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Analysis On Strategies Of Competition And Cooperation Between Shanghai And Ningbo Port, Yuan Lu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Analysis Feasibility Vertical And Horozontal Integration On Port Company, Angga Iriano Nugroho

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Cash And Internal Controls For Sda Organizations, Annetta M. Gibson

Faculty Publications

Presentation for Treasurers, Euro-Asia Division, Jul17, 2013

Women And Leadership: An Integrative Focus On Equality, Nancy Gordon

Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought

This article explores the importance of equality in leadership practice; describes an inclusive approach to effective leadership; and summarizes examples of contemporary and inclusive leadership models. It identifies the barriers and challenges that women face in advancing into top-level leadership positions and outlines a balanced approach to leadership that embraces equality and honors both feminine and masculine leadership principles.

Exploring The World's Largest Erp Implementation: The Role Of Erp In Strategic Alignment, D. Lance Revenaugh, Ph.D., Tyler S. Cook

Business & Information Technology

As one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, the Department of Defense (DoD) faces many challenges in solving its well-documented financial and related business operations and system problems. The DoD is in the process of implementing modern multifunction enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to replace many of its outdated legacy systems. This paper explores the ERP implementations of the DoD and seeks to determine the impact of the ERP implementations on the alignment of the DoD’s business and IT strategy. A brief overview of the alignment literature and background on ERP are followed by case study …

West Coast Demersal Scalefish Allocation Report., Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee.

Fisheries Management Papers

Integrated Fisheries Management (IFM) is an initiative aimed at addressing the issue of how fish resources in WesternAustralia can be best shared between competing users within the broad context of “Ecologically Sustainable Development”, or ESD, so that they can be managed on a sustainable basis.

The Minister for Fisheries established the Integrated Fisheries Management Allocation Advisory Committee (the Allocation Committee), under Section 42 of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (FRMA), in 2004 to investigate IFM resource allocation issues and make recommendations to him on optimal resource use.

When Institutional Work Backfires: Organizational Control Of Professional Work In The Pharmaceutical Industry, Jagdip Singh, Rama K. Jayanti

Business Faculty Publications

Integrating institutional and role theories, this paper develops a Logics–Roles– Action (LRA) framework for understanding how for-profit organizations structure institutional work to managerially control the work of professionals they employ. Structurally, this institutional work involves three elements: (1) internalizing pluralistic logics (logics); (2) institutionalizing distinct roles embedded in these logics (roles); and (3) scripting goal-oriented role enactment plans (action). An empirical examination of the LRA framework in the pharmaceutical industry evidences four distinct organizational strategies that script role enactments of sales professionals in their interactions with physicians. Each strategy is intended to reaffirm prevailing institutional logics, but eventually backfires by …

The Impacts Of Founding Teams' Characteristics, Types Of Opportunities, And Types Of Strategies On Firm Performance In New Business Ventures, Kyung-Moon Kim

Doctoral Dissertations

In this dissertation, I examine the impact of the characteristics of founding team on firm performance in new business ventures. In addition, this study investigates the moderating effects of the types of opportunities and the types of strategies on the relationships between founding teams' knowledge and firm performance. Although considerable research has examined the effects of founding teams' education and experience on firm performance, findings are inconclusive and disintegrated. Few studies have attempted to investigate the combined effects of these important factors on new ventures' performance and survival. As a result, this study investigates the impact of founding team knowledge …

Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research: Bridging Information Systems And Strategic Management, Miguel Toimil, Namchul Shin, Alan Eisner

Cornerstone 3 Reports : Interdisciplinary Informatics

No abstract provided.

