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Six Sigma, Firm Performance And Returns Predictability In Emerging Real Estate Market, Bora Ozkan
Six Sigma, Firm Performance And Returns Predictability In Emerging Real Estate Market, Bora Ozkan
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation consists of two essays. First essay investigates Fortune 500 companies that implemented Six Sigma. Since the 1980s, industrial organizations have adopted practices such as Six Sigma to maintain and enhance competitiveness. The purpose of this study is to look at the long run stock price and the operating performance of Fortune 500 companies that were identified to have implemented Six Sigma compared to the overall market performance as well as the performance of industry and size matched firms. Even though our sample firms improved several variables after implementing Six Sigma, their operating performances were not quite close to …
Strategic Planning In Construction Professional Service Firms: A Study Of Irish Qs Practices, Roisin Murphy
Strategic Planning In Construction Professional Service Firms: A Study Of Irish Qs Practices, Roisin Murphy
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The role and usefulness of strategic planning has been documented over several decades of strategic management research. Despite the significant body of existing knowledge in the field of strategic planning, there remains limited empirical investigation of the construction sector, specifically professional service firms operating within it. The construction sector is hugely important to the Irish economy, yet until now, no empirical investigation has been undertaken to determine the strategic planning process in construction professional service firms in Ireland. A two-phase mixed methods study was undertaken to ascertain the extent of strategic planning within quantity surveying (QS) practices in Ireland. Characteristics …