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Matrix Management And Structure
January 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Matrix management is a technique of managing an organization (or, more commonly, part of an organization) through a series of dual-reporting relationships instead of a more traditional linear...
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Case Studies
Elite Reporting and Analytics Foundation: Proven Data Integrity for Fast and Accurate Reporting and Analysis
October 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Thompson Hine is one of the largest corporate law firms in the United States with 370 lawyers, and totaling over 800 employees. Month-end reports were static, dated and inefficient to produce and...
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Project Catapult: Data System for Evaluation and Visualization of Relationships Between Technologies
July 2, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) evaluates, protects, markets, licenses, monitors, and manages the wide range of NIH and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inventions. The sheer volume...
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The Impact of High Performance Work on Industry-Level Outcomes
April 10, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Organizations today face an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing environment. A variety of factors including globalization, technological breakthroughs, rapid innovation, and deregulation...
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Does Retirement Education Teach People to Save Pension Distributions?
April 10, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper is the first to examine the relationship between retirement education - specifically, meetings sponsored by employers or by public and private institutions- and the saving of lump sum...
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Individual Accounts in Other Countries
April 29, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The International Social Security Association classifies an individual account as "An arrangement in which capital belonging to an individual person accumulated from mandatory or voluntary...
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Finding Competitive Advantage in Self-Managed Work Teams
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
To build a competitive advantage, a firm must provide buyers with superior value. While companies can secure competitive advantages through investment in capital or technology, such avenues...
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White Papers
Enterprising Ways to Create Competitive Advantage
February 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Today's leading companies deploy enterprise systems in all areas of operations, and a spectrum of these systems are at work at companies every day. Although each enterprise system has a unique...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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Sustaining Competitive Advantage in a High-Technology Environment: A Strategic Marketing Perspective
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The fortunes of high-technology firms depend on investments in intangible capital, which is comprised of intellectual capital as well as marketing capital. While the importance of intellectual...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Does Porter's Diamond Hold in the Global Automotive Industry?
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Michael Porter's Theory of the Competitive Advantage of Nations is commonly referred to as Porter's Diamond, as it comprises 4 key elements that lead to national competitiveness. This paper...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
How Can a Firm Convert Its Global Presence to Global Competitive Advantage to Gain Certain Benefits?
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
To convert global presence into a global competitive advantage, companies must exploit five value creation opportunities: adapting to local scale, exploiting economies of global scope, tapping the...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
The Essence of Strategic Leadership: Managing Human and Social Capital
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
A new type of strategic leadership is required to help firms successfully navigate the dynamic and uncertain environment in which they compete today. The strategic leadership needed in 21st...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
An Exploration of the Links Between Just-in-Time Manufacturing and Simultaneous New Product Development
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Innovation and speedy new product development is crucial for companies to gain competitive advantage in a global market. The main focus of this paper is to demonstrate that the principles of...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
The Brand Capability Value of Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC)
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
It is now widely accepted that intangible assets provide the most sustainable source of competitive advantage. Indeed, brand equity often accounts for a major portion of shareholder value....
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Using an Online Commercial Database as a Source of Competitive Advantage in Developing Marketing Strategies and Tactics
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the use of an online database in providing the foundation for developing a successful competitive strategy. In particular, this paper focuses on the...
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The Role of Transformational and Transactional Leadership in Creating, Sharing and Exploiting Organizational Knowledge
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Strategy scholars have argued that managing knowledge effectively can provide firms with sustainable competitive advantages. Leaders are central to the process of managing knowledge effectively....
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White Papers
Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) and Brand Identity as Critical Components of Brand Equity Strategy
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
For practitioners, Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) has become widely accepted, has pervaded various levels within the firm, and has become an integral part of brand strategy that requires...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Task and Relationship-Oriented Trust in Leaders
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The study presented in this paper examines the relative influence of competence, consistency and motivational intention upon the defined task and relationship dimensions of trust in leaders. A...
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The Effects of Knowledge Management on Team Members' Ratings of Project Success and Impact
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Many organizations are trying to improve the generation and utilization of knowledge. The activities associated with these efforts are identified as organizational Knowledge Management (KM). While...
