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Lovisetto, Francesca <1994>. "Success and Failure: Two faces of innovation Case: Xerox Corporation." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/13419.
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vorrei incentrare la mia tesi sul caso dell'azienda Xerox, prendendo in considerazione la sua storia fin dagli inizi e analizzando così gli elementi positivi, che l'hanno portata al successo, e negativi, che successivamente si sono presentati. L'azienda Xerox è un esempio molto chiaro di come l'innovazione non sia sempre facile da gestire, di come spesso sia necessaria una modifica totale o parziale del business model e dell'approccio che l'azienda ha con il mondo del mercato. Analizzando questa azienda, noi ci possiamo rendere conto di come gli elementi di forza di questa azienda siano in realtà stati successivamente il motivo della sua decadenza. Xerox ha mancato il vero successo, non è stata in grado di combattere per raggiungere gli obbiettivi prefissati e mantenerli.
Nella mia tesi ho deciso di partire dall'analisi e dalla definizione di cosa significhi innovazione prendendo in considerazione la teroia di vari studiosi, soffermandomi successivamente sul business model e poi analizzare la storia della Xerox Corporation. In modo da comprendere ciò che ha funziato e ciò che invece non l'ha fatto e successivamente supportare questo caso con la teoria necessaria. Questa azienda è un chiaro caso di come un "diamante" possa non venire sfruttato/lavorato al meglio e alla fine valere come una qualsiasi pietra.
Concluderò alla fine con una mia personale idea sul caso e su come le cose si sarebbero potute evolvere in maniera differente se solo le azioni dell'azienda fossero state diverse.
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Johnston, George P. "The relationship among organizational involvement, commitment, and success: a case study of Amway Corporation." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87669.
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Traditionally, organizational commitment has been proposed as an important factor leading to desired behavioral consequences (Angle and Perry, 1981). Organizationally-committed individuals remain in an organization, perform reliably, and are even willing to make contributions to an organization's operation which go beyond what is expected of them (Schein, l980; Steers, 1977).
One company that seems to rely heavily on the organizational commitment or its participants is Amway Corporation. Amway Corporation is a multi-level direct sales company that specializes in personal and home care products. In just 25 years it has grown from a low-budget company serving a regional market into a multimillion dollar corporation with markets in over 45 countries and territories and approximately one million distributors.
Although some of Amway's remarkable organizational success must be attributed to product quality and its dynamic and inclusive recruitment policy, it seems possible that much of Amway's success must be traced back to the organizational commitment of its distributors. Amway Corporation attempts to enhance distributor commitment to the organization by providing material and non-material incentives, thereby promoting what Weber ( t 978) referred to as instrumental and value-rational, as well as affective forms of social action.
The present study focused on the following research questions: What is the relationship between organizational commitment and successful Amway distributor task performance? What effect does the nature of distributor's organizational involvement have on the relationship between organizational commitment and distributor success? What role docs emotional attachment to Amway play in promoting successful distributor task performance?
These different types of social action suggest different types of organizational involvement that might be exhibited by individuals in a complex organization. Based largely on the theoretical work of Etzioni (1961, 1975), and Clark and Wilson (1975), organizational involvement is conceptualized in the present study as the importance or material, purposive, and solidary incentives for distributor's continuing participation in Amway, and may be distinguished into two types: calculative and moral.
Based on data collected on 121 Amway distributors, using two separate samples, this study found that there is a positive relationship between organizational commitment and distributor success. It was also found that organizational involvement and commitment are highly related. The hypothesis proposing that combining calculative and moral involvement greatly enhances the relationship between organizational commitment and overall distributor success was not supported. Calculative involvement and organizational commitment were found to have an interactive effect on overall distributor success. It was found that various time-use factors, such as number of months respondents had been in Amway, number of hours spent weekly motivating downline distributors, and the number of hours spent weekly selling products were also related to overall distributor success. The total number of hours spent weekly on Amway-related activities, and the number of hours spent weekly showing the Amway Sales and Marketing Plan were not significantly related to overall distributor success.<br>Ph. D.
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Löbler, Helge. "Image und Erfolg von Unternehmen aus der Sicht von Führungskräften." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-218419.
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Der Zusammenhang zwischen Image und Erfolg von Unternehmen wurde bereits des öfteren untersucht. Arbeiten, die sich mit diesem Thema beschäftigen, konzentrieren sich dabei auf die Erfolgswirkung des Unternehmensimages, also auf die Frage : Wie beeinflußt das Image den Erfolg? Wird das Unternehmensimage von potentiellen Konsumenten gebildet, dann wird im allgemeinen unterstellt, daß ein positives Unternehmensimage die Produktbeurteilung und infolgedessen die Kaufentscheidung von Konsumenten positiv beeinflußt. Damit kommt es zu einer Erfolgswirkung eines guten Unternehmensimages. Dieser Zusammenhang, der sich mit dem aus der Wahrnehmungsforschung bekannten Halo-Effekt erklären läßt, kann vor allem dann wirksam werden, wenn Konsumenten zu einer eigenständigen Produktbeurteilung nicht in der Lage sind, wie das oft bei komplexen technischen Produkten der Fall ist. Voraussetzung ist hierbei allerdings, daß der Konsument eine Verbindung zwischen Unternehmens- sowie Produkt- bzw . Markenname herstellen kann; eine Situation, wie sie vor allem für die Automobilindustrie typisch ist. Ist der Produktname dagegen vom Unternehmensnamen abgekoppelt, wie dies z . B . bei Unilever oder Procter & Gamble der Fall ist, dann kann die Kaufentscheidung nicht direkt auf das Unternehmensimage und somit auch nicht auf den Halo-Effekt zurückgeführt werden.
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Almeida, Pedro Miguel Mendes Pinto de. "Critical success factors in a multiple ERP systems integration project : a case study in a multinational corporation." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11444.
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Mestrado em Gestão de Sistemas de Informação<br>Os sistemas Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) emergiram de forma significativa nas empresas multinacionais na década de 90. Nos dias de hoje os ERPs destas organizações encontram-se numa fase de maior maturidade e os tipos de implementações com que lidam são diferentes. Por isso é importante perceber como é que os Factores Críticos de Sucesso (FCS) destes tipos de projectos, diferem dos FCS dos Projectos de adopção de ERP. Esta pesquisa foca-se num exemplo deste novo tipo de projectos: uma integração de cinco ERPs diferentes em apenas um único ERP, numa empresa Multinacional portuguesa da área das Utilities. Para atingir os objectivos deste estudo, foi utilizado um caso de estudo que envolveu a recolha de dados qualitativos através de entrevistas realizadas a um conjunto de participantes com responsabilidades directas no Projecto referentes a todos os países envolvidos. Foi concluído que não obstante todos os factores terem sido considerados importantes também neste tipo de projecto, existem alguns factores que não são considerados tão importantes e outros que são considerados mais importantes do que acontece num projecto de adopção de ERP. Foi também concluído que em alguns dos factores mais críticos bem como respectivos motivos e a realidade por detrás dessa criticidade são diferentes.<br>Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have emerged widely in global, multinational corporations in the 1990s. As of today, these corporations ERPs are in a considerable higher degree of maturity and the types of implementations that they face are different. As such, it is important to understand how the Critical Success Factors (CSF) of these types of projects are different from the CSF of ERP adoption Projects. This research is focused on an example of such projects: an integration of five different ERP systems into a single ERP system in a utilities multinational company in Portugal. To achieve the objectives of this study it was used a qualitative case study that involved the collection of qualitative data by a relevant number of interviews made to a set of participants with direct responsibilities in the Project within the several countries involved. It is concluded that despite that all the factors remain important, there are some factors that are considered not as critical and others are more critical than in a project of ERPs adoption. It was also concluded that in some of the most critical success factors, the reasons and the reality behind that criticality is different.
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Kwan, Pak-ming Peter. "To access the feasibility of commercial success of PRC information provider with benchmarking the practices in developed economics /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18830833.
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Löbler, Helge. "Image und Erfolg von Unternehmen aus der Sicht von Führungskräften." Arbeitspapiere / Universität Leipzig, Lehrstuhl für BWL, insb. Marketing, Januar 1996, 1996. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15290.
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Der Zusammenhang zwischen Image und Erfolg von Unternehmen wurde bereits des öfteren untersucht. Arbeiten, die sich mit diesem Thema beschäftigen, konzentrieren sich dabei auf die Erfolgswirkung des Unternehmensimages, also auf die Frage : Wie beeinflußt das Image den Erfolg? Wird das Unternehmensimage von potentiellen Konsumenten gebildet, dann wird im allgemeinen unterstellt, daß ein positives Unternehmensimage die Produktbeurteilung und infolgedessen die Kaufentscheidung von Konsumenten positiv beeinflußt. Damit kommt es zu einer Erfolgswirkung eines guten Unternehmensimages. Dieser Zusammenhang, der sich mit dem aus der Wahrnehmungsforschung bekannten Halo-Effekt erklären läßt, kann vor allem dann wirksam werden, wenn Konsumenten zu einer eigenständigen Produktbeurteilung nicht in der Lage sind, wie das oft bei komplexen technischen Produkten der Fall ist. Voraussetzung ist hierbei allerdings, daß der Konsument eine Verbindung zwischen Unternehmens- sowie Produkt- bzw . Markenname herstellen kann; eine Situation, wie sie vor allem für die Automobilindustrie typisch ist. Ist der Produktname dagegen vom Unternehmensnamen abgekoppelt, wie dies z . B . bei Unilever oder Procter & Gamble der Fall ist, dann kann die Kaufentscheidung nicht direkt auf das Unternehmensimage und somit auch nicht auf den Halo-Effekt zurückgeführt werden.
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Rutgersson, Christoffer, and Anders Uddenberg. "Growth made simple : How to grow a small company into a large corporation." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell marknadsföring och industriell ekonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-64605.
