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Taketomi, Tametsugu. "Comparative analysis of corporate strategic planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14271.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1990.Title as it appears in the M.I.T. Graduate List, Feb. 1990: Comparative analysis of corporate planning.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-109).
by Tametsugu Taketomi.
M.S.
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Cheung, Cheung-ching Cherry. "Corporate strategies in international liner shipping /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14038924.
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El-Din, Eman Mohamed Saad. "Corporate planning in the Egyptian textile industry." Thesis, University of Hull, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361408.
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Schwäbe, Alexander Norbert [Verfasser]. "Essays on corporate tax planning / Alexander Norbert Schwäbe." Hannover : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1176105140/34.
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Ragazzi, Luca <1990>. "Business Planning in ottica di Corporate Social Responsibility." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/12111.
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La responsabilità sociale delle imprese (CSR) nella sua moderna formulazione è un argomento rilevante e in continuo sviluppo, a partire dalla metá degli anni ’50 la responsabilitá sociale di impresa é un concetto che vive un processo di continua crescita, sia di importanza che di concretezza. La gravitá della crisi degli ultimi anni é certamente il presupposto per ricercare un nuovo sviluppo economico plasmato sulla responsabilitá sociale di impresa. Coordinato con la CSR, il documento che esprime e traccia la linea guida dell’idea imprenditoriale è il Business Plan, si tratta di una formulazione del piano pluriennale con il quale l’impresa programma la propria attivitá. I fattori di successo futuri sono rappresentati in questo documento che descrive il piano d’azione dell’ imprenditore, consentendo di valutarne la fattibilitá e la redditivitá. L’obbiettivo principale di questo lavoro é individuare gli elementi chiave che legano la corporate social responsibility al business plan, ovvero esaminare la pianificazioine delle attivitá in osservanza e tutela delle condizioni sociali ed ecologiche. Esiste infatti una correlazione tra le attivitá delle piccole, medie e grandi imprese con la corporate social responsibility. Le imprese sono i soggetti con maggior responsabilitá riguardo le condizioni ambientali create con l’espansione della globalizzazione, le loro strategie incidono pesantemente sul’ evoluzione ambientale. Dal punto di vista qualitativo la corporate social responsibility, se affiancata al business plan, ha mostrato di avere un impatto positivo in ogni area aziendale, dalle risorse umane alla supply chain, nelle relazioni con l’ambiente esterno, nella brand reputation e sul’ attitudine del consumatore. Con riferimento invece all’ analisi quantitativa é stato rilevato come la riduzione del costo dell’equity capital é un elemento fondamentale ottenibile con l’applicazione della corporate social responsibility, nel complesso i dati sono coerenti con la previsione che una potenziale riduzione del costo del capitale azionario motivi le imprese a pubblicare autonomamente e spontaneamente i report CSR e che si ottengono cosí ottimizzazioni della gestione delle risorse finanziarie, del ricorso al credito e che si conseguino condizioni superiori delle performance.
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Anderson, Paul. "The business idea: problems of readiness and abandonment as a prerequisite to scenario thinking and planning." Thesis, Curtin University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1442.
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Documenting organisational history and heritage, it is argued, is an increasingly critical precursor to effective corporate and scenario planning. This study proposes that organisational history and heritage can be encapsulated in any local setting through the application of van der Heijden's (1996) conceptual framework i.e. the "business" idea. The study demonstrates that documenting the organisational business idea in use is a valid and meaningful planning activity. Secondly, the possession of multiple perspectives on the business idea in use, means that current and future planning teams will collectively be better informed, more competent and ready to abandon established ways of doing business and to strategise about unknown futures.Interpretivist methodology utilising an embedded single case study method was applied to an organisation undergoing change: the Family Planning Association of Western Australia, Inc. (FPWA). A stratified sample of thirty-four members from FPWA's institutional (Board of Management), corporate, organisational (service managers and coordinators) and technical (service delivery) organisational levels were interviewed, with the intent of capturing broad perceptions from each organisational level of the derived categories of the business idea framework. The categories investigated were those of organisational purpose, customer value created, distinctive competencies, competitive advantage, organisational uniqueness, positive and negative forces, and results. The study sought evidence to support each of the derived categories, as well as looking to elaborate on the process and task of business idea investigation and articulation.Interview outcomes were transcribed, coded and analysed using NUD*IST, the intent being to craft a consolidated model of the business idea in use at FPWA. Multiple perspectives from the four nominated organisational levels were isolated by copying the core NUD*IST database four times. A copy was assigned to each organisational group wherein interviews belonging to the assigned group were retained, and the remainder deleted, thereby allowing the differences between each group to emerge. Elements of the NUD*IST index system for the core and four derived databases were then exported to Decision Explorer for graphical representation and gap analysis. Narrative analysis was applied to relate the study's findings.Key internal and external factors were identified as both driving and hindering evolution of FPWA's corporate culture. It was in these areas that key insights to the meta value of the study emerged. The key driving external force was the changing face of sexual health community issues, specifically the expansion of services beyond women's health to cover men's, gay, lesbian and special need groups-FPWA is about sex (positive external force).The question of who should pay for sexual health services is also challenged. Concerns over the withdrawal of government funding (negative external force) and a lack of perceived direction (negative internal force) by members at the organisational and technical levels, has led to behaviour aimed at corporate survival and maintenance of the status quo. Many staff at FPWA were interpreted as clinging tightly to social justice, women's rights issues, reflecting the humanitarian (positive internal force) value-based aspects that have sustained FPWA's service over its twenty-five years of service.The conceptual framework associated with the business idea proved to be essentially a system that maps the organisation's corporate and commercial rationale. The systemic insights that emerged from the study at FPWA enabled the researcher to build a four level hierarchical model of systemic appreciation with van der Heijden's framework as the foundation. Issues of corporate age and stage of growth, systemic archetype and the key question facing the scenario planning team made up the higher levels of an emergent model of scenario planning readiness. The critical thinking associated with documenting the organisational history and heritage in the form of the business idea system has therefore generated a crucial link in the corporate and scenario planning process: the articulation of the key question as a catalyst to the next stage of corporate strategy formulation.