What Do Accelerators Do? Insights From Incubators And Angels, Susan L. Cohen

Management Faculty Publications

What do accelerators do? Broadly speaking, they help ventures define and build their initial products, identify promising customer segments, and secure resources, including capital and employees. More specifically, accelerator programs are programs of limited-duration—lasting about three months—that help cohorts of startups with the new venture process. They usually provide a small amount of seed capital, plus working space. They also offer a plethora of networking opportunities, with both peer ventures and mentors, who might be successful entrepreneurs, program graduates, venture capitalists, angel investors, or even corporate executives. Finally, most programs end with a grand event, a “demo day” where ventures …

Boise State On Business: Companies Must Balance Feelings And Facts, Michael Lee, Nicholas Gaudioso Jr.

Accountancy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Many companies are founded with innovation, enthusiasm and hopes for success. In its inaugural days, the business founder/CEO is able to personally drive the company's success with a passion while wearing multiple hats and controlling all aspects of the business operations. They understand their market, can effectively communicate their chosen mission to employees and have a good "feel" for their cost and margins.

However, there comes a point where sales grow, new employees are hired and operations expand. All of a sudden, it becomes evident that managing by "feel" is not enough. Founders/CEOs must transition from managing by "feel" to …

The Erm Process: Evidence From Interviews Of Erm Champions, Therese R. Viscelli

Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects (Full IR Collection)

This paper investigates the processes that comprise enterprise-wide risk management (ERM) programs implemented by organizations. ERM is a holistic approach of risk management that looks at organization-level risks on a portfolio basis, unlike traditional risk management that looks at silos of individual risks within an organization. The practitioner and academic literatures provide many insights into different frameworks that could be used to implement ERM, but there is little written about the processes and activities that represent actual organizations’ ERM approaches. By looking at the way an organization accomplishes its mission through its management style and communication methods, the role corporate …

Compensation And Price Delegation For Heterogeneous Sales Force, Jian Chen, Hongyan Xu, Liming Liu

Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series

A heterogeneous sales force may not be as desirable as a homogeneous sales force for two reasons: premiums are required for all except from one agent type, and only the highest type would work as hard as though they were from a homogeneous sales force. This study revisits the heterogeneous sales force compensation and price delegation problem with type-dependent reservation. We find that an equilibrium separating or pooling compensation contract always exists. Different types of agents may receive premiums, and there are scenarios when no premiums are paid. Retaining centralized pricing provides a tool for regulating agent behavior. More than …

The Effect Of State Corporate Income Tax Rate Cuts On Job Creation, Xiaobing Shuai, Christine Chmura

School of Professional and Continuing Studies Faculty Publications

This paper compares the employment growth of states that enacted corporate income tax rate cuts in the past 23 years with those making no changes. Overall employment comparisons from 1990 to 2012 suggest that a reduction in the corporate income tax rate is associated with faster job creation. The states that cut corporate income tax rates started with slower employment growth than the states that made no changes. However, the growth gaps between the two groups of states disappeared in about five years after the tax cuts were made. Regression results confirm the observation that lower corporate tax rates have …

A Conflict Primacy Model Of The Public Board, Usha Rodrigues

Scholarly Works

e board of directors is the theoretical fulcrum of the corporate form: Statutes task the board with managing the corporation. Yet in the twentieth century, CEOs and other executives came to dominate the real-world control of the corporation. In light of this transformation, in the 1970s Melvin E. Eisenberg proposed reconceiving the board as an independent monitor. Eisenberg’s monitoring board is now the dominant regulatory model of the board. Recently two different visions of the board of directors have emerged. Stephen Bainbridge’s “director primacy” model calls directors “Platonic guardians,” and Margaret Blair and Lynn Stout’s “team production model” characterizes them …

Decision Styles Of Corporate Leaders: Do Differences Make A Difference, Sherry Sanger

Student Scholarship

Ineffective decision making at the top rungs of organizations is a perennial concern, yet empirical research into the decision styles of corporate leaders is scant. Conceptually sound and psychometrically validated constructs for alternative decision styles of corporate leaders are rare. This study develops and validates a multi-dimensional measure of different decision styles used by corporate leaders. Structural equation modeling is used to examine if different decision styles are associated with different performance outcomes for strategic decisions related to new opportunities. The three dimensions of decision styles evidence convergent and discriminant validity in a sample of 100 Corporate Leaders. In addition, …