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This study is about rapid growth in SMEs from an entrepreneur’s or manager’s perspective and it aim to find practices in order to enable and drive rapid growth. The purpose of this thesis is to understand how owner-led small businesses can be managed in order to maximize the profitable long term growth of the company. In order to understand this we have had a pragmatic perspective and have attempted to find practices that drive and enable fast growth. The study consists of an extensive literature study on the subject and five case studies of Swedish rapid growth companies. Each case study consisted of gathering secondary data and conducting 1-4 interviews at each company with Entrepreneurs, CEOs, CFOs and Sales managers. The result from the literature study and the case studies is a model for growth that is shown below. The model consists of eight different areas that are important to drive or enable growth in companies. Each area in the model was identified as a driver, enabler or blocker of growth for each case study. The conclusions from this thesis are five propositions regarding rapid growth that is listed below. ü Proposition 1: All the areas in our analysis model can either be a blocker, an enabler or a driver of growth. ü Proposition 2: It is possible to deliberately transform an area from a blocker, or enabler, into a driver of growth. ü Proposition 3: It is important to make the business scalable so no area becomes a blocker of growth. ü Proposition 4: The three areas, time monopoly, sales, and leadership could be considered as primary drivers for growth. ü Proposition 5: The two areas culture and expansion could be considered as primary enablers of growth. The findings from this study are highly valuable for managers or entrepreneurs that want to increase growth of their companies.
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Liljedahl, Olivia, and Sandra Tynander. "A Not So Painless Journey : A qualitative case study investigating the complexity with best practice transfer from Sweden to China." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-297393.
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The research regarding best practice transfer complexity is limited and mainly focused on a Western perspective. Thereby, it overlooks the emerging market context. Further, previous research has not examined the constraints affecting the transfer success from several dimensions. Therefore, this thesis aims at answering what the main constraints are to a successful best practice transfer from a Swedish multinational corporation headquarter to a Chinese subsidiary. Additionally, this thesis aims to examine how these constraints affect the transfer success from both a process and outcome perspective. In order to investigate this, the theoretical framework explains the potential internal and external constraints that can affect the transfer and defines success. This study was conducted through a qualitative case study based on a Swedish regional HQ’s transfer to its Chinese subsidiary. The data was mainly collected through semi-structured interviews with respondents from both Sweden and China. Conclusively, the findings showed that relational, organizational and contextual constraints were present. However, the qualitative research showed that there are often trade-offs between constraints and their effect on success, which previously have not been shown in quantitative research. In addition, the results suggest that the context is important to acknowledge when transferring best practices.
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Johansson, Elias, and Kenan Kamenjas. "Management of industrialization projects." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31796.
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Short time-to-market is a key success factor in the todays’ dynamic business environment and many companies are trying to improve their product development processes. A challenge is to develop products according to the time plan and at the same time keeping the cost low and the quality high. This study focuses on the project management within the product development process in an automotive industry. The background of this study started as a request from the research and development department at the automotive company, which led to the following questions; 1) what are the most crucial factors for project success? 2) How can these factors contribute to a more successful outcome? 3) How can project management decrease product development lead time by sharing knowledge? The research approach is a case study and the data collection consist of interviews and questioners at two companies connected to project management in product development projects. Spider charts are created from the collected data containing eleven dimensions to show similarities and differences between the project managers working within the research and development department as well as between the two companies. The main conclusions are that there is a need to allow a certain level of flexibility when managing projects, in order to more easily handle late changes. Being involved in a project from the concept phase could facilitate the product development activities later on, due to a deeper understanding regarding previous decisions. Further, knowledge sharing methods, such as databases, has to be designed to be suitable for a specific organization and user friendly which enables the users to more easily search for specific types of knowledge. Lastly, a low level on the detailed focus is shown to be another success factor, however, in some cases there is still a need of this detailed focus to solve specific problems but the details may never become a higher focus than the holistic view.<br><p>Studien är gjord hos Volvo Car Corporation och Vattenfall Research and Development AB har använts som benchmarkingföretag.</p>
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Neuschl, Jens, and Yang Yingfei. "Key Success Factors of Knowledge Management in Multinational Corporations." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Business Administration, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3795.
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<p>Knowledge is increasingly substituting old (tangible) factors of production and becomes the most important (intangible) productive means and competitive weapon for the companies. Knowledge Management (KM) provides a particular opportunity to help the employees work more effectively and intelligently under these circumstances. </p><p>Since knowledge becomes more and more important within all kinds of industries the research is aimed to analyse, identify and clarify the parameters from a multinational corporation’s point of view which are influencing and facilitating the development of a company’s Human Capital (HC) most and therefore can be regarded as essential for long-term corporate success</p><p>Two parts – a theoretical and an empirical one – are the main components of this dissertation. The theoretical part covers important aspects related to knowledge and KM as well as globalisation. The empirical study was based on several hypotheses developed as a result of the theoretical discussion, identifying four key success factors of KM. In order to conduct a statistical analysis the necessary data has been obtained by using a questionnaire which was sent to companies in Sweden, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UK.</p><p>As a result, three factors could be confirmed as being paramount whereas only one has been recognised as not being as important as expected.</p>
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Oler, Mitchell Jon. "The continuing existence of firms with a market-to-book ratio less than 1 /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8715.
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Wübben, Bernd. "German mergers & acquisitions in the USA transaction management and success /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-9469-7.
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Wubben, Bernd. "German mergers & acquisitions in the USA transaction management and success /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2006. https://www.lib.umn.edu/slog.phtml?url=http://www.myilibrary.com?id=134436.
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Wübben, Bernd. "German mergers & acquisitions in the USA : transaction management and success /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2006. http://www.myilibrary.com?id=134436.
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Hoffmann, Nils. "German buyouts adopting a buy and build strategy key characteristics, value creation and success factors /." Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-9634-3.
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Parker, Andre Charles. "A qualitative study of key success factors for multinational corporations operating in Sub-Saharan Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1929.
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Thesis (MComm (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT:
“Africa’s not for sissies” is what one often hears when discussing business conditions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). For purposes of this study, the relatively well-developed country of South Africa has been excluded from the definition of SSA.
The region boasts some of the lowest human development index scores and economic growth levels in the world, while enjoying the unenviable reputation as one of the most corrupt places on earth.
The fact that SSA fares poorest of all when it comes to attracting foreign direct investment (barely 1% of global inflows), is due to foreign investor perceptions of unacceptable levels of country risk that keep them from investing in the region. Reasons for SSA’s malaise are instructive as context for the status quo and include the aftermath of colonialism, continued flare-ups of ethnic-induced civil unrest, the lingering effects of a disastrous flirtation with socialism and a recent generation of corrupt and incompetent leaders.
However, the good news is that the new millennium increasingly exhibits significant trends in support of the notion that a reversal of SSA’s fortunes is underway: annual GDP growth in the region is well ahead of the global average, civil wars in the region have largely come to an end and, for two years running, private equity investment flows into the region have surpassed that of foreign aid, Africa’s traditional ‘crutch’.
Importantly, a small band of early-mover Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are making their presence felt in the region and beginning to make good profits. These firms include the likes of Diageo, The Coca-Cola Company, MTN and SABMiller.
Still, today’s business environment in the small, impoverished markets of SSA remains extremely challenging, characterised by poor infrastructure and skills, coupled to an unhelpful officialdom.
The purpose of this study is to research the impediments to investing in SSA, both real and imagined, and then to discuss ways of overcoming these. By applying a qualitative research methodology, including the use of case studies and structured interviews with selected executives of the MNCs active in the region, key success factors for investing and operating in the region will be identified and explained.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING:
Enigeen wat ‘n besigheid in Afrika bedryf is dit eens dat ‘n mens hare op jou tande nodig het om hier sukses te behaal as gevolg van die aansienlike aantal struikelblokke wat ‘n mens te wagte moet wees. Hierdie studie is gemik op die onontwikkelde Afrika lande, suid van die Sahara woestyn (ASS). Suid Afrika word vir doeleindes van hierdie studie uitgesluit uit die definisie van ASS, weens die land se relatiewe gevorderde besigheidsklimaat.
Ongelukkig word die lande van die ASS streek oorwegend gekenmerk deur lae peile van ontwikkeling, asook lae ekonomiese groeikoerse. Die streek word boonop beskou as die mees korrupte plek op aarde. Dit is dus geen wonder nie dat ASS die slegste van alle streke vaar wanneer dit by besteding deur buitelandse beleggers kom nie – laasgenoemde glo eenvoudig dat die gepaardgaande risiko verbonde aan die maak van ‘n belegging in die streek onaanvaarbaar hoog is. Sommige van die redes wat aanleiding gee tot hierdie teleurstellende toedrag van sake is insiggewend as konteks vir hierdie studie, insluitend: die nagevolge van die era van kolonialisme, sporadiese uitbarstings van etniese geweld, die negatiewe gevolge veroorsaak deur die onlangse beheptheid met sosialisme onder baie van die streek se lande, asook die uitwerking van uiters swak leierskap in die streek gedurende die tweede helfte van die 20ste eeu.
Die keersy van hierdie swak beeld is dat ‘n aansienlike verbetering in toestande te bespeur is sedert die aanvang van die 21ste eeu. Die Bruto Nasionale Produk van ASS lande groei nou vinniger as dié van enige ander streek op aarde. Die voorkoms van burgerlike onrus en geweld in die streek toon ‘n beduidende afname. Vir die eerste keer ooit is die waarde van buitelandse beleggings in ASS groter as die waarde van hulp en ondersteuning wat die streek van die buiteland ontvang (en waarop die regerings van die streek tradisioneel staatgemaak het om basiese dienste aan hul inwoners te verskaf).