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Abolina, Viktorija. "Corporate icons in the suburban landscape." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79148.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2013.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-89).
The image of the modern workplace in the American suburb has long been a contentious topic of discussion among academics, planning and development professionals, and the public. Today, the critics of office parks in the low-density neighborhoods are applauding the idea of reverse migration back to the city. It is no doubt a trend for large competitive corporations and one that this thesis will explore. But in their day, the suburban corporate centers represented the epitome of advanced thinking about corporate organization, productivity, innovation, marketing, and architecture. This thesis will focus on how these large centers came into being, how they functioned and their continuing legacy. The principal cases and relevant examples discussed were designed by renowned 20th century architects and are of an iconic architectural value. The classic examples examined include: General Motors Technical Center, Deere and Company, PepsiCo, and Union Carbide. The hypothesis is that the day of suburban corporate centers is not over, that despite the changes in corporate culture and work-life, the lure of the isolated center in the landscape is so powerful that it will continue to be valuable to companies - but in new ways: as amenity locations for workers, and with new kinds of uses and activities incorporated into the centers.
by Viktorija Abolina.
M.C.P.
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Abdul, Wahab Nor Shaipah. "Tax planning and corporate governance : effects on shareholders' valuation." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/162801/.
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Tax planning by large companies has been widely and publicly discussed due to its implications for the level of provision of public goods and more general social issues. In the U.K., tax avoidance, as estimated by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs’ anti-avoidance group, leads to several billion pounds of lost revenue each year. Consequently, the authorities implement tax investigation through risk classification assessments. The prospect of an adverse assessment may influence company directors when making tax planning decisions and similar risk concerns may influence shareholders in valuing tax planning activities. This study reports the results of an investigation of the relationship between firm value and tax planning whilst simultaneously considering corporate governance as a moderating influence. The sample of firms examined consists of non-financial London Stock Exchange-listed companies from 2005 to 2007. The results indicate a negative relationship between firm value and tax planning activities which is unconditional upon corporate governance conditions for both persistent and non-persistent profit-making companies. This relationship can be further explained as being related to the permanent differences component of tax saving where firm value is reported as negatively related to permanent differences. The findings of this study contribute to the body of knowledge since there is a general dearth of published research study from outside the U.S. that investigates these relationships.
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Cheung, Cheung-ching Cherry, and 張薔貞. "Corporate strategies in international liner shipping." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3126640X.
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SANTOS, ANDREA BELFORT DE ANDRADE. "EVALUATION OF A CORPORATE PLANNING MODEL - THE CASE OF PETROBRAS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 1996. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=2789@1.
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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICOO objetivo central da dissertação é avaliar o Processo de Planejamento em desenvolvimento no Sistema PETROBRAS, focalizando sua evolução e sistematização. Com vistas à obtenção desse objetivo, abordam-se, primeiramente, várias metodologias de planejamento com a finalidade de compor o referencial teórico necessário à elaboração de critérios de avaliação do Processo adotado pela Empresa. Em seguida, são apresentados os resultados de uma pesquisa realizada na Companhia com o intuito de analisar a evolução do Planejamento no nível estratégico, as relações políticas inerentes a esse processo, os atores nele envolvidos e suas responsabilidades. Finalmente, são apresentadas propostas, baseadas na teoria discutida, ajustadas à realidade observada, visando contornar desvios detectados no Processo de Planejamento da Empresa.
The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate the planning model developed at PETROBRAS, focusing its evolution and structure. With this aim, some planning methodologies are described, in order to create a theoretical framework that can provide basic criteria to evaluate the planning process adopted by the Company. Next, the results of a case study carried out at this Company are presented,describing the evolution of the Strategic Planning process, the power relations and the actors involved in this process and their responsibilities. Finally, some proposals,based on the theory discussed and appropriate to the observed reality are presented, aiming at improving the Planning Process.
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Smetana, Victor (Victor Stephan) 1966. "Corporate real estate : challenges and practices in Ukraine." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32196.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-72).
Real property has been called the corporation's last undermanaged resource. However, during the past decade, companies have begun to concentrate more on what constitutes 25 to 40% of a typical corporation's assets. US corporate real estate assets amount to greater than $3 trillion and real estate expenses are typically second or third highest on the corporate ledger, only behind payroll and sometimes technology. Corporate executives have begun to realize the business value real estate can have. Facilities lacking the proper location, finance, design, or the proper amount of flexibility required to manage internal and external uncertainties can negatively impact the corporation's bottom line. Meanwhile, strategic planning increases in importance in the international setting due to the risks and rewards of executing business strategies increases at the international level. The collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe has opened twenty-eight countries to free markets. Corporations are hungry to expand into these markets which offer the opportunity of serving over 400 million customers. Uncertainties are heightened in transitional economies, making international corporate real estate management that much more challenging. This thesis research was a qualitative exploration of the corporate real estate challenges and practices in one particular transitional economy, Ukraine. Corporate real estate in Ukraine was found to be transactional in nature, not strategic. Almost all decisions are made locally. The challenges found in Ukraine center around an immature administrative infrastructure along with corporate efforts to control the costs associated with real estate. Although complex, the challenges found in Ukraine do not preclude participation in the market; rather, they merely impede the process.
by Victor Smetana.
S.M.
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Fok, Gary S. "The role of brands in corporate strategies in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1404027X.
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Harrington, Robert P. "Forecasting corporate performance." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54515.
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For the past twenty years, the usefulness of accounting information has been emphasized. In 1966 the American Accounting Association in its State of Basic Accounting Theory asserted that usefulness is the primary purpose of external financial reports. In 1978 the State of Financial Accounting Concepts, No. 1 affirmed the usefulness criterion. "Financial reporting should provide information that is useful to present and potential investors and creditors and other users..."