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Putting Knowledge Management to Work for Real Estate Organizations
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
"Knowledge Management" has become an increasingly popular corporate term over the last decade. But what does it mean to one and one's real estate organization? Generally, knowledge management can...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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Team Knowledge Structures: Matching Task to Information Environment
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The knowledge possessed by an organization and its members can be classified as explicit or tacit. Explicit knowledge can be codified and communicated without much difficulty. Tacit knowledge -...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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What Every Business Manager Should Know About Knowledge Management
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Knowledge Management (KM) is more than reshuffling the org chart and a few job titles. It's about transforming the way business captures, manages, distributes, and interacts with its critical...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Knowledge Management Capabilities & Infrastructure for e-Commerce
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Executives in leading organizations are increasingly recognizing that in order to maintain or gain competitive advantages, organizational knowledge needs to be managed for and integrated with...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Knowledge Management as a Key for e-Business Competitiveness
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Knowledge is the lifeblood of E-Commerce (EC). Processes and activities involved in EC are technological means that contribute to managing knowledge. This paper reviews the major perspectives on...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Inter-Organizational Knowledge Management: A Comparison of Law Firms in Norway and Australia
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Law firms represent an industry that seems very well suited to knowledge management investigation. Law firms are knowledge intensive, and the use of advanced technology may well transform these...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
An Agent-Based Knowledge Management Framework for the e-Commerce Environment
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Knowledge Management (KM) is emerging as one of the management tools to gain competitive advantage and e-businesses are beginning to invest in KM initiatives. Though several organizations have...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Strategic Alliances and the Management of Intellectual Properties: The Art of the Contract
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks often compose as much as 85% of a corporation's economic value. Because product lifecycles have shortened as technology advances ever more...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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Managing in the New Millennium: Ten Tips to Better Using Your 1440 Minutes
January 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Too often people say that if they just had more time, they could be more productive. They may see many other people who are indeed more productive. And yet they have the same 24 hours and the same...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
CEOs'/CFOs' Swearing by the Numbers: Does It Impact Share Price of the Firm?
January 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
This paper examines the impact on share prices of firms who's CEOs and CFOs certify their financial statements under oath, pursuant to the administrative order issued by the SEC on June 27, 2002....
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How Are Earnings Managed?: Examples From Auditors
June 19, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper reports descriptive evidence about how managers attempt to manage earnings, based on a sample of 515 earnings-management attempts obtained from a survey of 253 experienced auditors (and...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Implementing a Successful HR Strategy: Leading HR Executives on Attracting Talent, Establishing Company Culture, and Inspiring Employees
December 11, 2008, 12:00am PST
The author is the head of the recruiting department, which comprises thirteen professionals. Recruiting is responsible for lawyer hiring (but not staff hiring, which is handled by human...
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Cloud Computing: Whose Law Governs the Cloud? (Part III)
February 10, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper is the last of a three-part series looking at cloud computing from market and legal perspectives. Part I, published in the June 2009 issue of Cyberspace Lawyer, examined the...
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Cloud Computing: The Intersection of Massive Scalability, Data Security and Privacy (part I)
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper is the first in a three-part series that will look at cloud computing from the market and legal perspectives. This first paper focuses on the technological and business capabilities of...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
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White Papers
Accounting, Coercion and Social Control During Apprenticeship
December 1, 2005, 12:00am PST
The paper describes the nature and role of accounting during apprenticeship - the transition period from slavery to waged labor in the British West Indies. Planters, colonial legislators, and...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Cloud Computing: Industry and Government Developments (Part II)
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper is the second in a three-part series looking at cloud computing from market and legal perspectives. This paper will address recent industry and policy developments. The final paper will...
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Implementing A New Culture of Risk Management
November 25, 2009, 12:00am PST
In response to high profile failures and in anticipation of increased regulatory pressure, many financial institutions quickly embark on various programs to strengthen their approach to liquidity...
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Successful Risk Management: How To Introduce Qualitative Elements To Achieve A Balance Between The Trading And Banking Books
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Recent market turmoil has compelled regulators to introduce new measures to help financial institutions meet the challenges of globalized financial markets. And firms themselves are looking for...
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The Japanese Generic Drug Market: Opportunities And Strategies For Success
January 14, 2011, 12:00am PST
Neither the Japanese Government nor its physicians, pharmacies and patients are hostile to foreign drugs and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) in principle. In practice, however, there is...
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White Papers
Best Practices in Online Video Webcasting
June 7, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Video can help a person convey the strength and achievements of the organization and leadership team to customers, partners, vendors, investors, employees and the media. In an era of transparency...
Provided by Thomson Financial
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Software as a Service Saas in the Tax and Accounting Profession
September 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Software as a Service (SaaS), which is often referred to as "Cloud computing," is getting a lot of attention in the tax and accounting profession and in the accounting press for a number of...
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Making the Leap to the Cloud: Is My Data Private and Secure?