Dit is ook verblydend om te verneem dat ‘n klein groepie ywerige internasionale maatskappye besig is om hulself toenemend in die gebied te vestig en dat hulle goed geldmaak daaruit. Voorbeelde van suksesvolle maatskappye sluit Diageo, Coca-Cola, MTN en SABMiller in.
Nogtans bly die besigheidstoestande waarin maatskappye hulle bevind ongunstig in die brandarm markte van ‘n streek wat verder gekenmerk word deur gebrekkige infrastruktuur, onvoldoende vaardighede en onbehulpsame amptenare.
Die doel van die navorsing is eerstens om die daadwerklike toedrag van sake vas te stel i.v.m. die omgewingsfaktore wat verhinder dat maatskappye vrylik hul doelstellinge in ASS mag najaag. Daarna word die fokus verskuif sodat oplossings geformuleer mag word ten einde hierdie struikelblokke uit die weg te ruim. ‘n Kwalitatiewe navorsingsmetode word nagevolg. Dit sluit die gebruik van gevallestudies en gestruktureerde onderhoude met senior verteenwoordigers van internasionale maatskappye met filiale in ASS in. Die vernaamste uitslag van die navorsing is die daarstelling en verduideliking van ‘n stel kritieke suksesfaktore wat as handleiding mag dien aan diegene wat besighede in die streek bedryf.
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Hoffmann, Nils. "German buyouts adopting a buy and build strategy : key characteristics, value creation and success factors /." Wiesbaden Gabler, 2005. http://d-nb.info/982686277/04.
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Fisher, Elizabeth. "Factors That Influence the Success of Community Development Corporations: A Case Study of Price Hill Will." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1277122189.
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Crenitte, Marianita do Rocio Xavier. "A CULTURA DO SUCESSO PROFISSIONAL: impactos sobre os ambientes religiosos e corporativos." Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2009. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/532.
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Previous issue date: 2009-12-04<br>Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico<br>The purpose of the present study is to address the concepts of success, religion and culture in business and religious environments according to C. G. JUNG through
the Jungian Analytical Psychology and also B. TANURE concerning the corporate world, scenarios and elaboration of concepts related to the culture of professional
success. Because this is a complex topic, the present study will also include the perspective of other authors who have contributed to the explanation and evidence of
the theme, as secondary references. The author understands that the individuals living in modern times seem to be
getting away from themselves, their values and even their own faith. During this process, they try to find motives, which in general are unreal, blaming a lot of people
and even God from all religious, for their acts and attitudes and for choices made by themselves. In the professional world, the choices made reflect the search for success, an
archetype that has been increasingly understood as the search for power. The goal here is to show that this aspect has helped in an aggressive way the creation of a new culture: the culture of professional success, which nowadays is perceived in corporate organizations as well as in religious ones. Furthermore, the aim of this research is to demonstrate that the balance between being professionally successful and living in harmony is possible, in contrast to what we have observed in some contexts mainly in the corporate world where not always the price paid for being successful is a fair price.(AU)<br>A pesquisa em questão versará sobre uma abordagem dos conceitos de sucesso, religião, cultura em ambientes corporativos e religiosos, sob as óticas de C.G.JUNG, no que se refere aos conceitos da psicologia analítica junguiana e que
vem sendo aplicados nos ambientes profissionais, e de B.TANURE no que se refere às relações nos ambientes corporativos, cenários e formação do conceito de cultura
do sucesso profissional. Por se tratar de um tema complexo também serão inseridas na pesquisa as perspectivas de outros autores que vem contribuindo para a constatação e
elucidação do tema, como referenciais secundários.
É entendimento da proponente da pesquisa que o ser humano, em tempos modernos parece estar cada vez mais, se distanciando de si mesmo, de seus valores
e até da própria fé. Neste afastamento procura encontrar razões, em geral fora de si, responsabilizando muitos e inclusive Deus, nas mais distintas religiões, por atos e
atitudes por ele realizadas, e pelas escolhas que ele mesmo fez. Nos ambientes profissionais as escolhas feitas refletem a busca pelo sucesso, um arquétipo que, cada vez mais pode ser entendido como a busca pelo poder. Este aspecto, como se pretende demonstrar no presente trabalho vem
colaborando de forma acirrada para a formação de uma nova cultura: a cultura do sucesso profissional, hoje percebida tanto em ambientes corporativos quanto religiosos.
Pretende ainda esta pesquisa demonstrar que é possível o equilíbrio entre ser bem sucedido profissionalmente e viver de forma harmonizada e não como vem sendo observado em alguns contextos, principalmente do mundo corporativo, onde
nem sempre o preço que se paga pelo sucesso é justo.(AU)
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Credidio, Guilherme Simões. "Projetos ambientais corporativos: do gerenciamento ao sucesso." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-27112017-165032/.
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Projetos ambientais corporativos bem-sucedidos implementam mudanças organizacionais e estratégias ambientais corporativas com êxito. Desta forma, o propósito desta pesquisa é compreender como o desempenho de gerenciamento de projetos se relaciona com o sucesso de projetos ambientais corporativos. Com esse intuito, foi desenvolvida uma fundamentação teórica sobre as questões ambientais enfrentadas pelas organizações e suas estratégias ambientais corporativas para endereçá-las por meio de projetos ambientais, bem como sobre gerenciamento de projetos e sucesso de projetos ambientais. Com base nesta fundamentação teórica, foi elaborada uma pesquisa do tipo survey com 142 organizações que desenvolveram projetos ambientais corporativos no Brasil. Coletou-se dados de desempenho de gerenciamento de projetos, sucesso dos projetos ambientais corporativos e caracterização da amostra que posteriormente foram analisados por meio de correlações bivariadas, análise fatorial, modelagem de regressão logística binária e testes de Kruskal-Wallis e Mann-Whitney. Primeiramente, os resultados permitiram a proposição de modelos para mensurar o desempenho de gerenciamento de projetos ambientais e avaliar o sucesso de projetos ambientais, que constituem uma ferramenta integrada para análise de projetos ambientais. Em segundo lugar, o trabalho revelou que a probabilidade de sucesso do projeto ambiental pode ser aumentada por meio de: (1) estabelecimento de parcerias; e (2) desenvolvimento de capacidade de superar dificuldades e gerar mudanças, benefícios e cultura de projeto compartilhada. Em terceiro lugar, os resultados evidenciaram: (1) menor orientação para o futuro dentre os projetos ambientais de indústrias de transformação; (2) percepção de maior importância dos projetos ambientais dentre organizações de menor porte; (3) percepção de que projetos ambientais com escopo mais amplo são maiores promotores de mudanças organizacionais; e (4) influência positiva de profissionais com maior tempo de experiência em projetos ambientais sobre o sucesso dos projetos ambientais. Conclui-se que o desenvolvimento de parcerias e capacidades organizacionais e a disponibilidade de conhecimentos tácitos e pragmáticos influenciam positivamente o sucesso de projetos ambientais corporativos no Brasil.<br>Successful corporate environmental projects successfully implement organizational change and corporate environmental strategies. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to understand how project management performance is related to the success of corporate environmental projects.Considering this, a theoretical framework was developed on environmental issues faced by organizations and their corporate environmental strategies to address them through environmental projects, as well as project management and environmental project success. Based on this theoretical framework, a survey was conducted with 142 organizations that developed corporate environmental projects in Brazil. Project management performance, success of corporate environmental projects and sample characterization data were collected, which were later analyzed using bivariate correlations, factorial analysis, binary logistic regression modeling, and Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests. First, the results allowed the proposal of models to measure the performance of environmental project management and to evaluate the success of environmental projects, which constitute an integrated tool for the analysis of environmental projects. Second, the work revealed that the probability of success of the environmental project can be increased by: (1) establishing partnerships; and (2) development of capability to overcome difficulties and generate changes, benefits and shared project culture. Third, the results showed: (1) less orientation for the future among the environmental projects of transformation industries; (2) perception of greater importance of environmental projects among smaller organizations; (3) perception that broader scope environmental projects are major promoters of organizational change; and (4) positive influence of professionals with more experience in environmental projects on the success of environmental projects. It is concluded that the development of partnerships and organizational capabilities and the availability of tacit and pragmatic knowledge positively influence the success of corporate environmental projects in Brazil.
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Reid, David McHardy. "An analysis of the strategies of foreign multinational corporations that have achieved success in the Japanese consumer products market." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20746.
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Much debate exists about the difficulties and structural obstacles that impede foreign companies when conducting business in Japan. Consequently, foreign concerns frequently neglect or even spurn the opportunities presented in the Japanese market. While much is known about the success of Japanese companies penetrating and dominating Western markets, much less is known about the actual experience of those companies attempting to reverse the flow. The research conducted for this thesis is based on approximately forty interviews, many of them Chief Executives of MNCs successfully operating in the consumer goods industry in Japan. Also included were advertising agents, consultants and other facilitators. Peer group evaluation was used to gauge the success of the companies and interviewees were selected on this basis. The research is based on interviews conducted in Japan during 1990-91. By applying the principles of grounded theory a broad assessment was made of the approaches adopted toward consumer goods marketing. Japanese opportunities and obstacles were appraised, as were foreign companies' responses to them, by drawing on frameworks established by Porter (1991) and Quelch and Hoff (1986). Moreover, efforts were made to synthesise the ingredients of successful strategy. The question was probed as to what difficulties foreign MNCs perceive, in both Japan and its markets and a central issue tackled is whether these perceptions are matched by reality. A marked contrast was evident between the views of the protectionist lobby and that of those foreign executives active in the market. The view of the latter is that the Japanese consumer market can be considered an open market. But, being open does not mean that it is easy to penetrate. Japan offers a testing commercial climate, one in which only the strongest survive, Japanese or otherwise.