Information is useful if it facilitates decision making. Moreover, all decisions are future-oriented; they are based on a prognosis of future events. The objective of this research, therefore, is to examine some factors that affect the decision maker's ability to use financial information to make good predictions and thereby good decisions.
There are two major purposes of the study. The first is to gain insight into the amount of increase in prediction accuracy that is expected to be achieved when a model replaces the human decision-maker in the selection of cues. The second major purpose is to examine the information overload phenomenon to provide research evidence to determine the point at which additional information may contaminate prediction accuracy.
The research methodology is based on the lens model developed by Eyon Brunswick in 1952. Multiple linear regression equations are used to capture the participants’ models, and correlation statistics are used to measure prediction accuracy.Ph. D.
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Duckworth, Steven L. (Steven Lee). "Performance implications of corporate real estate strategic orientation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12562.
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Thesis (Ph. D. in Building Economics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, February 1993.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-153).
A central concept in strategic management is that congruence between organizational resources and environmental conditions is critical to performance. There are three basic types of organizational resources: human, monetary, and physical. How well a fIrm allocates these resources in pursuit of its product-market opportunities determines the level of congruence with its environment. Rapid technological change and shifting patterns of competition have put an intense strain on the ability of organizations to maintain such congruence. In spite of these pressures, limited attention has been given in both management theory and practice to the resource that is perhaps most apt to impair the adaptability of organizations, namely real estate. The objective of this study is to determine how the strategic orientation or profIle of a corporate real estate unit (i.e., its approach to problem solving, its risk propensity, its level of proactiveness, etc.) relates to performance. A six dimensional model of corporate real estate strategic orientation (labeled CRESO) is developed from various literatures and practitioner experiences. This model is validated based on key measurement criteria (e.g., theoretical and observational meaningfulness of concepts, internal consistency of operationalizations, convergent and discriminant validity, nomological validity) and then used to explore important relationships with two dimensions of corporate real estate performance, service and internal operations, and two dimensions of business performance, profItability and growth. This study contributes to the fIeld of corporate real estate by developing "valid" measures of corporate real estate strategic orientation along multiple theoretical dimensions, and by providing insight into the performance implications of different strategic orientations. Directions for future research in corporate real estate are also proposed.
by Steven L. Duckworth.
Ph.D.
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Anderson, Paul. "The business idea: problems of readiness and abandonment as a prerequisite to scenario thinking and planning." Curtin University of Technology, Curtin Business School, 1999. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=10209.
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Documenting organisational history and heritage, it is argued, is an increasingly critical precursor to effective corporate and scenario planning. This study proposes that organisational history and heritage can be encapsulated in any local setting through the application of van der Heijden's (1996) conceptual framework i.e. the "business" idea. The study demonstrates that documenting the organisational business idea in use is a valid and meaningful planning activity. Secondly, the possession of multiple perspectives on the business idea in use, means that current and future planning teams will collectively be better informed, more competent and ready to abandon established ways of doing business and to strategise about unknown futures.Interpretivist methodology utilising an embedded single case study method was applied to an organisation undergoing change: the Family Planning Association of Western Australia, Inc. (FPWA). A stratified sample of thirty-four members from FPWA's institutional (Board of Management), corporate, organisational (service managers and coordinators) and technical (service delivery) organisational levels were interviewed, with the intent of capturing broad perceptions from each organisational level of the derived categories of the business idea framework. The categories investigated were those of organisational purpose, customer value created, distinctive competencies, competitive advantage, organisational uniqueness, positive and negative forces, and results. The study sought evidence to support each of the derived categories, as well as looking to elaborate on the process and task of business idea investigation and articulation.Interview outcomes were transcribed, coded and analysed using NUD*IST, the intent being to craft a consolidated model of the business idea in use at FPWA. Multiple perspectives from the four nominated organisational ++levels were isolated by copying the core NUD*IST database four times. A copy was assigned to each organisational group wherein interviews belonging to the assigned group were retained, and the remainder deleted, thereby allowing the differences between each group to emerge. Elements of the NUD*IST index system for the core and four derived databases were then exported to Decision Explorer for graphical representation and gap analysis. Narrative analysis was applied to relate the study's findings.Key internal and external factors were identified as both driving and hindering evolution of FPWA's corporate culture. It was in these areas that key insights to the meta value of the study emerged. The key driving external force was the changing face of sexual health community issues, specifically the expansion of services beyond women's health to cover men's, gay, lesbian and special need groups-FPWA is about sex (positive external force).The question of who should pay for sexual health services is also challenged. Concerns over the withdrawal of government funding (negative external force) and a lack of perceived direction (negative internal force) by members at the organisational and technical levels, has led to behaviour aimed at corporate survival and maintenance of the status quo. Many staff at FPWA were interpreted as clinging tightly to social justice, women's rights issues, reflecting the humanitarian (positive internal force) value-based aspects that have sustained FPWA's service over its twenty-five years of service.The conceptual framework associated with the business idea proved to be essentially a system that maps the organisation's corporate and commercial rationale. The systemic insights that emerged from the study at FPWA enabled the researcher to build a four level hierarchical model of systemic appreciation with van der Heijden's framework as the ++
foundation. Issues of corporate age and stage of growth, systemic archetype and the key question facing the scenario planning team made up the higher levels of an emergent model of scenario planning readiness. The critical thinking associated with documenting the organisational history and heritage in the form of the business idea system has therefore generated a crucial link in the corporate and scenario planning process: the articulation of the key question as a catalyst to the next stage of corporate strategy formulation.
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Chow, Kong-shing. "A study of the corporate strategy of insurance industry in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19876531.
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ALMEIDA, MARIA FATIMA LUDOVICO DE. "CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND ADAPTIVE PLANNING: FROM PRINCIPLES TO ACTION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2006. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=9230@1.