September 20, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The more one know about cloud computing, the more one'll understand why it has received so much attention in recent years. Also referred to as hosted computing, cloud computing generally refers to...
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White Papers
Software as a Service Saas in the Tax and Accounting Profession
September 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Software as a Service (SaaS), which is often referred to as "Cloud computing," is getting a lot of attention in the tax and accounting profession and in the accounting press for a number of...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
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White Papers
The Japanese Generic Drug Market: Opportunities And Strategies For Success
January 14, 2011, 12:00am PST
Neither the Japanese Government nor its physicians, pharmacies and patients are hostile to foreign drugs and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) in principle. In practice, however, there is...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
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White Papers
Successful Risk Management: How To Introduce Qualitative Elements To Achieve A Balance Between The Trading And Banking Books
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Recent market turmoil has compelled regulators to introduce new measures to help financial institutions meet the challenges of globalized financial markets. And firms themselves are looking for...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
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White Papers
Implementing A New Culture of Risk Management
November 25, 2009, 12:00am PST
In response to high profile failures and in anticipation of increased regulatory pressure, many financial institutions quickly embark on various programs to strengthen their approach to liquidity...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
-
White Papers
Cloud Computing: Industry and Government Developments (Part II)
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper is the second in a three-part series looking at cloud computing from market and legal perspectives. This paper will address recent industry and policy developments. The final paper will...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
-
White Papers
Cloud Computing: The Intersection of Massive Scalability, Data Security and Privacy (part I)
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper is the first in a three-part series that will look at cloud computing from the market and legal perspectives. This first paper focuses on the technological and business capabilities of...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
-
White Papers
Cloud Computing: Whose Law Governs the Cloud? (Part III)
February 10, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper is the last of a three-part series looking at cloud computing from market and legal perspectives. Part I, published in the June 2009 issue of Cyberspace Lawyer, examined the...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
-
White Papers
Implementing a Successful HR Strategy: Leading HR Executives on Attracting Talent, Establishing Company Culture, and Inspiring Employees
December 11, 2008, 12:00am PST
The author is the head of the recruiting department, which comprises thirteen professionals. Recruiting is responsible for lawyer hiring (but not staff hiring, which is handled by human...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
-
White Papers
Project Catapult: Data System for Evaluation and Visualization of Relationships Between Technologies
July 2, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) evaluates, protects, markets, licenses, monitors, and manages the wide range of NIH and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inventions. The sheer volume...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
-
Case Studies
Elite Reporting and Analytics Foundation: Proven Data Integrity for Fast and Accurate Reporting and Analysis
October 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Thompson Hine is one of the largest corporate law firms in the United States with 370 lawyers, and totaling over 800 employees. Month-end reports were static, dated and inefficient to produce and...
Provided by Thomson Reuters
-
White Papers
Matrix Management And Structure
January 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Matrix management is a technique of managing an organization (or, more commonly, part of an organization) through a series of dual-reporting relationships instead of a more traditional linear...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Best Practices in Online Video Webcasting
June 7, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Video can help a person convey the strength and achievements of the organization and leadership team to customers, partners, vendors, investors, employees and the media. In an era of transparency...
Provided by Thomson Financial
-
White Papers
Accounting, Coercion and Social Control During Apprenticeship
December 1, 2005, 12:00am PST
The paper describes the nature and role of accounting during apprenticeship - the transition period from slavery to waged labor in the British West Indies. Planters, colonial legislators, and...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
How Are Earnings Managed?: Examples From Auditors
June 19, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper reports descriptive evidence about how managers attempt to manage earnings, based on a sample of 515 earnings-management attempts obtained from a survey of 253 experienced auditors (and...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
CEOs'/CFOs' Swearing by the Numbers: Does It Impact Share Price of the Firm?
January 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
This paper examines the impact on share prices of firms who's CEOs and CFOs certify their financial statements under oath, pursuant to the administrative order issued by the SEC on June 27, 2002....