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De, Villiers Wilco. "Critical success factors in mergers with specific reference to the Absa/Barclays transaction." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4393.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A number of studies analysing the success, or lack thereof, of mergers and acquisitions have been done in the United States and Europe. Very little is known about these transactions in South Africa. The aim of this study is to examine a successful South African acquisition transaction and to compare that to theory derived from findings in the United States and Europe. Barclays acquired 53.96 percent shareholding in Absa in 2005 for R29.7 billion, representing the biggest direct foreign investment in history in South Africa, and also the biggest investment by Barclays outside the United Kingdom. The envisaged R1.4 billion synergies were realised 18 months early, indicating that the integration of the two entities, Absa and Barclays, was a success. Research in the United States and Europe indicates that companies may consider investing in mergers or acquisitions for reasons such as expansion, market entry, economies of skill and scale, geographic motivations and financial reasons. Only market entry did not serve as motivator in the case of the Absa-Barclays transaction. Reasons stated for the success of the transaction correlate well with findings in the United States and Europe, including the prompt appointment of new leadership, the establishment of clear goals, a strong integration structure, well developed communication channels, addressing of cultural issues and active risk management. The only aspect that did not receive particular attention was a focus on the external client. Possible pitfalls that were negotiated successfully during the transaction include Barclays not paying too high a premium for the Absa shares, using the best suited financial structure, focussing on the implementation of the transaction, as well as merging for the right reasons.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar bestaan ‘n hele paar studies wat die sukses, of gebrek daaraan, van samesmeltings of aankoop van maatskappye beskyf in die Verenigde State van Amerika (VSA) en Europa. Daar bestaan egter baie min inligting oor soortgelyke transaksies in Suid-Afrika. Die doel van hierdie studie is om ‘n suksesvolle Suid-Afrikaanse transaksie te vergelyk met teorie wat afgelei is uit resultate verkry in Europa en die VSA. Barclays plc het in 2005 beheer geneem van 53.96 persent van Absa aandele teen ‘n totaal van R29 miljard. Dit verteenwoordig die grootste direkte buitelandse belegging in Suid-Afrika in die geskiedenis, asook die grootste belegging van Barclays buite die Verenigde Koninkryk. Die verwagte R1.4 miljard se volhoubare sinergieë was behaal 18 maande vroeër as verwag, wat daarop wys dat die integrasie van Absa by Barclays suksesvol was. Navorsing in die VSA en Europa dui daarop dat maatskappye samesmeltings en aankoop van maatskappye oorweeg vir redes wat insluit uitbreiding van die maatskappy, die binnedring van nuwe markte, skaal en vaardigheids ekonomieë, geografiese motiverings, asook finansiële redes. In die geval van die Absa-Barclays transaksie was al die bogenoemde redes relevant, behalwe die binnedring van nuwe markte. Redes vir die sukses van die transaksie vergelyk goed met die redes gevind in die VSA en Europa; dit sluit in die spoedige aanstel van die nuwe leierskap, duidelik gekommunikeerde doelstellings, ‘n sterk integrasie struktuur, goed ontwikkelde kommunikasie kanale, adressering van kulturele aspekte, asook aktiewe risiko bestuur. Die enigste aspek wat nie aktief bestuur is nie is die fokus op eksterne kliënte. Moontlike struikelblokke geïdentifiseer in Europese en Amerikaanse studies, wat suksesvol bestuur is, sluit in dat Barclays nie te veel vir die aandeel in Absa betaal het nie, die gebruik van die regte finasiële struktuur, fokus op die integrasie proses asook samesmelting vir die regte redes.
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Morgan, Royston E. "Managing change in services outsourcing : the influence of power and governance on implementation success." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/68270/.
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This research evaluates the change observed during the implementation of an outsourced application development within a large defence organisation in Europe. Whereas most extant research focuses on the firm level or dyadic relations this research aims to uncover how different outcomes can be explained by attending to the micro-processes and specific mechanisms of work between purposive actors as they create the new service. The research was a longitudinal, six-year in-depth participant observation focused on the implementation of an HRM application carried out by six case organisations within a consortium formed to implement the service. The results of the field study are based on a grounded analysis from semi-structured interviews, focus groups, documents, and over 5,000 email communications involving a total of 62 stakeholders. A conceptual framework of neo-institutional theory, practice and power was used to analyse the process of change as the consortium worked together to deliver the outsourcing. The findings showed that political goals and behaviour influenced and shaped the outsourcing implementation and exposed the systemic nature of conflict within a constrained project context. The high conflict observed was shown to negatively influence success and supports the notion that strong contracting is only effective in stable contexts. It was also shown that tight control can negatively impact collaboration, by reducing adaptability, forcing vendors to take an inflexible posture. This type of behaviour was observed to increase power and conflict within the project and buyers reacted by increasing control and applying sanctions. This resulting in increased conflict and was a form of feedback loop. The findings also showed control in general is ineffective and can be overwhelmed in situations where there is high demand uncertainty. These observations add to the outsourcing and power/political literature by showing the central role of power and conflict and suggests the final configuration of an outsourcing is a negotiated order that may be at variance to the original objectives. Implications for practice: From a practical perspective, managers should think carefully before rushing into tight preventative contracts and consider the complexity of the demanded service and degree of completeness in their requirements. High uncertainty can lead to outsourcing failure, conflict within the implementation, and unmet expectations, unless specific mechanisms are in place to mitigate this. Furthermore, embedding new work processes and procedures to manage the service within the buying organisation is fundamental to how outsourcing actually works. Buyers and suppliers must pay attention to the design and implementation of processes and routines to manage effective delivery of the outsourced service.
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Al-Ghamdi, Salem Mater. "The strategic implementation of acquisitions: the impact of human resource factors on acquired firm employees' perception about acquisition success." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40124.
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The goal of this study is to develop and test a conceptual framework of the impact of selected human factors on acquired firm lower level employees' perception toward acquisition success. The variables selected for inclusion in the framework have been identified from the following relevant literature in the (1) post acquisition integration area, (2) management area, and (3) strategy implementation area. The framework incorporates direct effects of employees' involvement in the integration process, extent of employees being informed about integration activities, and the amount of company support on employees' perceptions toward acquisition success. In addition, the level of integration has been included in the framework as a possible moderating variable.
Based on two acquisitions , made by one firm in the U. S. banking industry, the study examines the above relationships with a number of statistical techniques. These techniques includes correlation analysis, t-test, and regression analysis. Two hundred and fifty four respondents completed the study employees' questionnaire.<br>Ph. D.
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Conway, John Edward. "The risk is in the relationship, not the country : politics and mining in Kazakhstan." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4502.
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How do we account for foreign firms that are successful in politically “risky” countries? While traditional political risk indices may tell us why a country is considered a difficult operating environment, they tell us very little about why some foreign firms are nevertheless able to operate successfully in such countries over long periods of time. In fact, risk indices by their very nature make “success” almost impossible to capture due to their sole focus on “host country” behavior. Rather, as this thesis argues, the political risk is in the relationship between the firm and a series of stakeholders within a given country, not the country itself. This is a thesis of deviant cases: it holds the “successful relationship” between a foreign firm and its stakeholders as the constant dependent variable in the “significantly risky” country of Kazakhstan. Success is defined as the ability of each actor to pursue its own goals to a self-satisfactory degree, with the resources an actor mobilizes to achieve those goals and the constraints that restrict those resources as the independent variables. Three self-contained cases of “successful” foreign mining firms operating in Kazakhstan are analyzed here to determine the distinct causal pathways that led each firm to seeming “success”; the thesis then pivots to a between-subjects examination aimed at drawing out the common themes among the three different foreign firms. Within international relations theory, the relationship between the foreign firm and its stakeholders is considered here as a window into the intersection of the international political economy and the domestic political economy of a country in transition, but critically, allotting agents and structures equal ontological status. Thus the ultimate aim of this investigation is to enrich our understanding of social behavior – here, co-existence – within the context of the agent- structure debate in larger social scientific inquiry.
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Botha, Mike. "Unlocking the full potential of non-white male executives in South African corporations : success stories of non-white South African male executives." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97278.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Coloured males in top and senior managerial positions are not advancing at the same rate as
males from other races in South Africa. In reality the Commission of Employment Equity is showing
a decline for Coloured males in top and senior management positions. The purpose of this study
was to understand what interventions organisations can implement to increase the number of
Coloured males in leadership roles as well as ensuring their loyalty at an early stage in their
careers. The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of Coloured males in senior
managerial roles via the use of semi structured interviews. The study highlights the earlier
influences that assisted with the advancement of Coloured males, the barriers they encountered
and what success factors played a role in their career ascent. A qualitative approach was
employed for the collection of primary data and involved interviews with fourteen Coloured males
who are in senior management roles in the corporate sphere. The study together with literature
reviewed, highlights the interventions that organisations can implement to ensure that Coloured
males advance at the same pace as their White counterparts. In particular these interventions if
done at an early stage of the careers of Coloured males it could lead to loyalty that will ensure that
this constituency stays with the organisation.
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Jepson, Letha Joye. "An Analysis of Factors that Influence the Success of Women Engineering Leaders in Corporate America." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1269994521.
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Weiblen, Bruno. "Fatores determinantes do sucesso em programas de educação corporativa a distância." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2008. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/4538.