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PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S. A.O paradigma de desenvolvimento sustentável traz para as empresas dois grandes desafios: por um lado, gerar inovações necessárias à existência humana sustentável e, por outro, vencer resistências da sociedade quanto aos novos produtos e serviços. Partindo-se do pressuposto de que futuras tecnologias e inovações tecnológicas impulsionarão negócios mais sustentáveis, propiciando às empresas novas opções de criação de valor, o desafio é descobrir de que maneira as empresas que atuam em ambientes cada vez mais complexos possam incorporar a visão de sustentabilidade econômica, social e ambiental - igualmente complexa - em suas estratégias tecnológicas. Nesse contexto, o objetivo da tese é desenvolver e validar um modelo conceitual de gestão estratégica da tecnologia para empresas que buscam pautar sua atuação nos princípios do desenvolvimento sustentável e que desejam incorporar as variáveis sociais e ambientais, além das econômicas, às suas estratégias tecnológicas. Conceituam-se, inicialmente, desenvolvimento sustentável na perspectiva de negócios, abrangendo responsabilidade social empresarial e sustentabilidade corporativa, que, juntamente com inovação tecnológica, são considerados os focos do novo modelo. Em seguida, apresentamse as bases conceituais para a construção da grade analítica que norteou o desenvolvimento e a implantação do modelo, que compreende o referencial sociotécnico, as abordagens de planejamento adaptativo e de aprendizagem organizacional e modelos de gestão tecnológica. Por se tratar de um caso empírico de aprendizagem organizacional e planejamento adaptativo, baseado em projeto de pesquisa-ação em uma empresa de energia de grande porte, acredita-se que a disseminação do modelo proposto possa contribuir para importantes mudanças organizacionais em relação às atuais práticas de gestão tecnológica na indústria, tão centradas ainda nas questões de curto e médio prazos e nos retornos econômicos dos desenvolvimentos tecnológicos.
The sustainable development paradigm presents a challenge to companies that conduct cutting edge research and endeavor to create new, distinctive and products and services. It also challenges the markets and society for which new products and services are destined and which cultural value systems and political frameworks shape. Based on the fact that future technologies will stimulate more sustainable business, the challenge of really integrating sustainability thinking into business processes is significant. The central question is how companies can capture the business potential of sustainable development and integrate economic, social and environmental criteria into their strategic decisions, particularly those related to technological management. In this context, the thesis provides a conceptual model of strategic management of technology towards corporate sustainability, arguing that the integration of sustainability thinking, as an opportunity, into research and development - R&D and innovation processes is in its best business interests. The thesis provides an understanding of sustainable development thinking in business, and discusses the contribution that sociotechnical, adaptive planning and organizational learning approaches can make towards an effective implementation of sustainable technology development in business context. A conceptual model is proposed and validated through a twoyear long research-action project carried out within a large energy company in Brazil - Petrobras. Like many others action research projects, it is situationally unique, but the general elements of the model and the methods used can be replicated by companies of other industrial sectors. It is also believed that dissemination of the proposed model can contribute to important organizational changes related to current technological management practices in industry.
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Williams, Gethin. "Corporate planning in a turbulent environment : a participant observer longitudinal study of the introduction and operation of corporate planning in a college of higher education, 1974-84." Thesis, University of Bath, 1987. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364060.
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Botha, An-Marie. "Development of a corporate strategy for the Quicksand Group." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/8576.
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Cordeiro, Stacey A. (Stacey Aileen) 1974. "Corporate subsidies in Maine : what Mainers got for their money." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65253.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-45).
New legislation in the State of Maine mandating the disclosure of business incentive payments by the State to private businesses has made possible an examination of how this money was spent. An analysis was conducted on publicly available data, which were derived from reports filed by 188 companies that received subsidies from the State of Maine in 1998. Because of significant flaws in the data, generalizations are hazardous. However, three major sets of findings were evident: while the major goal of the program was job creation, followed by job retention, most of the money spent on business incentives was could not be linked to specific job retention or creation numbers. Of money that was associated with a job retention or creation claim, much more money was spent on retention, and many more jobs were retained than created. Second, job creation was, consistent with stated goals, concentrated in areas of the state outside the typically more prosperous southern coast region, although overall investment was not. Finally, the programs show a defacto strategy of industrial retention, although this goal was not an explicit strategy by the State. While a conventional strategy for economic development, it is important that the goals of the program emerge from public consensus. Recommendations include further research to refine self-reported claims of job creation and retention, improvements in reporting requirements, more explicit targeting of incentive programs, and more extensive accountability measures to ensure that Mainers are getting a good value for their money.
by Stacey A. Cordeiro.
M.C.P.
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Choy, Chi-keung Ian, and 蔡志強. "An Analysis of the corporate marketing strategy of Sun Hung Kai Properties Group." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31967735.
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Down, Jonathan T. "Matching internal governance mechanisms to strategic process : an agency theory perspective on implementing strategic decisions /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8753.
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Chen, Xixi M. C. P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Corporate adoption and implementation of innovative environmental policy measures in China." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37459.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-86).
Since the 1970s, the governments in many countries including China have begun to implement systematic environmental policies aimed at curtailing industrial pollution. During the past three decades, the traditional environmental policies have evolved from simple directives regarding emission limitations into comprehensive packages using various market-based economic instruments, such as taxes and emissions trading. However, with the environmental degradation becoming more and more serious, these traditional approaches have become inadequate. Several innovative measures, including voluntary action, collaborations between stakeholders, and dissemination of information regarding industry behavior, have emerged in recent years in many countries. This study explores how these three innovative measures have been implemented in China. The thesis focuses on how these measures have encouraged private corporations in China to improve their environmental practices. Three case studies are conducted to show how these three policies work to overcome the inefficiencies of the traditional policy approaches.
(cont.) This study also examines the limitations inherent in these measures. Corporate collaborations with environmental non-governmental organizations, the International Standards Organization 14000-an environmental management systems certificate program- and the China Environmental Labeling Program, are studied in detail to provide examples of the limitations and what they imply for the future. This study finds that the inherent demands have motivated these enterprises to adopt the innovative measures are different. At the same time, these measures have various levels of effectiveness, challenges and social benefits.
by Xixi Chen.
M.C.P.