Three Essays On Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Kaveh Moghaddam

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

Despite the saliency of immigrant entrepreneurship, our understanding of the unique challenges of start-up processes confronting immigrant entrepreneurs is quite limited. While entrepreneurship as a field of study is growing rapidly, it is criticized for the lack of commonly accepted and well developed research paradigms. To address this theoretical gap in the entrepreneurship literature in general and in the immigrant entrepreneurship research in particular this dissertation addresses the following overarching question in a three essay format: What are the start-up processes and outcomes associated with immigrant entrepreneurship? The first essay suggests a theoretical framework which exhibits how the social embeddedness …

Kebijakan Sektor Pertanian Sebagai Awal Kebangkitan Ekonomi(Studi Kasus Taiwan Dalam Mengelola Komoditas Padi), Deni Danial Kesa, Cheng-Wen Lee

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Indonesian agricultural has big potential to developed, but in fact most of our farmers are still many who are categorized as poor. Looking at Taiwan 's success in fostering innovation and empower agricultural resources , much can be learned in a production system . The policy implemented by the Ministry of agriculture and all stakeholders in Taiwan. For future prospects Indonesia, as applicable steps and future prospects, which should be applied in the rice production system in Indonesia such as maximizing the production of rice, with a maximum cost. Self-sufficiency for rice as staple food is main agenda for government …

Analisis Relevansi Nilai Psak No. 30 (Revisi 2007) Tentang Sewa, Dinilai Berdasarkan Reaksi Pasar Modal, Dewi Kartika Sari

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

As one of the IFRS convergence program, DSAK-IAI has made several revisions of financial accounting standards, one of which is PSAK No. 30 (Revisi 2007) about Leases. These financial accounting standards have become effective since January 1, 2008. But until now still a few companies that apply this standard. This is probably because the company did not know the financialbenefitofthe application ofthisstandard. Thereforethis studywas conducted to determinethe value relevance of PSAK No.30 (Revised 2007) about Leases, which is assessed on the basis of capital market reactions. The results showedthat theapplication of PSAK No.30 (Revised 2007), about Leases, do nothave an …

Analisis Pengungkapan Triple Bottom Linedan Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi; Lintas Negara Indonesia Dan Jepang, Sandra Aulia Z, Tb. Mh. Idris Kartawijaya

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Current firm performance is not only measured by economic term (single bottom line) but also by social and environmental (triple bottom line). Purposes of this research are analyzing of TBL disclosure and influences factors, by using sample of companies in Indonesia and Japan. This paper investigates Triple Bottom Line (TBL) disclosure of 50 of the largest Indonesian and Japanese companies by using secondary data. Twenty two disclosure criteria were developed for each of the TBL disclosure areas: economic, social, and enviromental. Disclosure information was examined in annual reports, separate or stand-alone report and company‟s website. Regression analysis has been used …

Keris Sebagai Salah Satu Kebudayaan Materi, Priyanto Priyanto

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

“Keris” is one of the material culture as collection museum can be assumed as souvenir, fetish, and collection. The Museum should be giving about the meaning of “keris” and its community. Museum not only show subject as material cultural but also show other aspect as social, religious an aspect dayly acktivity of its community.

