the Use of Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances Kimberly C. Gleason Bentley College Ike Mathur∗ Southern Illinois University Roy A. Wiggins‚ III Bentley College Abstract While an extensive body of literature has examined merger‚ acquisition‚ and consolidation activity in commercial banks and other financial services firms‚ little attention has been paid to examining how these institutions use the cooperative activities of joint ventures and strategic alliances to accomplish their
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Strategic Choice Theory Article Review and Essay Zhaoling Zhu AD655 International Business‚ Economics and Cultures Instructor: Dr. Jung Wan Lee 02/29/2012 Introduction Strategies are specific rules or actions for choosing actions in a contradictory situation; for some strategies are the long-term or high-level planning. The essential of a firm or a government’s strategy is to make the right choice. They cannot afford to try all the strategies with their limited
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DBA 822 Seminars in Strategy and International Business Strategic Planning Theories A Literature Review By; Benjamin J. Shuford III 8/24/10 Introduction: Strategic planning is a broad concept that has been introduced into the main stream practices of today’s corporations. Strategic planning can be defined as an organization’s process of defining goals‚ direction‚ and decision making processes that effect the allocation of resources that include capital and people. The term “strategy” is derived
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Course paper: Strategic Management Theories Introduction The course in Strategic Management Theories provided a brief overview of the major theoretical approaches from the strategic management field that can inform my current research. We went through fundamentals like the industrial organisation and Porter; TCE; the resource and knowledge-based views; the dynamic capabilities perspective; evolutionary‚ organisational learning and network theories. Changing the lenses of exploration of strategy
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emergence of strategic bombing theory and its application began to take shape. Principal among its architects were primarily military officers who had served during World War One in aviation units. The theory of strategic bombing was formed out of necessity to regain the offensive advantage during war. World War One became a global stalemate‚ the weapons of the era largely enforced military operations of a defensive posture rather than an offensive posture. As the theory of strategic bombing
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Learning Theory Based on Behaviorism Jin Xue-jun Zhangjiang Normal University Much of the research by behaviorists was done on animals rather than human learners and then extended to humans. The core idea of it is that learning occurs through stimulation and response. Does this animal-behavior based behaviorism conform to children’s generalizations of English language? Experts say‚ yes‚ by showing examples of learning
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Knowledge Based Theory of the Firm by R.M. Grant Assumptions * Firms apply knowledge to the production of good and services * Knowledge is the most strategically important of a firm ’s resources * Knowledge is created and held by individuals‚ not organizations * Firms exist because markets are incapable of coordinating the knowledge of individual specialists. This is the role of the management within a firm. Coordination of Specialized Knowledge While organizational theory has spent
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Significant Theory-Based Advances/Gaps: Though only one of the literatures directly related to the case of Audrie Pott (Alexa Dodge’s article)‚ the others all provide background for the issue of sexual violence against women. Dodge applies Butler’s ideas of the “digitalization of evil”‚ using its application for modern day sexual assault cases. She claims: It is likely that the photographs of acts of sexual violence committed against Parsons‚ Doe and Pott were also interspersed with these kinds of
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flexibility‚ service and location. 5. What is the Balanced Scorecard and how is it useful? Balanced Scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization‚ improve internal and external communications‚ and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. 6. Contrast the terms strategies and tactics. Strategies are plans for achieving organizational goals while
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My Research-Based Theory Of Teaching My Research-Based Theory of Teaching Abstract This paper is expressing my own theory of teaching based off the research that I have done and from my educational psychology class. This paper will be describing my own opinion on what are the major topics of education psychology. The areas of information that this paper will be covering are in the areas of child development‚ learning theory‚ motivation‚ teaching strategies and keeping control
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