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au, skrempl@iinet net, and Sandra Krempl. "Reviving Spirit in Corporate systems." Murdoch University, 2006. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20071126.110753.
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The underlying context of this work is the mismatch between the systems that we need to comply with and what our spirit and intuition wants and needs. The thesis questions the relevance of spiritless corporate systems set up to serve the best interest of human beings and other living things. Corporate systems have been established to comply with governing laws, to facilitate transaction of money and provide financial accountability to stakeholders and clients spiritless matters. Corporate systems are ill equipped to protect our emotional and spiritual boundaries, our tangible and intangible links to the past and to the future. Spirit, which is the essence of life, is often not understood, discussed or included in the planning, development and implementation of the very systems that govern and impact on our lives and our communities. If spirit is included it is often well intended but rhetorical. Spirit needs to be revived and provided time, place and purpose, not only in our broader lives but also in our work cultures. Without spirit, facts have no meaning or relevance to life.
This thesis searches for solutions to fill this spiritual gap in corporate systems, drawing on the experiences and lessons gained through engaging with communities and corporate systems in Australian and international contexts. The search covers a study of oral tradition(spirit),the impact of the lack of credibility afforded to oral tradition, developing and trialling common-ground terminology and frameworks befitting both corporate and spiritual systems across different industry sectors, the isolation of arts and culture from other sectors, the role of community development arts practices, and aspects of social science and urban development theories.
The research traces the development and implementation of a cultural planning program for Western Australia through policy development at State government level and then framework development undertaken through Community Arts Network WA. The development of this cultural planning program draws on the contribution of diverse industry sector partners and this thesis research explains how their perspectives can contribute to the revival of spirit in corporate systems. The partnerships involved are business planning, town planning, community psychology, vocation, education and training, and sustainability.
Having contributed to the development of the broader frameworks for the implementation of cultural planning across the State and beyond, this research delves further into addressing the issue of reviving spirit in corporate systems through refining the First (spirit) and Third Person (corporate) approach to cultural planning. This method is based on a key Spirit Catalyst called The First and Third Person Systems. This key Spirit Catalyst provides a guide for balance between spirit and corporate systems. There are a total of seven secondary Spirit Catalysts cited. Comparisons and contrasts between First and Third Person cultural planning process and strategic planning are provided. Principles and protocols and tools for evaluating spirit have been developed as part of the process. In keeping with the first person nature of spirit, personal narrative is used wherever possible to give life and meaning to facts and other planning and management processes.
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Mullen, Stanley A. "Can the military benefit from corporate use of strategic information system planning?" Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1999. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA370843.
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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1999."September 1999". Thesis advisor(s): Kishore Sengupta, John Osmundson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83). Also Available online.
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Demir, Robert. "Strategy as sociomaterial practices : planning, decision-making, and responsiveness in corporate lending /." Stockholm : School of Business, Stockholm University, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-38505.
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Chester, Ronan, and Jennifer Woofter. "Non-Financial Disclosure and Strategic Planning : Sustainability Reporting for Good Corporate Governance." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2252.
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A sustainability report is a tool to help organizations monitor and communicate economic, environmental, and social performance. A corporate strategic planning model is a tool that guides businesses through decision-making processes for sustainable competitive advantage and long-term economic success. While both tools can be used to move a company towards sustainability, the processes are usually not closely integrated. This project explores a closer integration of sustainability reporting and strategic planning for improved corporate governance and strategic sustainable development. We scrutinize the 2002 Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Reporting Guidelines against a scientific principle definition of sustainability, pointing out current shortcomings and suggesting opportunities for improvement. An enhanced sustainability reporting model is proposed followed by an exploration of how this reporting model can bring value to the corporate strategic planning process.
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Gunasegaran, A. "Employee relationship planning (ERPII)." Thesis, Coventry University, 2009. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/b2f96d06-6463-b900-a09b-693f3e988b09/1.
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By triangulation of three longitudinal case studies with change leader practitioner survey, this research identified the following seven generative Employee Relationship Planning (ERPII) management strategies: 1. People Strategy 2. Capital Strategy 3. Information Strategy 4. Experience Strategy 5. Opportunity Strategy 6. Crisis Strategy 7. Result/Reward Strategy ERPII management strategies may facilitate development of organisational cultures where management enables employees to become aware of relevant capital, information, experience, opportunity and crisis situations to attain the result/reward of their collaboration and participation in business process reengineering activities for continuous improvements. These ERPI management strategies may facilitate practical application of current approaches in positive leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, Appreciative Inquiry and Kaizen.
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Palefsky, Sandra Lee Wolf. "New paradigm for corporate real estate units in the commercial banking industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69337.
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Nascimento, Ana Paula M. do 1966. "Corporate social responsibility in Brazil : a comparative analysis of two paper companies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28800.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-62).
If being socially responsible can result in short or long-term economic benefits, then why do not all companies adopt corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices? This thesis draws on general assumptions from illustrative examples of two paper companies in Brazil--Aracruz and Riocell-- to answer this question. The two examples suggest that stakeholder pressure, managers' perceptions of the economic benefits of CSR and managers' environmental and social values affect the decisions of companies to adopt corporate social responsibility. In addition, data from these two paper companies indicate that company size and economic and political context explain the variations of CSR practices between Aracruz and Riocell. This study argues that both companies have responded to pressures from stakeholders in different ways. As a result, their corporate social responsibility practices have been different. If the goals of companies are to demonstrate increased commitment to corporate social responsibility and to strengthen these practices, businesses need to focus on extending their actions beyond compliance, and incorporate corporate social responsibility as part of their policies.
by Ana Paula M. do Nascimento.
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Koo, Hong-yin Eric. "Foreign bankers' strategic direction in the China corporate financial market /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14038961.
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Jalil, H. "The analysis of the relationship between corporate planning and development planning in a developing country (with special reference to Malaysia)." Thesis, Brunel University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306632.
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Johnson, Douglas K. "Leading a rural church into meaningful corporate worship through a worship planning committee." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.