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This present study aims to identify the critical success factors in corporate distance
education programs, based on the case study of SICREDI, Cooperative Credit System
with more than 10.000 employees and 1.000 units around Brazil. The study
characterizes itself as descriptive-exploratory, due to the no validation of research
instruments to measure the critical success factors in distance education, being mostly
quantitative. Thus, the present study seeked, through the application of Reeves´ model
(1997) and adapted by Joia (2005), to identify the relation of the 10 dimensions
(constructs), defining and characterizing the variables, with the dependent variable
success (goals achievement). The results founded showed 35% of relation with the
factors Motivation Source, Structural Flexibility, Pedagogical Philosophy and Cultural
Sensibility with the dependent variable success (goals achievement). The study is
aligned with Joia and Costa (2005) in the factor Motivation Source and with Joia and
Lima (2007) at the factor Pedagogical Philosophy. Otherwise, the few research
developed till now with the present model show that the projects change in each
company when referring to the factors that lead to success in distance education
initiatives. Therefore, is necessary, by the limitations of case studies (used in all the
researches with the present model), to proceed with multi-cases with a higher number
of organizations and respondents, permitting, then, the theory consolidation about the
critical success factors in corporate distance education programs.<br>O presente estudo tem por objetivo identificar os fatores determinantes do sucesso em
programas de educação corporativa a distância, com base no estudo de caso do
SICREDI, Sistema Cooperativo de Crédito com mais de 10.000 colaboradores e 1.000
unidades no Brasil. O estudo caracteriza-se por ser de natureza descritivoexploratória,
devido a não validação de instrumentos para mensuração dos fatores
críticos de sucesso em educação a distância, sendo eminentemente quantitativo.
Dessa forma, o trabalho em questão buscou, através da aplicação do modelo de
Reeves (1997) e adaptado por Joia (2005), identificar a relação das 10 dimensões
(constructos), com a definição e caracterização das variáveis, com a variável
dependente sucesso (atingimento dos objetivos). Os resultados encontrados
mostraram uma relação de 35% dos fatores Fonte de Motivação, Flexibilidade
Estrutural, Filosofia Pedagógica e Sensibilidade Cultural com a variável dependente
sucesso (atingimento dos objetivos). O trabalho alinha-se com Joia e Costa (2005) no
fator Fonte de Motivação e com Joia e Lima (2007) no fator Filosofia Pedagógica.
Entretanto, as poucas pesquisas realizadas até então com o presente modelo
mostram que os projetos mudam em cada empresa no que se refere aos fatores que
levam ao sucesso das iniciativas de educação a distância. Dessa forma, é necessário,
pelas limitações dos estudos de caso (usados em todas as pesquisas com o modelo),
proceder-se com estudos multi-casos com um número bem maior de organizações e
respondentes, podendo-se então, começar-se a consolidação da teoria acerca dos
fatores chaves do sucesso em educação corporativa a distância.
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Soobader, Saleem Fazul-Haque. "Measuring the success of global oil and gas corporate mergers and acquisitions from a financial perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3148.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Successful merger and acquisitions (M & A) from a financial perspective increases shareholder value. This paper examines the effect of corporate mergers and acquisitions (M & A) on shareholder value. A discussion on shareholder value follows with reasons why companies choose M & A as a growth strategy. The type of M & A strategy affects the value it creates. A literature review of M & A activity during the five periods in the twentieth century, referred to as merger waves, provides an understanding of the conditions which precipitate M & A activity. However, failure of companies that engage in M & A activity has not resulted in a decline in the popularity of M & A.
This study identifies and subsequently analyses data (profitability ratios) on 34 upstream oil and gas companies that have engaged in M & A activity. Profitability ratios indicate the financial performance of a company and ultimately shareholder value. In order to obtain the best possible insights into the behaviour of the identified variables and their impact on shareholder value, the specific variables are empirically tested over different time periods through the application of two statistical tests performed on the data. The empirical analysis is based on a total of 324 observations gathered by Evaluate Energy for global oil and gas companies and covers the period 1995 to 2005.
The results of the different testing methods, although subject to certain limitations, give reason to believe that the M & A leads to an erosion of shareholder value. Hence the appropriate reasons for embarking on an M & A strategy and the comprehensive pre-acquisition evaluation thereof, is tantamount to M & A success.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Vanuit ‘n finansiële oogpunt kan suksesvolle samesmeltings en aanskaffings (S & A) aandeelhouers-waarde verhoog en hierdie werkstuk ontleed die effek wat korporatiewe S & A’s op aandeelhouers-waarde het. ‘n Bespreking oor aandeelhouers-waarde volg en verskaf redes waarom maatskappye S & A’s as ‘n groeistrategie verkies en hoe die tipe S & A strategie wat gevolg word die waarde wat dit skep affekteer. Gedurende die 20ste eeu was daar vyf tydperke waarin S & A aktiwiteite hoog was, die sogenaamde “merger waves” en ‘n ontleding van literatuur gedurende hierdie tydperke verskaf ‘n begrip van die omstandighede wat aanleiding gee tot S & A aktiwiteite. Alhoewel sommige S & A’s onsuksesvol is, bly dit ‘n populêre keuse by maatskappye om aandeelhouers-waarde te probeer verhoog.
Hierdie studie identifiseer en analiseer data (winsgewendheids-verhoudings) van 34 “upstream” olie- en gasmaatskappye wat een of ander tyd in ‘n S & A betrokke was. Winsgewendheids-verhoudings dui op die finansiële prestasie van maatskappye en uiteindelik op aandeelhouers-waarde. Ten einde die beste insae in die optrede van die geidentifiseerde veranderlikes en hul impak op aandeelhouers-waarde te kry, is die spesifieke veranderlikes numeries getoets oor verskillende tydperke deur middel van twee statistiese modelle. Die numeriese analises is gebaseer op 324 waarnemings deur Evaluate Energy op internasionale olie- en gasmaatskappye tussen 1995 en 2005.
Die uitslae van die verskillende metodes van toets, ingesluit sekere beperkings, dui daarop dat S & A’s oor die algemeen lei tot ‘n vermindering in aandeelhouers-waarde en daarom is dit van kardinale belang om ‘n beproefde S & A strategie te ontwikkel voordat ‘n S & A aangepak word.
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Takei, Ayaka. "The Jewish people as the Heir : the Jewish successor organizations (JRSO, JTC, French Branch) and the postwar Jewish communities in Germany /." Electronic version of summary Electronic version of examination, 2004. http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/gakui/gaiyo/3837.pdf.
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Fuentes, Jose L. S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) attempts to break the Airbus-Boeing duopoly, will it succeed? : an industry analysis framework applied." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70829.
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Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2011.<br>Page 88 blank. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-87).<br>Using an industry analysis framework, this thesis analyzes whether the recently established Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) is likely to break the Boeing-Airbus duopoly in the industry of large commercial airplanes. The selected framework for this thesis is comprised by the following two principles: 1) "The nature and degree of competition in an industry hinge on five forces, one of these being the Threat of New Entrants, which depends on the height of Entry Barriers." (Porter 1979, 1) 2) "In order to cope with the competitive forces in an industry, there are three potentially successful generic strategic approaches to outperforming other firms in the industry: overall cost leadership, differentiation, and focus." (Porter 1980, 35) The results from the barriers of entry analysis suggest that Comac enjoys full unconditional support from the Chinese government as the development of an aerospace industry is deemed as national interest. However, the firm faces a high barrier of entry derived from the advantages the incumbent companies have in terms of their learning and experience curves, which allow them to effectively conduct research and development and innovate. In the long run, as the companies seek sustained competitive advantage (Porter 1984, 34), I find that Comac will mainly rely on generic strategy 'cost', while the incumbents counteract by adopting mainly generic strategy 'differentiation' and 'focus'. This thesis claims the chances of success for Comac largely depend not only on finding the right strategy for a proper balance between 'cost' and 'differentiation', but mainly on the Chinese government being able to maintain protectionist policies in place. In other words, the Chinese government must continue to decide for the domestic airlines what airplanes they should buy. This conclusion is reached by analyzing the history of all previous attempts by China to develop a national jet-which have all been unsuccessful- and the recent history of high-tech industries where China represented the world's largest market and there was a national interest for technology transfer.<br>by Jose L. Fuentes.<br>S.M.in Engineering and Management
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Adams, Kirk. "Journeys Through Rough Country: An Ethnographic Study of Blind Adults Successfully Employed in American Corporations." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1552066999409903.
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France, Tami J. "A Mixed Methods Study: Dimensions of Cross-Cultural Professional Success: Experiences of Western Women Living and Working in Eastern Cultures." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1443025671.
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Russo, Rosaria de Fatima Segger Macri. "Tendência empreendedora do gerente de projeto : importância para o sucesso dos projetos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-17102007-214841/.
