International Business All rights reserved 0047-2506 www.jibs.net COMMENTARY Inter-organizational trust and the dynamics of distrust John Paul MacDuffie Wharton School‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia‚ USA Correspondence: JP MacDuffie‚ 3105 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall‚ Wharton School‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19104-6370‚ USA. Tel: 215-898-2588; Fax: 215-898-0401 Abstract Early research on inter-organizational trust drew on theories about social ties among individuals‚ for example
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required to assess the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. This the case of Miller Mining Limited‚ the management has assessed that the company is perhaps headed for financial distress and its going concern might be a concern. The purpose of the note is to inform the users of the financial distress that the company can face. The company has current liabilities greater than its current assets at the end of the fiscal year. If the company is unsuccessful in negotiations with creditors
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Organizational Strategy Paper Organizational Strategy Paper K. Huffman established Huffman trucking in 1936‚ and its subsequent growth was a direct result of the demand for carriers during World War II. The company has since maintained its government ties‚ and has continued to grow throughout the years. Internal sales and the acquisition of five Eastern regional carriers‚ has allowed Huffman Trucking to continue as a private company (University Of Phoenix‚ 2013). In keeping with Huffman’s history
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How to Successfully Expand your Business into the African Market Temwani Mtonga Davenport University BUSN 650 December 12‚ 2013 Abstract Emerging markets and developing economies have shown huge growth over the past decade‚ and are still projected to continue to grow significantly higher rate that advanced economies. According to the International Monetary Fund world economic outlook for 2013 emerging market and developing economies are projected grow at an average rate of
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Strategies for Managing Conflict Successfully Interpersonal Communication Everyone has dealt some sort of conflict within a relationship. Whether you’ve experienced it with a significant other‚ family member‚ friends‚ or coworkers‚ it’s all conflict. Managing your conflict appropriately limits the negative aspects while increasing the positive aspects. John Gottman proposed that‚ “criticizing‚ showing contempt‚ becoming defensive‚ and engaging in stonewalling aren’t productive ways handling
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This paper will present and evaluate the impact of innovation and creativity on the organizational strategy‚ processes‚ products‚ and services of General Electric. Two unique innovative considerations will be identified and explained as to how these considerations apply to General Electric. Innovation and creativity is the driving force of General Electric’s organizational strategy. General Electric has been a leader of innovation and creativity for decades by providing products and services
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worked for in the past. What is/was their strategy? Is/Was it a sound strategy? Do/Did they have a competitive advantage? Do/Did they have a sustainable competitive advantage? Is/Was the organization adhering to their strategy or deviating from it? Where are/were they strong? Where are/were they weak? If you were President of the organization‚ what recommendations would you make to ensure success with this strategy? NOTE: I have often heard people say‚ we need a new strategy. It is IMPERATIVE to
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Organizational Strategies In this assignment‚ I must assume that I am shopping for a laptop computer. I need to shop an Internet site and classify the laptops that I find on their site into three or four categories. Then I need to select one category and find three laptops that fit that category. Then I need partition each of these laptops using three or four different features that are important to me. I need to list the categories of the laptops that I created and the features of the laptops
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One of the key outcomes of the fundamental managerial function of planning is strategy formulation. Planning identifies the organisational goals and paves the way for selecting an appropriate strategy‚ which is essential for success. Strategy exists at the corporate‚ business and functional levels and all three levels must coordinate in a coherent way to be able to meet the organisational goals. The chosen strategy must then be supported by an appropriate organisational structure to be effectively
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MBA (ADVANCED STANDING CIMA BOTSWANA) GLOBAL STRATEGIC MARKETING – 7GN020 BOTSWANA MEAT COMPANY EXPANDS MARKET INTO MALAWI PYOKA MFUNI STUDENT ID# 100194763 UNIVERSITY OF DERBY 17 January 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is principally prepared and compiled for the Board members of the Botswana Meat Company (BMC) for consideration and decision making in the implementation of the strategic plans. Growing BMC market share and increasing sales regionally has been top of the agenda
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