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Chaskel, Clemens Dorian. "Towards an integrated technology strategy : a framework for linking technology to corporate planning." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708594.
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Sayegh, Tracy 1976. "Corporate involvement in disaster response and recovery : an analysis of the Gujarat Earthquake." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17708.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-114).
Disaster vulnerability is a serious issue in developing countries where globalization, development patterns, poverty and environmental degradation are placing more people at risk to natural disasters. Recent appeals for greater multi-sectoral collaboration to tackle complex disaster situations have raised the need for private sector participation in disaster management. The private sector is already beginning to play more engaged roles in disaster response and recovery on a voluntary basis, yet limited understanding currently exists about their activities in this area. Given the problem of rising vulnerability to natural disasters and the emergence of increased private sector involvement in disaster activities, this thesis seeks to understand: 1) why firms become involved in disaster response and recovery on voluntary (i.e. philanthropic) terms; and 2) the nature and implementation of corporate initiatives in this context. To illustrate private sector motivations and roles in the disaster response and recovery, the study focused on corporate responses to the Gujarat Earthquake in India in 2001. The research was informed by concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The analysis produced three sets of findings, based on in-depth interviews with national and multinational companies which responded to the Gujarat Earthquake. The research indicates that corporations are motivated to become involved in disaster response and recovery based on six organizational factors: social values, disaster sensitivity, internal organization, external pressures, and perceived benefits.
(cont.) These dimensions expand our prior understanding of corporate motivations which focuses primarily on organizational benefits and stakeholder expectations, and introduces the critical influences of social values, commitment to philanthropy, and resource availability and relevancy. The research also identifies differences in the nature of response versus recovery initiatives. In terms of disaster response, companies pursued unilateral disaster response activities, often implementing large-scale, top-down relief and infrastructure-oriented initiatives. Corporations coordinate with the government and leverage their internal resources for response, but do not emphasize community participation in their approach. In contrast, recovery initiatives were focused on participatory, community-oriented reconstruction and livelihood-generating programs. Recovery efforts tended to be structured as formal, collaborative partnerships with NGOs, wherein both parties play complementary roles in implementation. The analysis further reveals the differences between national and multinational corporate efforts in disaster response and recovery.
by Tracy Sayegh.
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Romis, Monica. "Beneth corporate codes of conduct : what drives compliance in two Mexican garment factories." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33041.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-144).
This thesis addresses the question: under what conditions do corporate codes of conduct work? To answer this question, I develop two case studies of subcontracting factories that are subject to a multinational company's (MNC) code of conduct. These two factories have many similarities-both are in Mexico, both are in the apparel industry, and both produce for the same MNC. In addition, on the surface, they appear to have similar labor practices. They have comparable policies vis-à-vis their workers in terms of recruitment, promotion system, grievance system, and benefits. However, upon conducting fieldwork at the plants, I found that, despite similarities on paper, there are significantly differences in actual labor conditions. One factory complies with the code of conduct and the other does not. I argue that the code of conduct, and other similar policies, are "filtered" by the management, which results in different labor conditions. Four factors influence the way managers treat their workers and interact with the MNC external labor markets, product markets, cultural and language conditions inside the plants, and values of management. These factors influence the management style of the plants and their relationship with the MNC, which result in different implementation of the same policies, and, in turn, different labor conditions.
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Gelfand, Anne M. (Anne Miriam). "The CERES principals : does adopting a voluntary code of management produce corporate accountability?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11546.
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Rutledge, Elisabeth Lea. "How do CSR rating schemes influence corporate behavior? : lessons from the utility industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99070.
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Ninety-three percent of the world's largest 250 companies report data to voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating schemes, and over 380 CSR rating schemes exist to assess companies' corporate actions. While reporting to CSR rating schemes may signal that a company takes responsibility for its environmental, social, and economic impacts, the correlation between responding to CSR rating schemes and taking meaningful action to minimize those impacts is still not entirely clear. This thesis asks, "Does responding to CSR rating schemes encourage corporate sustainability within organizations in the electric utility industry?" I sought to answer this question by conducting in-depth interviews with representatives of six companies in the electric utility sector about their reporting approach to the two most widely used rating schemes, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). I focused on the electric utility industry to ensure comparability and because this sector is strongly positioned to signal corporate sustainability trends given its current technological transformation, traditional use of fossil fuels, and heavily regulated structure. Based on these interviews I conclude that CSR rating schemes have succeeded in encouraging companies to disclose corporate sustainability data through voluntary mechanisms, but due to the existence of some perverse incentive structures, reporting does not fully motivate increased participation and action on corporate sustainability. Positively, CSR rating schemes lead companies to gather and centralize internal data across business units. In addition, external recognition from high CSR scores drives pride in corporate sustainability efforts and draws the attention of executives. However, CSR reporting lacks value for those utilities without end-use customers, does not provide commensurate value for the time required to participate, drives companies to focus primarily on reporting rather than on making substantive changes, and leads to mistrust in the CSR rankings because of the difficulty in understanding scores. Based on these findings, I recommend restructuring CSR rating schemes to provide multiple, issue-based scores to each company; replacing cross-sector assessment with sector-specific assessment; and revising the current assessment approach to include in-depth, on-site valuations of corporate efforts.
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Obitade, Oluseyi Peter. "An Examination of the Role of Corporate Governance Structure in the Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems: an International Perspective." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc804922/.
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are regarded as among the most innovative information technology products developed over the past two decades. Thus, they have become the backbone of management information systems in the organizations that have implemented them. The difficulties associated with their high failure rate, however, have been the subject of extensive studies. To expand on this knowledge, this study has two research objectives: to examine the relationship between corporate governance structures and implementation results and to investigate whether implementation outcomes vary by country. This study focuses on the project steering committee’s involvement, internal auditors’ participation, and the change management plan implementation. The results demonstrate that steering committee involvement is a primary factor that influenced the success of ERP implementation; and that institutional factors in country of deployment are important determinants of ERP project outcome.