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Novos negócios, novos serviços, novos processos e a evolução constante dos que já existem, além do atendimento das estratégias estabelecidas, são desafios diários da organização. Isso indica a necessidade de se ter funcionários, independentemente do nível hierárquico, que possuam senso de oportunidade e sensibilidade para os desafios e os problemas enfrentados pela empresa, além da obstinação em resolvê-los, características ligadas ao conceito de empreendedorismo corporativo. De um outro ponto de vista, o atendimento das estratégias, em sua maioria, é realizado por meio de projetos, sendo o maior responsável pela sua liderança: o gerente de projetos. Assim, nesse processo, esse profissional torna-se um elemento chave para o sucesso do projeto e das estratégias; adicionalmente, pode se tornar importante para o futuro da organização, ao usar sua capacidade empreendedora para vislumbrar novas necessidades e oportunidades. No entanto, o gerente de projetos tem responsabilidades operacionais, de monitoramento, contabilização e controle perante o projeto, para que os objetivos iniciais sejam atendidos, quando talvez as características de um empreendedor não sejam necessárias. Torna-se então relevante avaliar se as características de um empreendedor corporativo agregam valor ou não ao gerente de projetos, na medida em que elas se reflitam em projetos mais bem sucedidos. Para essa avaliação, realizou-se uma pesquisa por meio de 164 gerentes de projetos, em sua maioria homens bastante experientes, com pós-graduação. A análise não-paramétrica indicou uma tendência de se ter projetos mais bem sucedidos quanto maior for a tendência empreendedora do gerente de projetos. Houve um destaque para a tendência criativa, para a qual pôde-se observar um impacto positivo em inúmeros critérios de sucesso, inclusive sugerindo que quanto maior a tendência criativa do gerente de projetos, maior será a possibilidade do projeto ser bem sucedido. Como não se encontrou menção dessas características nos autores pesquisados nesse estudo, recomenda-se a revisão do estudo do perfil do gerente de projetos, a fim de se avaliar mais profundamente a inclusão da tendência criativa em seu perfil. Um gerente de projetos não pode mais ser visto como um mero executor; deve sim ser visto como um parceiro importante no reconhecimento e busca de novas oportunidades, além da contribuição aos bons resultados, pela persistência em solucionar problemas e desafios encontrados no desenvolvimento de suas atividades.<br>New businesses, new services, new processes, the already constant evolution of them, also the settle strategy are the organization daily challenges. So,it indicates they require to have employees, independently from hierarchical level, who have a sense of opportunity and sensibility to the problems and dare faced by the company, and a strong will to solve them. These characteristics are part of the conception of corporate entrepreneurship. A another point of view: these strategies solutions are in its majority made by projects, and the responsible person for its leadership is the project manager. Therefore, in this process he becomes the key element to the project and strategy success; additionally he can become very important to the future of the organization when he applies his entrepreneur skills to glimpse new necessities and opportunities. However, the project manager has operational responsibilities, like monitoring, accounting and control, in order to attend the initial targets, even whenever entrepreneur skill might not be necessary. Therefore, it is relevant to evaluate whether a corporate entrepreneur skills add values to the project manager or not, from the moment they are used in successful projects. A research with 164 project managers with post-graduation courses and great work experience was carried on, in order to have this evaluation. Nonparametric analysis indicated a tendency of more successful projects as far as the manager entrepreneur skills tendency increase. There was an emphasis for the creative tendency, which a positive impact in several successful criteria could be observed, also suggesting that the more creative tendency of the project manager, the more it will be the responsibility of a successful project. As there are not mention about this characteristics in the literature, we recommend a profile project manager review to fill this gap. A project manager cannot be like a simple person who carry orders; he should be a partner in a enterprise to seek opportunities, beside his or her contribuition to fix the problems and challenges.
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Santos, Marcelo Alves. "A influência do patrocinador no sucesso de projetos: um estudo de caso." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/18433.
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Previous issue date: 2017-06-26<br>The analysis of critical factors for project success, as well as the definition of success in projects, are contents that are constantly addressed in the project management literature. This case study proposed a clipping in this subject, focusing on how the project sponsoring executive can contribute to the success of a project. Two projects within the same organization were analyzed, applying the theory developed by KLOPPENBORG et Al. (2014) for evaluating behaviors of the project sponsor. For each project interviews were conducted with closed questions, followed by open questions with their respective stakeholders. The objective of these interviews was to understand how the project sponsor contributed to the success of the projects studied through the theoretical lens adopted. Using a qualitative methods this research has indicated that the project sponsor had a major impact on the success of the projects chosen. The research indicated that the following behaviors contributed to the result of the projects in the organization: (1) behavior 3 - the project sponsor guaranteed the project planning; (2) behavior 6 - the project sponsor maintained a relationship with the stakeholders; (3) behavior 7 - The project sponsor ensured communication between the project and its stakeholders. The emergence of responses through qualitative research also allowed exploring other factors that influence success, but will not be discussed in depth in this research. This work aims to contribute to the body of knowledge about project management exploring the sponsor's impact on project success. At the same time it also aims to encourage organizations to rediscuit the role of the project sponsor by allowing them to contribute positively to the success of projects within organizations.<br>A análise de fatores críticos para o sucesso de projetos, bem como a própria definição de sucesso em projetos, são conteúdos constantemente abordados na literatura de gestão de projetos, programas e portfólios. Este estudo de caso propôs um recorte nesse assunto, com foco sobre como o executivo patrocinador de projetos pode contribuir para o sucesso de um projeto. Foram analisados dois projetos dentro da mesma organização, aplicando-se a teoria desenvolvida por KLOPPENBORG et Al. (2014) para avaliação de comportamentos do patrocinador de projetos. Para cada projeto foram feitas entrevistas com perguntas fechadas, seguidas de perguntas abertas com as suas respectivas partes interessadas. O objetivo dessas entrevistas foi compreender como o patrocinador de projetos contribuiu para o sucesso dos projetos estudados através da lente teórica adotada. Através de análises qualitativas, utilizando apoio de ferramentas estatísticas, a pesquisa indicou que o patrocinador de projetos teve um impacto importante para o sucesso dos projetos escolhidos. A pesquisa indicou que os seguintes comportamentos contribuíram para o resultado dos projetos na organização: (1) comportamento 3 - o patrocinador de projetos garantiu o planejamento do projeto; (2) comportamento 6 - o patrocinador de projetos manteve relacionamento com as partes interessadas; (3) comportamento 7 - o patrocinador de projetos garantiu a comunicação entre o projeto e as suas partes interessadas.A emersão de respostas através da pesquisa qualitativa permitiu também explorar outros fatores que influenciam o sucesso, todavia não serão discutidas a fundo nesta pesquisa. Este trabalho pretende contribuir para o corpo de conhecimento sobre gestão de projetos, explorando o impacto do patrocinador no sucesso de projetos. Ao mesmo tempo também pretende incentivar as organizações a rediscutir o papel do patrocinador de projetos, permitindo que ele contribua de forma positiva para o sucesso de projetos nas organizações.
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Phikiso, Ziyanda, and Robertson K. Tengeh. "Key drivers and challenges of succession planning and implementation in family-owned businesses at a selected township in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2591.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration (Entrepreneurship))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.<br>Family-owned businesses have long played a significant role in the economies of the developed countries and are rapidly becoming an equally dominant force in those of developing countries. Family businesses are also recognised as a potential driver of economic growth and the creation of wealth throughout the world. The significant contribution which family businesses have been making to the South African economy over the last 300 years is made evident by the fact that approximately 80% of businesses in South Africa could be classified as family businesses and the equally compelling fact that they comprised of the order of 60% of the companies which were listed on the (JSE) Johannesburg Stock Exchange during its infancy.
The main objective of the study was to determine the drivers of planning for succession in family-owned businesses in the township of Gugulethu in Cape Town in South Africa. The study also undertook to investigate the challenges which family-owned businesses encounter as they endeavour to transfer ownership and control from one generation to the next. The fact that although family-owned businesses contribute significantly to the economy, very often they do not survive a generational transition provides ample justification for undertaking to determine the factors which contribute to successful successions. This research study took the form of a real-time, longitudinal study in which the researcher could experience how the succession process unfolds in the family-owned businesses of the respondents and participants who made up the research sample.
The study made use of a mixed methods approach to collect and analyse the data. In the quantitative study, questionnaires were administered to 120 owners and managers of family-owned businesses, while the qualitative data were obtained from in-depth interviews with owners and managers. The quantitative data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, while the data which were obtained from the face-to-face interviews were analysed by means of thematic analysis.
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Wang, Chia-Cheng, and 汪嘉成. "The Factors of Expatriate Success in Multinational Corporation." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84317440336255095757.
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碩士<br>靜宜大學<br>管理科學研究所<br>85<br>The purpose of this study was to find the relations among organizational characters, personal factors, expatriate system and expatriate success. Questionnaire was sent to multinational corporations in Taiwan. The object of study were expatriates whose term was longer than 3 months and weren''t to prop operation. In totality, the study mailed 368 questionnaires and retrieved 186 valid questionnaires. The validly retrieved rate was 50.54%.
The expatriate system had 4 factors, they were personality/human relation, work ability, complete life and language ability. Work ability, personality/human relation and complete life affected expatriate success. The training item had 5 factors, they were overseas job training, operation environment introduce, assignment elucidator, overseas visiting and life environment introduce. All factors affected expatriate success except for life environment introduce. In personnel factors, including overseas term, the reasons to accept overseas assignment and type A behavior pattern affected expatriate success. In organizational characters, corporation''s international stage and its training system also affected expatriate success.
When we selected proper expatriate, we should respect to his personality/human relation, work ability, complete life and adopted overseas job training, operation environment introduce, assignment elucidator, overseas visiting, In export orientation stage, we should adopt operation environment introduce and assignment elucidator. In international stage, we should have operation environment introduce, and adopt overseas job training in excess of nation stage.
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Cheng, Chia-Hsin, and 鄭佳昕. "Studies on Partnerships Success Factors of Property Management Corporation." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35014380387440271835.
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碩士<br>雲林科技大學<br>營建與物業管理研究所<br>98<br>In order to provide all kinds of services, in addition to expand the scale themselves, property management companies must coordinate the companies such as other services suppliers. The partnership among them will affect their service qualities, and increase the willing of clients for continuous services.
To study the factors influencing partnerships of property management corporation, this study, develops partnership success constructs, including trust, communication, information sharing, and commitment, and the constructs of operate performance, including business performance, relational outcomes and operational outcomes.
The data were analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using AMOS. The results showed that communication directly affects operational outcomes, and commitment directly affects relational outcomes. Relational outcomes and operational outcomes directly affect the business performance.
There are high correlations among trust, commitment, communication and information sharing. Therefore, trust, communication, and information sharing show indirect effects to relational outcomes. Trust, commitment, and information sharing show indirect effects to operational outcomes. The developed model shows good explanatory powers on the constructs of relational outcomes and business performance. There is no significant different between property management companies and their partners. The results show that two parties have the same opinions to factors for partnership successes.
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Su, Carson, and 蘇啟鴻. "Research on key success factors in Eastern Broadcasting Corporation Reengineering." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/872fs2.
