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Formas De Hacer Màs Intensivas Las Ventas, Sandra B. Ludeña Jimenez Sabel May 2014

Formas De Hacer Màs Intensivas Las Ventas, Sandra B. Ludeña Jimenez Sabel

Sandra B. Ludeña Jimenez SABEL

Hoy en día la economía mundial se mueve en base a las ventas, por ello los métodos y técnicas para manejarlas han evolucionado y revolucionado el mundo de los negocios, un enfoque intensivo en el proceso de ventas puede significar la diferencia entre ganar y perder, por ello, a continuación comparto algunas formas que se practican en esta interesante profesión:


The Relevance Between Total Quality Management Principles And Staff Satisfaction–Case Study Iran Khodro-Co, Bahram Mahmoudi Mazraeh Shadi, Nematolah Asayesh Mar 2014

The Relevance Between Total Quality Management Principles And Staff Satisfaction–Case Study Iran Khodro-Co, Bahram Mahmoudi Mazraeh Shadi, Nematolah Asayesh

bahram mahmoudi mazraeh shadi

Abstract Total quality management (TQM) plays an important role on firms and organizations performance and productivity. Also, the top management commitment to total quality management provides the context of the successful implementation of quality management. This study examines the relationship between top management commitment, total quality management principles with emphasis on human resources, staff satisfaction and loyalty in Iranian Automotive Industries. This research is a causal and functional in purpose, research method is of field study and research tool is a questionnaire. The questionnaire contains 31 questions, based on a fivepoint Likert rating system. After validity determination, 25 questionnaires were …


Modele Biznesowe A Kapitał Intelektualny Przedsiębiorstwa, Anna Ujwary-Gil Jan 2014

Modele Biznesowe A Kapitał Intelektualny Przedsiębiorstwa, Anna Ujwary-Gil

Anna Ujwary-Gil

Streszczenie:Rozwój koncepcji modelu biznesowego oraz kapitału intelektualnego przedsiębiorstwa datuje się na lata 90. ubiegłego stulecia. Zaskakujący pozostaje fakt, że w ostatnich dwóch dekadach pojawiło się niewiele publikacji omawiających wpływ kapitału intelektualnego na tworzenie, funkcjonowanie czy innowacyjność modeli biznesowych, a koncepcja modelu biznesowego nie znajduje szerszego odzwierciedlenia w literaturze z zakresu zarządzania i pomiaru kapitału intelektualnego przedsiębiorstwa. Tymczasem w ramach tych dwóch koncepcji istnieje wiele obszarów analiz, które się pokrywają, a do których bez wątpienia należą: tworzenie wartości, wartość dodana, przewaga konkurencyjna, umiejętności, kompetencje, czy zasoby niematerialne. Celem artykułu jest wskazanie wspólnych elementów tych koncepcji, zarysowanie kierunków dalszych badań, szczególnie jeśli …


Analyzing Business Model Components Using The Sensitivity Model, Anna Ujwary-Gil, Marina Candi Jan 2014

Analyzing Business Model Components Using The Sensitivity Model, Anna Ujwary-Gil, Marina Candi

Anna Ujwary-Gil

The article deals with the business model and its components as well as the analysis of the relationships between these components using the sensitivity model. For this purpose we define the concept of a business model, paying special attention to its classification and components. Then we discuss the sensitivity model as a practical tool enabling us to define the problem and its elements, to analyze its impact and to explain the possibilities of influence. This research focuses on assessing the relative influence of business model components on each other, thus filling a gap in the literature having to do with …


Business And Non-Profit Organizations Facing Increased Competition And Growing Customers’ Demands Vol. 13, Anna Ujwary-Gil Jan 2014

Business And Non-Profit Organizations Facing Increased Competition And Growing Customers’ Demands Vol. 13, Anna Ujwary-Gil

Anna Ujwary-Gil

We are happy to present the next volume of this regularly published scientific monograph. The 13th volume brings an analysis of current phenomena and processes taking place in business and non-profit organizations. It points at new conditions in which organizations are established and then function. It also provides an attempt at explaining what determines the way organizations function in a dynamic market. The book also analyzes strategies applied by the surveyed organizations in order to achieve and maintain competitive advantage in the world of increased competition and growing customers’ demands. The book is divided into the following thematic sections which …


Conflict Management, Value Making And Value Taking In Small Firm Manufacturing Networks, Martin Mathews Jan 2014

Conflict Management, Value Making And Value Taking In Small Firm Manufacturing Networks, Martin Mathews

Martin Mathews

The purpose of this paper is to examine conflict management in exchanges in small firm networks which are embedded in the dense socio-economic exchanges that typify industrial districts. Informal conflict management strategies used by managers in vertical and horizontal, symmetrical and asymmetrical relationships are identified and analysed. The methodology chosen is that of in-depth semi-structured interviews with 22 small company owner/managers in an industrial district in the south-east of France. Interviews were conducted with a highly homogenous group of company managers of firms smaller than 50 employees. Results point to managers adopting accommodating behaviours in conflicts with larger clients and …


Migrant Entrepreneurship, Economic Activity And Export Performance: Mapping The Danish Trends, Nikita Baklanov, Shahamak Rezaei, Jan Vang, Leo Paul Dana Jan 2014

Migrant Entrepreneurship, Economic Activity And Export Performance: Mapping The Danish Trends, Nikita Baklanov, Shahamak Rezaei, Jan Vang, Leo Paul Dana

Leo- Paul Dana

Recent studies on transnational entrepreneurship suggest that migrant entrepreneur plays an increasingly significant role as sources of economic activities and especially export revenue. The literature is, however, biased on the US experience, lacks a comparative perspective between migrants and non-migrants and is primarily anecdotal in nature. This paper aims to reduce this gap by mapping the recent changes in the role of migrant entrepreneurs as a source of increased economic activity and export revenue in the Danish context and thereby linking the challenges stemming from the transnational entrepreneurship literature to the immigration and internationalisation of entrepreneurship literature. Entrepreneurial economic activity …


Mining And Communities In The Arctic: Lessons From Baker Lake, Canada, Leo Paul Dana, Robert Brent Anderson Jan 2014

Mining And Communities In The Arctic: Lessons From Baker Lake, Canada, Leo Paul Dana, Robert Brent Anderson

Leo- Paul Dana

In this paper, we explore mining in Arctic Canada from the perspective of the people on the communities there, in particular the Inuit, the pre-colonial people of the area. To do so, we first provide a brief overview of the history of mining in Canada including recent incursions into Nunavut. Then, we examine the place of aboriginal people including the Inuit in the modern global economy. We focus on their desire to participate in this economy on their own terms, meaning the respect of traditional land rights, and the respect and incorporation of traditional environmental knowledge, culture, values and practices …


Types Of Governance, Financial Policy And The Financial Performance Of Micro-Family-Owned Businesses In Canada, Amarjit Gill, Alan B. Flaschner, Susan Mann, Leo Paul Dana Jan 2014

Types Of Governance, Financial Policy And The Financial Performance Of Micro-Family-Owned Businesses In Canada, Amarjit Gill, Alan B. Flaschner, Susan Mann, Leo Paul Dana

Leo- Paul Dana

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of type of governance on financial policy and financial performance of micro-family-owned businesses in Canada. This study utilised survey research (a non-experimental field study design). Micro-family-business owners from Western Canada were asked about their beliefs, perceptions and feelings regarding type of governance, financial policy and financial performance. The findings of this study indicate that type of governance positively impacts financial policy. The results also show that both type of governance and financial policy positively impact the financial performance of the micro-family-owned businesses in Canada. This study contributes to the literature …