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古匡賢 and Hong-yin Eric Koo. "Foreign bankers' strategic direction in the China corporate financial market." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3126654X.
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Hardy, Trevor J. F. (Trevor John Fraser) 1977. "Changing gear : driving corporate real estate financing decisions for the agile workplace." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32239.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-142).
Given the needs of corporations in the global business environment, corporate real estate investment decisions represent strategic choices that support a company's overall business strategy. This thesis clearly illustrates that, contrary to the Modigliani Miller theorem, companies do face real trade-offs in deciding how they finance their real estate investments. Notwithstanding the need to customize decisions on behalf of the business unit customers and to ensure that these choices are economically sound within a given region, there are significant factors that drive real estate decision makers to make a particular financing decision. By analyzing these factors in relation to the financing alternatives available a comprehensive framework of decision drivers is developed to aid eRE managers in gathering relevant information in order to evaluate the overall effectiveness and trade-offs associated ,with each alternative. Through a series of case studies it is then shown that financing decisions which optimize the real estate portfolio 1) clearly reflect the financial and operational requirements of both the company and business units; 2) are very much part of a larger portfolio wide corporate real estate strategy, which is closely allied to the company's overall corporate strategy; 3) take into account the perspectives of other role players (IT,HR, Finance) in the decision making process.
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Donoher, William J. "Organizational distress and bankruptcy : resources, strategy, and corporate control as determinants of the filing decision /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9974623.
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Klobucher, Elizabeth A. "The effects of organizational culture on company finances." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006klobuchere.pdf.
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Elbardan, Hany. "Enterprise resource planning systems implementation and the implications for the internal audit function." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7939.
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Corporate governance has received increased attention from both regulators and researchers in recent years resulting in highlighting the significance of the internal audit function (IAF). Another transformative force on the IAF has been the dissemination of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems which have an impact on the legitimacy of the IAF if it is not suitably adapted. However, there is insufficient knowledge about the adaptations of the IAF which are required if it is to maintain its essential role in governance. This thesis extends our knowledge by exploring and theorising the adaptation of the IAF after ERP introduction. This thesis uses institutional theory as a lens through which to investigate how the IAF responds to the external governance pressures and the internal pressures of the control logic following the introduction of an ERP system. Data were gathered from two listed companies in the food and beverage sector and two large banks operating in Egypt, where one of each pair is an international company and the other is a national company. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with all stakeholders in addition to careful analysis of a number of internal and external documents related to the ERP and the IAF. The study finds that governance pressures related to the IAF determine the legitimisation criteria for the IAF. There is little coercive governance pressure on the IAF in Egypt. However, international companies with operations in Egypt have introduced normative governance pressures as a result of their compliance with stock exchange rules in other jurisdictions. Therefore, mimetic behaviour has helped in transferring the IAF response to ERP implementation. ERP systems carry new control logics based on some interlinked assumptions, which have affected the IAF. The ERP system’s control logic is aligned with the corporate governance goals and objectives, but further alignment is needed to make the best use of the ERP system in enhancing internal control. The introduction of an ERP system produces uncertainty about the IAF’s activities, which motivates it to adapt by changing its practice and structure. The changes in the IAF are dependent on the strategic response adopted by the auditors, which range from acquiescence to defiance. These responses were found to change over time. The differences in responses result in different outcomes for the IAF adaptation. In the international companies the implementation of an ERP system motivates the IAF to be integrated and have a comprehensive scope, whereas in the national companies change was resisted and the role of the IAF was significantly diminished. The IAF’s legitimacy maintaining strategies depend on the coercive and normative governance pressures, which give directions about how to maintain legitimacy. This study offers an explanation of how information systems contribute to the IAF’s professional stability or change and of how macro-governance pressures can bind micro-IAF practice within organisations.
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Newman, Natalie Harding. "Viva Lost Vegas| Downtown Project, Corporate-Led Redevelopment, and the "Tradition of Invention"." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1564902.
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This research is a case study analysis of Downtown Project, a corporate-led redevelopment endeavor currently taking place in downtown Las Vegas. Through private money and public partnerships, Internet retailer Zappos has relocated its headquarters to a neighborhood previously characterized by economic instability, and is actively constructing a concentrated "creative class" community of tech startups, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. By examining Downtown Project, this research seeks to analyze the ways in which corporate-led redevelopment plays a powerful role in the local growth machine, asking who benefits, at what potential costs, and whose interests are served in downtown redevelopment projects. This research situates Downtown Project within the current economic context of Las Vegas, one of the cities hit the hardest by the recession and foreclosure crisis, in addition to placing this endeavor within the historical context of Las Vegas development and the city's "tradition of invention." This research also provides analysis of how this particular development is both similar to and different from other notable U.S. examples of corporate-led redevelopment. This case study draws from physical observations, maps, media coverage, census tract information, financial records, and a series of interviews in order to critically examine the key players and prominent narratives of this ambitious attempt at community building, and ask questions about the social justice and equitable development aspects of such a project.
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Eidelson, Bruce A. (Bruce Allen). "Impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on corporate real estate asset management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73290.
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Van, Niekerk Lauren-Jayne. "The role of corporate social investment in supporting early childhood development in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13948.
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This research study, The Role of Corporate Social Investment in Supporting Early Childhood Development in South Africa, explored the role of and the degree to which, corporate social investment (CSI) initiatives in South Africa support early childhood development (ECD). Trends of CSI expenditure in ECD over time were examined, as well as the motivations for investment in the ECD sector. A key intention of this study was to establish the benefits of corporate investment in the ECD sector, and to discover how the ECD sector can tap into more CSI funding in the future. This study adopted a quantitative methodology and made use of an online survey tool (SurveyGizmo) to gather information from both the CSI and ECD Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) sectors in South Africa. The sample populations consisted of CSI initiatives of 500 of South Africa's best managed companies from the TOPCO Media: Top500 publication, and 62 ECD NPOs in South Africa from a database developed by one of the leading ECD NPOs in South Africa, Centre for Early Childhood Development (Atmore, 2012).
