenada serves a customer base of over 109‚000 residents‚ excluding the large number of visitors to its shores. This company has a significant role to play in bringing the telecommunication services to the nationals of Grenada. They are referred to as the market leader in fixed-line services and broadband services in the state of Grenada. As a result‚ this
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Financial Issues Vol. 2‚ No. 2‚ 2012‚ pp.141-178 ISSN: 2146-4138 www.econjournals.com Theoretical and Empirical Review of Asset Pricing Models: A Structural Synthesis Şaban Çelik Deparment of International Trade and Finance‚ Yasar University‚ Izmir‚ Turkey. Tel: +90-232-4115343; Fax: +90-232-4115020. E-mail: saban.celik@yasar.edu.tr ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to give a comprehensive theoretical review devoted to asset pricing models by emphasizing static and dynamic versions in the line
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE According to antiessays.com‚ Gender discrimination basically means how certain people are treated differently in their place of employment. If you have been rejected for employment‚ fired‚ or treated unfairly in employment because of your sex‚ then you have suffered from gender discrimination. Throughout most of history‚ women have been an underdog in many areas of the society regardless of the amount of education or experience they’ve had
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Literature Review From the the Encarta encyclopaedia 2010 Water pollution is any chemical‚ physical or biological change in the quality of water that has a harmful effect on any living thing that drinks or uses or lives in it. Dr. Shachin Cartlon (2009) states Water pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. The sources of water pollution are categorized as being a point source or a non-source point of pollution
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON ABSENTEEISM DYNAMICS INTRODUCTION Literature reviews are acknowledged as valuable contributions to advancement of research. When done well‚ they help researchers sum up where have been and where they need to go next. They identify gaps in knowledge and suggest new directions for future research. That such endeavors are considered useful is reflected in the number published each year. Reviews of research literature are carried out for several reasons. One reason is to assess
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Literature review of strategy implementation and strategy process frameworks Introduction Great strategies are worth nothing if they cannot be implemented (Okumus and Roper 1999). It can be extended to say that better to implement effectively a second grade strategy than to ruin a first class strategy by ineffective implementation. Less than 50% of formulated strategies get implemented (Mintzberg 1994; Miller 2002; Hambrick and Canella 1989). Every failure of implementation is a failure of formulation
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Background and Literature Overview The regulatory landscape of the air transport industry throughout the world has been changing dramatically since the 1980s to meet the growing density of air traffic as a result of the increasing integration of economies. Reforms were made through deregulation and liberalization‚ all aimed at reducing the restrictions on competition in order to increase the efficiency of the industry. This study examined the regulatory and policy
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction The concept of employee performance In textile industry‚ quality is closely related to employee performance .An essential feature of any successful factory is motivated employee. Therefore the performance of an employee towards his or her place of work and the extent to which an employer‚ owner or manager is able to motivate employees may have a direct effect on the quality of those products. One most important challenge facing managers is the creation
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