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Social Networks, E-Mail Security And The Future Of Posts, Jacob Johnsen Dec 2011

Social Networks, E-Mail Security And The Future Of Posts, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Social Media and its effect on postal business


Status Von Hybrid Mail, Jacob Johnsen Nov 2011

Status Von Hybrid Mail, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Einführung im Hybrid Mail status und wie Hybrid Mail ist die logische Antwort auf viele der Herausforderungen denen sich Unternehmen stellen müssen.


Environmental Impact Of Hybrid Mail, Jacob Johnsen Sep 2011

Environmental Impact Of Hybrid Mail, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

A review of hybrid mail with emphasis on the environmental aspects


Digital Letters, Jacob Johnsen Jun 2011

Digital Letters, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Neil Richmond and Jacob Johnsen believe that now is the time for service providers to bridge the digital and physical worlds.


Subsidiary Strategy And The Role Of The Subsidiary Manager : Integrating The Middle Manager Perspective, Donal O'Brien Apr 2011

Subsidiary Strategy And The Role Of The Subsidiary Manager : Integrating The Middle Manager Perspective, Donal O'Brien

Conference Papers

Subsidiary strategy is a concept which has emerged in international business literature but research has so far failed to explain how subsidiary managers develop strategy under the constraints of the paradoxical pressures they face in today’s Multinational Enterprises (MNE). On the one hand current trends suggest that (MNE) are developing into more global business structures which are reducing the power and influence of subsidiary managers (Buckley, 2009, Buckley & Ghauri, 2004, Mudambi, 2008). The result of these trends, are that the market orientated aspects of subsidiary strategy are becoming constrained and to some degree taken out of the hands of …


Hybrid Mail Is Giving Developing Countries A Push, Jacob Johnsen Jan 2011

Hybrid Mail Is Giving Developing Countries A Push, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Jacob Johnsen provides us with an account of how in emerging posts, hybrid mail is opening up more new opportunities and is doing so in ways that are different to the experience of posts in developed countries.


Emerging Threats For Mnc Subsidiaries And The Cycle Of Decline, Pamela Sharkey Scott, P. T. Gibbons Prof Jan 2011

Emerging Threats For Mnc Subsidiaries And The Cycle Of Decline, Pamela Sharkey Scott, P. T. Gibbons Prof

Articles

Purpose – Subsidiary units have traditionally feared relocation of their activities to lower-cost locations. The authors identify other emerging threats which are changing how multinational corporations (MNCs) manage their subsidiary units, and develop a cycle of subsidiary decline demonstrating how these threats can undermine a subsidiary's position within the MNC.

Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents the results of a survey targeted at over 1,100 subsidiary CEOs of MNCs located in Ireland, a program of in-depth interviews of 24 subsidiary CEOs/directors, and a review of the literature relating to MNC and subsidiary management, are combined to identify emerging threats to subsidiary …