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Ekara, Helfaya Akrum Nasr. "Assessing the measurement of quality of corporate environmental reporting." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2012. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=186852.
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An increasing number of companies are reporting their environmental performance, impacts, and activities. The objectives of such reports are many including, in particular, reacting to external pressures from company stakeholders demanding more information about environmental performance. This might also be matched by management requiring information to better run the business - hence an internal requirement for information that would then be available for publication. Because, this environmental reporting serves multiple objectives and satisfies different needs of different readers, it varies in the type of information provided, the scope and depth of material disclosed, presentation formats used, the credibility of the information provided and its overall quality. Although richness of report content, scope of topics covered, presentation and credibility of this content have all been used to assess the quality of corporate environmental reporting (CER), to date most prior studies have looked simply at the volume of and/or the types of information when assessing the quality of CER. Studies have used two main indices to measure disclosure quality; subjective analysts' indices and semi-objective indices. Subjective indices such as the Association of Investment Management and Research (AIMR), formerly the Financial Analysts Federation (FAF) disclosure ratings, are built on corporate disclosures' ratings weighted by a panel of leading analysts in each industry. In semi-objective indices, on the other hand, a pre-determined list of items (topics of disclosure) is developed and tested for their presence (absence ) and/or the richness of their content. It is noted that most disclosure studies adopt this second approach in the form of disclosure index studies, a partial type of content analysis. Other disclosure measures have included textual analysis such as thematic content analysis, readability studies, and linguistic analysis. However, there is no consensus about the best measure for assessing reporting quality. One of the most important limitations encountered in the disclosure literature is the difficulty in assessing the quality of disclosure (Healy and Palepu, 2001; Urquiza et al., 2009). For example, these studies identify three key limitations. Firstly, there is inherent subjectivity involved in the selection of the quality measure and in the coding scheme to assess this 'quality' generally researchers choose their own methods or proxies. Secondly, there is an ignorance of the quality perceptions of preparers and users of corporate disclosure. Hammond and Miles (2004) argue that we cannot assess the quality of disclosure independently of a detailed understanding of users' need of disclosure. Thirdly, it has been common to use annual reports (ARs) to assess the extent and quality of corporate responsibility disclosure, ignoring the other reporting media such as corporate responsibility reports (CRRs), websites, home advertisings, etc (Forst et al., 2005; KPMG, 2011). Thus considering the fact that robust, reliable, and replicable quality assessment is problematic, the objectives of this research are threefold. Firstly, to build a more representative quality model based on the findings of a questionnaire ascertaining the views of both preparers and distinct categories of readers of ARs and/or CRRs. Secondly, to apply this model to FTSE 100 CER in both ARs and CRRs to ascertain whether the proxies frequently used in prior literature yield similar results to those derived from this more complex model. Thirdly, to investigate whether the common use of ARs, rather than more detailed CRRs in assessing CER quality is giving a misleading picture of the level and richness of disclosure available to stakeholders.
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Forsberg, Eric. "Strategy and planning in Swedish Companies : - Corporate perceptions: A study of six Swedish companies." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1945.
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Frequently discussed in different contexts, corporate strategy and strategic planning is something
which importance hardly will diminish over the coming years as competition grows harder. The needs
for companies to think ahead of their business operations have grown increasingly during the
decades.
From the viewpoint of an independent researcher I have decided to look at Swedish companies
operating in Sweden and abroad. I want to know how the strategic planning process takes place in
these companies, in order to give an insight to what the process could look like in Sweden today.
My research question has been: How is strategic planning perceived in Swedish companies?
I have selected some different theories from the university library’s collection of databases,
respectively dealing with leadership, outsourcing, business intelligence et cetera.
These theories are the foundation of the semi-structured and by telephone, in-person and internet
performed interviews with seven different managers at some selected companies in different
businesses, mainly located in northern Sweden. Asking questions based on the underlying theories I
have been able to draw some conclusions about the planning processes in the studied companies.
The study shows that almost all companies have some kind strategic planning process and that more
or less all of them to some extent consider some of the theories employed in the theory chapter.
While only two companies seemed to be quite strict, the rest had some emergent semi-structured
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Huysamer, Riaan. "Business continuity and strategy for a large corporate." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50292.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Business continuity planning can be defined as the process of developing advance arrangements and procedures that enable an organisation to respond to an event in such a manner that critical business functions will continue with the least interruption or essential change. This study project guides one through an investigation of a business continuity planning project in Media24, a large multi-national corporate based in South Africa. As with most South African companies, Media24 has not done sufficient planning in this regard till now. This study project will describe the methodology followed during this project as well as extracts from interviews conducted with numerous individuals at various management levels in this company. This study project can assist any medium to large South African enterprise who is considering a business continuity planning project. It endeavours to motivate and convince the reader of the unquestionable grounds for business continuity planning in any organisation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gebeurlikheidsbeplanning kan gedefinieer word as die proses om gevorderde reëlings en prosesse in plek te stel om 'n organisasie te bemagtig om te kan reageer op 'n voorval op so 'n manier dat die kritieke besigheidsfunksies kan voortgaan met die kleinste moontlik steuring of onderbreking van hierdie funksies. Hierdie studieprojek lei mens deur die ondersoek van 'n gebeurlikheidsbeplanning-projek wat aangepak was deur Media24, 'n multinasionale firma gebaseer in Suid-Afrika. Soos met meeste Suid-Afrikaanse besighede, het Media24 nog nooit 'n voldoende inisiatief aangepak tot nou nie. Hierdie projek sal die metodologie beskryf wat gevolg is sowel as ekstrakte van vele onderhoude wat gehou is met individue uit verskillende bestuursvlakke in hierdie organisasie. Die doel van hierdie projek is om enige medium tot groot Suid-Afrikaanse organisasie te ondersteun wat gebeurlikheidsbeplanning oorweeg. Dit poog om die leser te motiveer en te oortuig van die onbetwisbare argument vir gebeurlikheidsbeplanning in enige organisasie.