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Managing in the New Millennium: Ten Tips to Better Using Your 1440 Minutes
January 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Too often people say that if they just had more time, they could be more productive. They may see many other people who are indeed more productive. And yet they have the same 24 hours and the same...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Strategic Alliances and the Management of Intellectual Properties: The Art of the Contract
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks often compose as much as 85% of a corporation's economic value. Because product lifecycles have shortened as technology advances ever more...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
An Agent-Based Knowledge Management Framework for the e-Commerce Environment
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Knowledge Management (KM) is emerging as one of the management tools to gain competitive advantage and e-businesses are beginning to invest in KM initiatives. Though several organizations have...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Inter-Organizational Knowledge Management: A Comparison of Law Firms in Norway and Australia
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Law firms represent an industry that seems very well suited to knowledge management investigation. Law firms are knowledge intensive, and the use of advanced technology may well transform these...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Knowledge Management as a Key for e-Business Competitiveness
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Knowledge is the lifeblood of E-Commerce (EC). Processes and activities involved in EC are technological means that contribute to managing knowledge. This paper reviews the major perspectives on...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Knowledge Management Capabilities & Infrastructure for e-Commerce
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Executives in leading organizations are increasingly recognizing that in order to maintain or gain competitive advantages, organizational knowledge needs to be managed for and integrated with...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
What Every Business Manager Should Know About Knowledge Management
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Knowledge Management (KM) is more than reshuffling the org chart and a few job titles. It's about transforming the way business captures, manages, distributes, and interacts with its critical...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Team Knowledge Structures: Matching Task to Information Environment
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The knowledge possessed by an organization and its members can be classified as explicit or tacit. Explicit knowledge can be codified and communicated without much difficulty. Tacit knowledge -...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Putting Knowledge Management to Work for Real Estate Organizations
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
"Knowledge Management" has become an increasingly popular corporate term over the last decade. But what does it mean to one and one's real estate organization? Generally, knowledge management can...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
The Effects of Knowledge Management on Team Members' Ratings of Project Success and Impact
May 23, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Many organizations are trying to improve the generation and utilization of knowledge. The activities associated with these efforts are identified as organizational Knowledge Management (KM). While...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Task and Relationship-Oriented Trust in Leaders
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The study presented in this paper examines the relative influence of competence, consistency and motivational intention upon the defined task and relationship dimensions of trust in leaders. A...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) and Brand Identity as Critical Components of Brand Equity Strategy
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
For practitioners, Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) has become widely accepted, has pervaded various levels within the firm, and has become an integral part of brand strategy that requires...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
The Role of Transformational and Transactional Leadership in Creating, Sharing and Exploiting Organizational Knowledge
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Strategy scholars have argued that managing knowledge effectively can provide firms with sustainable competitive advantages. Leaders are central to the process of managing knowledge effectively....
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Using an Online Commercial Database as a Source of Competitive Advantage in Developing Marketing Strategies and Tactics
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the use of an online database in providing the foundation for developing a successful competitive strategy. In particular, this paper focuses on the...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
The Brand Capability Value of Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC)
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
It is now widely accepted that intangible assets provide the most sustainable source of competitive advantage. Indeed, brand equity often accounts for a major portion of shareholder value....
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
An Exploration of the Links Between Just-in-Time Manufacturing and Simultaneous New Product Development
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Innovation and speedy new product development is crucial for companies to gain competitive advantage in a global market. The main focus of this paper is to demonstrate that the principles of...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
The Essence of Strategic Leadership: Managing Human and Social Capital
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
A new type of strategic leadership is required to help firms successfully navigate the dynamic and uncertain environment in which they compete today. The strategic leadership needed in 21st...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
How Can a Firm Convert Its Global Presence to Global Competitive Advantage to Gain Certain Benefits?
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
To convert global presence into a global competitive advantage, companies must exploit five value creation opportunities: adapting to local scale, exploiting economies of global scope, tapping the...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Does Porter's Diamond Hold in the Global Automotive Industry?
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Michael Porter's Theory of the Competitive Advantage of Nations is commonly referred to as Porter's Diamond, as it comprises 4 key elements that lead to national competitiveness. This paper...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Sustaining Competitive Advantage in a High-Technology Environment: A Strategic Marketing Perspective
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The fortunes of high-technology firms depend on investments in intangible capital, which is comprised of intellectual capital as well as marketing capital. While the importance of intellectual...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Enterprising Ways to Create Competitive Advantage
February 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
Today's leading companies deploy enterprise systems in all areas of operations, and a spectrum of these systems are at work at companies every day. Although each enterprise system has a unique...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Finding Competitive Advantage in Self-Managed Work Teams
May 8, 2006, 12:00am PDT
To build a competitive advantage, a firm must provide buyers with superior value. While companies can secure competitive advantages through investment in capital or technology, such avenues...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Individual Accounts in Other Countries
April 29, 2006, 12:00am PDT
The International Social Security Association classifies an individual account as "An arrangement in which capital belonging to an individual person accumulated from mandatory or voluntary...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Does Retirement Education Teach People to Save Pension Distributions?
April 10, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper is the first to examine the relationship between retirement education - specifically, meetings sponsored by employers or by public and private institutions- and the saving of lump sum...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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