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碩士<br>銘傳大學<br>傳播管理研究所碩士在職專班<br>92<br>Abstract
Since the liberty of Taiwan Television Media in 1993, with various changes in the market, it impels the Media operators to change the management method when facing the new challenges. Dyson & Humphreys’s research points out the trend of worldwide Media development nowadays going forward to deregulation, globalism, amalgamation, and aggregation. Therefore, while confronting changeable trend of revolution, the management method of Television Media has turned to be adjustable and flexible in different solutions to diverse problems.
This research “ The Decisive Factors that Necessitate Success of Re-construction of Taiwan Media Enterprise”, is one of the research subtitles from research team conducted by Chin-Hung, Yang, the provost of the Graduate School of Communication Management of Min Chuan University. Taking ETTV as a research objective, and questionnairing 15 executives and 200 employees selected by stratified samples, and makes comparison and analysis with entire team and executives.
From the result of the research, in section of “ The motives of Media Enterprise Re-Construction”, the recognized motive known by ETTV employee is “ The development of Digital Media Technology”. And the recognized motive known by ETTV executives is “Old management method can not be adaptable to the changes of Media Market Structure”. However, the most recognized motive known by all the media executives as the most important part is “The development of Digital Media Technology”.
In section of “The Decisive Factors that Necessitate Success of Re-construction of Media Enterprise”, the most important factor believed by ETTV employee, which makes the success of ETTV re-construction is that “Enterprise should value the sources combination between different departments”. As for the ETTV executives, they believe that “Manager’s support” and “the connection of re-construction achievement and business goal”, are the most important key points in success. However, “Manager’s support” is the most important factor makes the great success of ETTV re-construction, which is deeply believed by all the executives in entire company.
In section of “The performance progress of Media Enterprise Re-construction”, the most practical progress in the performance of Media Re-construction that has been put into practice in is that “Re-organized manager is the top leader owns the decisive authority”, recognized by the ETTV executives, also adapted frequently by different television media.
In section of “ The Evaluation of the Result of Media Re-construction”, the most valuable contribution from the Media Enterprise Re-construction are financial strengthening and turnover increasing, recognized by ETTV Executives and also agreed by the entire Media Industrial.
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Chou, Shiou-Yue, and 周秀玥. "Research on key success factors in Formosa Television Corporation Reengineering." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/hzev58.
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碩士<br>銘傳大學<br>傳播管理研究所碩士在職專班<br>92<br>New wave of media shakeout has invaded Taiwan’s television industry. It implies commercial television should make innovation quickly to keep up with this trend. This development of television industry has resulted in reform of communication technology toward digitalization, satellization and broadband. This study takes Formosa Television as a case study to explore in impact of media reform, in which context that FTV has executed media reorganization, meanwhile, to understand the diversity in crucial success factors of reorganization among FTV management level and staff. Finally, by quantitative method, this study generalized the effects of FTV reorganization.
Data sampling of this study divided into two parts, one is questionnaire for management level, in the purpose to study how these managers involving media reorganization, evaluating their cognition to reasons for reorganization, crucial success factors of reorganization, and the degree of implementation, as well as final performance. Second part is questionnaire for employee, aimed to evaluate employee’s cognition to crucial success factors of reorganization. Comparing these two parts of questionnaires to conclude the final result, and then conducting in-depth interview pointing to three directors, by which, it can be integrated to crucial success factors of FTV reorganization.
A. Reasons to apply business reengineering
FTV directors consider the three important reasons of reorganization as following: (a.) impact of communication technology development, (b.) tradition industry management can’t adapt to the change of media market infrastructure and (c) organization systems on-going can’t adapt to future development. However, FTV employee considers three important reasons as following (a).impact of communication technology development. (b). face to challenge by competitors. (c). enhance quality of content and service. From above, technology, television market and future development, and future challenge are reasons of FTV reorganization, and it presents FTV is reactive of business reengineering form.
B. Crucial Success Factors of reorganization
This study assessed manager level cognition to reasons of reorganization to conclude crucial success factors of business reengineering. It found “management support” is the most important Crucial success factor, next one is leadership empower arbitratement, and “emphasis on department integration”, and ”clear statement of goal and mission for reorganization to employee” are ranked as third important reasons, forth is building effective communication channel and planning clear reorganization direction and vision, fifth is choosing competent directors to lead reorganization, and making good connection with reorganization result and company target. The study results show in FTV, the key point of reorganization is not only in information and technology, but also in organization authorization, source planning and integration, as well as employee identification to reorganization value.
C. Reorganization Impact on FTV
Study found those four key factors as below: “organization structure alignment”, “effective communication channel”, “encouraging block release” and “work procedure development aimed to company profit” are highly correlative to company performance. It means those factors are FTV crucial success factors of reorganization, and reorganization execution result is also very successful.
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Chang, Wencheng, and 張文成. "Taiwan Sugar Corporation Success Factors For Implementing The Geographic Information System." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37379993744960683915.
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碩士<br>義守大學<br>資訊管理學系碩士在職專班<br>100<br>Due to the late 1970s，The government actively promote National Geographic Information System. City and County Governments have started developing Geographic Information System for more than ten years. In addition, the total cane acreage of 50,000 hectares are under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Economic Affairs. As a state-owned enterprise, TSC requires a development of Geographic Information System in order to facilitate the management of land.
In order to upgrade the original land management system, this research investigates critical success factors for implementing the Geographic Information System. Four constructs individually investigates by the professional point of view from those land and IT experts: system feature,supports within the organization,exterior services of the organization,and the external environment. This research also investigates the effects of critical success factors for implementing the Geographic Information System. The application of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in the research is used to investigate critical success factors. The research results found that significant influences among critical success.The research results found that significant influences among critical success factors , like system features 、internal support of the organization、 and the exterior service of the organization service three dimensions are more important factors, especially「Integration of Information System」、「Degree of support from the Top Management Level」、and「System design due ability of dynamic environmental changes」,The development of Geographic Information System requires a large number of budget and human resource. And it can’t fully show the benefits of GIS in the short term. At the end of research report will illustrate the results of experiments,The main three factors that influence the Taiwan Sugar Corporation importing GIS are「Integration of Information System」、「Degree of support from the Top Management Level」、and「System design due ability of dynamic environmental changes」
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Chu, Han-Chih, and 朱漢池. "Critical Success Factor of Multinational Corporation Merger-A Case Study of C Company." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/x3t7cq.
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碩士<br>國立臺北科技大學<br>管理學院工業工程與管理EMBA專班<br>100<br>Mergers and Acquisition (M&A)usually bring corporate profits, accelerate the development of enterprises, enhanced market share, achieve economies of scale, master of the original materials resources to obtain the preferential tax and financial, produces of the benefits of patented technologies or enhance the management capability, but its hidden invisibles crisis, the worst case are more likely to bring disastrous consequences of accelerated failure for M&A. Merger faced with many issues after integration, such as personnel arrangements, organizational transformation, brand positioning, market integration and etc. Decision marking and implementation has a great impact to drive M&A to success or failure. Multinational mergers and acquisitions should be more considered on custom, legal and political. The key of success is bound to be more complex.
This study is to investigate the critical success factors, “Multinational mergers and acquisitions” as theme of the study by the method of Empirical Research - emphasis important information on the research, specific problem analysis, research conclusion as experience accumulated, it may help the enterprises on M&A activity.
Through the case studies, analytical case assessment from the initial acquisition to post-merger management, decision making and implementation process, how the organization and management using more scientific method to strengthen the corporate system and keep some of the existing corporate culture, increase productivity and streamline processes. So that, M&A organization can quickly improve their operational efficiency and maintain the flexibility. After M&A, reallocation of resources, new company’s core strength, research enhancement, innovation capability, increase staff’s sense of belonging and combat effectiveness are the important factors. The clever fusion of science and humane management is the key to real combat capability upgrade. This case is worth for M&A as a multination M&A decision makers to assess and enhance the operational efficiency of the learning benchmark.
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Wu, Chun-Yen, and 巫俊彥. "The Study of Key Success Factors in 7-ELEVEN President Chain Store Corporation." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24959848731867704748.
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碩士<br>輔仁大學<br>管理學研究所<br>94<br>In Taiwan, People have better standards of living when economy grows up. In early periods, convenience store mainly sold goods and materials. Today, convenience store not only sells commodities and products, but also provides services to consumers such as charging for the bills, copy and fax, purchasing in advance, delivering to house, multimedia transmission and digital communication, and so on. The business mainly operates toward fashion, innovation, and diversification nowadays.
There are five greater enterprises in the industry of convenience store, and the industry structure is tight oligopoly. The leader enterprise, the case of the thesis, is 7-ELEVEN President Chain Store Corporation. We analyze internal and external business environment, and apply Porter’s theories (1980, 1985), five-force analysis and value-chain analysis, to the case company for key success factors and core resources. We get the conclusions as follows:
1. Key success factors: establishing and developing the information system, the economy of scale in store numbers, the tightness in the relationship of distribution, the increase of service items, diversified operation and single marketing, the support of logistic system.
2. Core resources: completeness of logistic system, continuity of business culture, the abilities of research, development and innovation, the inventory capability and retail stores achievement.
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Tang, Kai-Yu, and 湯凱喻. "A Study on Key Success Factor of Knowledge Management Practicein Hi-Tech Corporation." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33556715462492825352.
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碩士<br>立德管理學院<br>科技管理研究所<br>91<br>The purpose of this study is to find the key success factor (KSF) of knowledge management practices (KMPs). The focused discussion includes a brief literature review and knowledge management (KM) from worker’s points of view and. Managers who were responsible for knowledge management were asked to answer the questionnaires. According to their opinions, we find out the representative KSF of KMPs. Through the questionnaire and statistics analysis, some conclusions are explored as follows:
1.Form KM worker’s point of view, five KSF’s of KMPs are:
(1) The whole function of the Knowledge Management Performance.