Hubungan Jenis Persalinan Dan Prematuritasdengan Hiperbilirubinemia Di Rs Persahabatan, Elsa Roselina, Saroha Pinem, Rochimah Rochimah

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

Hyperbilirubinemia refers to an excessive level of accumulated bilirubin in the blood and is characterized by jaundice, or icterus, a yellowish discoloration of the skin and other organs. There are two risk factors that related to hyperbilirubinemia. Those factors are maternal factor and neonates‟ factor. The aim of this research knew which variables which catagorized as maternal factor and neonates‟ factor that related to hyperbilirubinemia in Persahabatan hospital. This research used medical records from 216 neonates and his/her mother from October 2008 until October 2009 as samples. Research design was case control, with used 5% level of significant and 80% …

Cost Recovery Rate Unit Hemodialisa Rumah Sakit Abc Tahun 2006-2008, Supriadi Supriadi

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

This research is motivated by the thought that Hemodialysis Unit at ABC hospital which opened in 2005 , is a unit that produces , but in the determination of rates of hemodialysis services have not been done in detail , which includes only the cost component of operating costs of direct material regardless of personnel costs , telephone and general logistics costs . The issue is whether income rates that have not been calculated in detail to cover the costs incurred by the unit or how hemodilisia Cost Recovery Rate ( CRR ) of the Hemodialysis Unit.This study is a …

Tqm, Strategy, And Performance: A Firm‐Level Analysis, Manal M. Yunis, Joo Y. Jung, Shouming Chen

Management Faculty Publications

Purpose

The purpose is to examine the role of TQM in a strategy‐TQM‐performance model. More specifically, it seeks to investigate whether TQM has a driving role in the formation of strategy or has a mediating effect in the strategy‐performance relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

A survey was used to collect data. The instrument was assessed for its validity and reliability. Structural equation modelling was employed.

Findings

TQM influences strategy formulation process and it is a dynamic resource that contributes to the achievement of a sustainable competitive advantage. In addition, soft TQM has a higher impact than hard TQM on competitive strategy formulation and …

The Strategic Planning Process In Complex Settings: The Case Of Construction Professional Service Firms, Roisin Murphy, Iain Henderson

Conference papers

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Horizontal Equity, Self Efficacy, And Ethical Position On The Creation Of Budgetary Slack, Ira Abdullah

Theses and Dissertations

The budgeting process plays an important role in organizations’ planning and controlling functions. Managers often have incentives to misreport their private information and inaccurately set budget targets so that they are easily achievable. Such inaccuracy in budget targets is referred to as budgetary slack. Prior research documents that managers’ decisions to create budgetary slack are influenced by both preferences for wealth and non-pecuniary motivations. The objective of this study is to provide a better understanding of how social preferences such as preferences for horizontal equity, self efficacy perceptions, and ethical position influence managers’ budgetary slack creation. The results reveal a …

Vocal Artifacts: A Video-Based Study Of The Appropriation And Articulation Of Material Objects Within Employment Interviews, Emily Warren, Dr. Lebaron Curtis

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The goal of this project was to examine how material objects and texts (e.g., resumes, letters, application files, etc.) may be appropriated and articulated during employment interviews. While past research focused on the verbal and discursive features of employment interviews, using research methods such as content analysis, discourse analysis, and conversation analysis, this was a multimodal study that highlighted the pervasive but taken-for-granted material and embodied aspects of employment interviews that have been largely overlooked. Our research findings have contributed to the growing awareness and understanding of socio-materiality in organizations and organizational routines. This research was presented as the National …

The Effect Of Relational Self-Construal In Dispute Resolutions And Negotiations, Aubri Robinson, Dr. Sheli Sillito

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The purpose of our research project was to determine the influence of managerial fairness in the context of dispute resolution and negotiation. We aimed to identify whether managers’ relational self-construal (RSC), whether they define themselves in terms of their close relationships with others, leads to more positive outcomes in social contexts, including higher fairness ratings from subordinates and higher self-perceived fairness. Through our studies, we explored potential moderators (e.g., context) and mediators (e.g., affect) of the RSC-fairness relationship within organizations and manager-employee relationships. Our findings expected to inform research on negotiation improvement and organizational fairness. Through our study of negotiations …

2013-06-06, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents meeting of June 6, 2013 which includes the meeting minutes of March 14, 2013.

The Intangibles Of M&A Deals, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

You have worked hard to buy over a company; you have to work harder now to avoid seeing its value disappear