(2) The usage of the Knowledge Infrastructure.
(3) The organizational culture of the mutual trust and consensus.
(4) The promotion on substantial productivity.
(5) The clear KM objectives of high-level managers.
2.Under actual implementing conditions, five KSF’s of KMPs are:
(1) The competence of Knowledge Storage and Knowledge Integration.
(2) Continuous Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Update.
(3) The organizational culture of the mutual trust and consensus.
(4) The clear KM objectives of high-level managers.
(5) The promotion on substantial productivity.
3.This research applied the concept of Knowledge Value-Added model (KVA model), bringing up “Knowledge Value-Added Practices model System, (KVP model)” and “Value-Added Process, (VAP)”.
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Chen, Raphaie, and 陳蕙釧. "Key Success Factors of Product Lifecycle Management-A case study of D-Link Corporation." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03223141078194890683.
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碩士<br>國立交通大學<br>管理學院高階主管管理碩士學程<br>95<br>The main activity of “Product Management” is to coordinate and integrate well
together the different steps in product development, manufacturing, and marketing.
Additionally, it is also to make sure that the product development process matches well
with the time-to-market timing. With these goals in mind, a system of controls is used to
effectively manage product planning and its execution. This will allow the product to
bring to the company the full benefits that it can capture from the market. However,
external influences such as technology, public policies, quick changes in competitors’
strategies, etc. require the company to be as agile and adaptive as possible in order to
address these changes. Meanwhile, every dedicated department in a company such as
research and development, manufacturing, marketing, service, etc. each has a clear and
independent job function with distinctive and stable goals. How to get these
departments to align with the changes in industry without detrimental delays becomes
indisputably an important key to the overall survival of the company. The knowledge
of how to meet the changes of the industry without disrupting the goals of the
company’s different job functions is largely related to the importance of Product
Management.
This study utilizes case examples mainly from the networking communication
industry to explore the new process of Product Management. This study bases its
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research on the following methods to identify the individual companies that has
successful implementations of the new process of Product Management:
1. Product Aspect:
Addressing to the diverse needs of the market, an industry must provide a
comprehensive product line in order to maintain the competitiveness of the industry.
2. Organizational Aspect:
Conduct organizational reforms and re-allocate the authority distributed across the
organization in order to attain a flat but well-integrated style of “pearl necklace”
organization. Take the body of the organization and transform it into an agile and
accurate organization that takes the traditionally rigid vertical control concept and invert
it into the concept of horizontal control of coordination and integration. This allows
product marketing and product management to carry out better job allocation between
each other that allows product management to focus on key quality duties such as
product design, production, delivery, and service.
3. Process Aspect:
Besides applying simpler and faster general software tools to manage the
milestones of a project, the implementation of PLM systems according to worldwide
regional needs can achieve the goal of consistent management and planning across
global regions thus eliminating the problem of misaligned information between the
frontline and the back-office.
The results of this study can also be applied to outside the networking
communication industry on such industries that have short product lifecycles and quick
product changes such as the PC industry, mobile phone industry, other similar high-tech
industries or even traditional industries such as shoes, clothing, and etc.
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Marafona, Maria Carolina Matias Correia de Ferreira. "The logistic giant emerge amid the pandemic: the path to success of fedex corporation." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/122622.
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This dissertation aims to assess the fair value of FedEx Corporation stock as of December 31st, 2021and give a recommendation as of January 4th, 2021.During the pandemic, the logistics industry was shaken-up, thus, firms were forced to readapt their businesses to deal with the economics lowdown, the airfreight capacity constraints and the increased demand for residential deliveries, triggered by the shift from physical to online shopping. Our recommendation is to buy FedEx Corporation’s stock given that our price target is $286.50per share as of December 31st, 2021, which implies a 12-months total shareholder return of 11.4%.
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Dung, Tran Thi Kim, and 陳氏金蓉. "Critical Success Factors of Vietnamese E-Commerce Business: A case study of Tiki Corporation." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/868cc5.
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碩士<br>國立交通大學<br>企業管理碩士學程<br>107<br>Electronic commerce (known as EC or e-commerce) is exponentially booming in emerging markets like Vietnam. More and more players is trying to set their foot in this fierce but potentially profitable market. Established in 2010, Tiki Corporation (Tiki) – Vietnam-based e-commerce start up – has become one of fastest growing platforms in the market, compared with foreign brands. Choosing niche market as selling books online, Tiki gradually won customers’ trust by its unique services and has expanded into general merchandise platform as today. Backed by established funds and strong investors, adopting customer-driven approach, Tiki has leveraged technology to offer customers the most convenient ways to experience online shopping.
This thesis seeks to investigate critical success factors of an EC corporate suggested by Choi et al. (2006) by applying them to Tiki’s story. Those critical success factors categorized by tangible assets, intangible assets and process are demonstrated in the conformity with Tiki case study.
Keyword: e-commerce, electronic commerce, success factors, Vietnam
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Wu, Jia-Horng, and 吳家宏. "A Study on Key Success Factors for Water Supply Corporation to Develop the Diversified Businesses." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12279850530607795620.
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碩士<br>臺中健康暨管理學院<br>經營管理研究所<br>93<br>The Executive Yuan established the ' The group promoted for publicly-owned undertaking privatization' since 1989, the publicly-owned undertaking was listed on the list of privatization successively. For the challenge after privatization, have also adopted different management tactics of improving the physique and answer in a great deal of publicly-owned undertakings, and ' Develop Diversification Operate ' namely most tactics that the government undertaking deals with.
This research is inquiring into the key success factor of diversification for the state-run business, in order to be regarded as the reference basis of policymaker's development in the future of Taiwan water corporation. Because of the global economy liberalization, influence of the internationalization in recent years, publicly-owned undertaking privatization is deeply focused attention by the public, so a lot of publicly-owned undertakings have already stepped up the step , besides cooperating with the push of the privatization policy, also handle the diversification relevant matters managing actively, expect to make the transition smoothly in the future, and produce the comprehensive result that enterprises manage rationally.
This text by Michael E. Porter of tactics master Professor, put forward diamond theory make with built and constructed that the questionnaire was designed for the theoretical foundation of this text on 1990, whether remit through expert questionnaire with level analytic approach whole, analyze, discover by real example Taiwan water corporation develop the key success factor of develop diversification operate for the state-run business as follows to take.
First, The factor to produce: the idea of enterprise operator and the display of the attempt , enterprise's leader must know clearly and grasp every member of the company to react to the psychology that enterprises make the transition , and can make the staff turn obstruction into helping hand , must combine the staff and have unanimous common understandings at the same time , if enterprise's operator lacks the foresight , then the whole colleague of company stands opposite each other, people in subordinate position will follow the patterns set by their superiors, therefore the display of the attempt of the company operator that have a apparent one to influence to staff.
Second, Demand condition: Consumers, to the attention that the health drinks the water, it must be from the drinking water of the health for begging point that the Taiwan water corporation should be engaged in the develop diversification operate, extended the acceptance and definite getting the market by one's own advantage under the test of the whole free economical market.
Third, Relevant industry and support industry: The successful experience of publicly-owned diversification of undertaking helps to develop, the Taiwan water supply corporation is a single product in the past item to manage, take field that operation developing can say one blank sheet of paper in diversification. The development and innovation of enterprises are not by and make a cart behind closed doors according to the fantasy picturing, so, helped to develop its necessity by other successful experience of publicly-owned diversification of undertaking.
Fourth, The tactics of enterprise, the structure of enterprise and competitive degree: Strengthen the crisis of staff a wareness, condense the centripetal force, with the change of the economic environment, and the trend of government undertaking privatization, the advantage of government undertaking staff disappears gradually, it is the staff of government undertaking due cognition to think of danger in times of safety.
Fifth, Government role: The relevant restriction decree norm is revised, the restrictions of a lot of regulations not only increase the publicly-owned undertaking the difficulty invested in rotates, reduced the initiative of mastering the chance at the same time , moreover, for a long time, to the intervention of the personnel system the ones that made the organization and personnel transferred and promoted are rigid, the welfare and promotion system in staff can improve to some extent, for increase the develop diversification operate of publicly-owned undertaking to take elasticity, expect to be grasped the business opportunity accurately, really there are necessities in the restriction which relaxes the relevant regulation.
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Sandrock, Judith Norah. "Critical success factors for communities of practice in the context of the Anglo American Corporation." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23670.
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The research project investigated critical success factors for communities of practice in the Anglo American Corporation. It was found that critical success factors for communities of practice can be identified in the context of the Anglo American Corporation. In addition, it was found that the critical success factors vary with the type and life cycle stage of the community. The research project comprised a qualitative literature review component which led to the design of a quantitative survey component. The survey was conducted in the Anglo American Corporation, with the respondents being members of communities of practice within the organisation. The respondent data set was analysed to produce results for discussion. The concluding chapter of the report outlines the critical success factors identified, and the recommendations made for establishing the support infrastructure for these factors.<br>Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.<br>Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)<br>unrestricted
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蕭加典. "The Critical Success Factors for Enhancing Self-service Gas Station Performance - CPC Corporation, Taiwan Case Study." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3mfns3.
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碩士<br>國立彰化師範大學<br>資訊管理學系所<br>104<br>The main objective of this research is Delphi study method to enhance self-service gas station - critical success factors.This research target is enhancing self-service gas station business performance by using literature analysis and the Delphi operation research method. The research invited 21 experts common discussion, by expert’s interview, three times Delphi operation questionnaire survey and expert’s recommends. We conclude five dimensions: (a) consumption group (b) operation process (c) difference set price (d) equipment (e) diversification, and total 14 items.The results of this study may provide gas station operators across the country in implementing the self-service gas station of the future, is to enhance the performance.