multi-item instrument for measuring service personal values Luis Filipe Lagesa‚*‚ Joana Cosme Fernandesb‚1 a Universidade Nova de Lisboa‚ Faculdade de Economia‚ Campus de Campolide‚ 1099-032 Lisboa‚ Portugal Ericsson Telecommunications Portugal‚ Edifıcio D. Henrique‚ Quinta da Fonte‚ 2780-730 Paco de Arcos‚ Portugal ´ ¸ b Received 14 October 2003; received in revised form 1 June 2004; accepted 1 October 2004 Abstract Personal values have long been considered an important variable in
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Introduction of value chain The value chain‚ also known as value chain analysis‚ is a concept from business management that was first described and popularized by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller‚ Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. Definition : According to John Del Vecchio writing for Fool.com‚ a value chain is "a string of companies working together to satisfy market demands." The value chain typically consists of one or a few primary value (product
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Value Chain as Competitive Advantage Unit 3 Assignment Bobby Young-Mentgen GB570 Managing the Value Chain Pricilla Aaltonen Kaplan University September 25‚ 2012 Value Chain as Competitive Advantage Customer-centric businesses focus on consistently delivering a differentiated experience designed to satisfy the customer. The ultimate goal is to sustain competitive advantage in the marketplace. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate why an effective value chain creates competitive advantage
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Project Report on Key success factors for Airtel using Porters value chain Analysis Under the Guidance of Ms. Navita Mahajan (Professor‚ Amity University) Submitted By: Date of Submission: Savita Chhikara 25th October 2013 Enroll No.: A1802012098 Amity University Acknowledgement Behind every fruitful endeavour lie the advice‚ guidance and inspiration of all the people
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Theory X and Theory Y In his 1960 book‚ The Human Side of Enterprise‚ Douglas McGregor proposed two theories by which to view employee motivation. He avoided descriptive labels and simply called the theories Theory X and Theory Y. Both of these theories begin with the premise that management’s role is to assemble the factors of production‚ including people‚ for the economic benefit of the firm. Beyond this point‚ the two theories of management diverge. Theory X Theory X assumes that the average
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What is Fair Value Accounting? An alternative approach to measurement that seeks to capture changes in asset and liability values over time. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) defines fair value as "... an amount at which an asset could be exchanged between knowledgeable and willing parties in an arms length transaction". Under the fair value measurement approach‚ assets and liabilities are re-measured periodically to reflect changes in their value‚ with the resulting change impacting
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Value Chain Analysis and Methodology top The internal value chain of an online learning institution consists of all physically and technologically distinct activities within the institution that add value to the learner’s experience. The key to analyzing the value chain is understanding the activities within the institution that create a competitive advantage‚ and then managing those activities better than other institutions in the industry. Porter (1985) suggested that the activities of a business
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issues that elude criminologist and pre-existing theories. Theories which originated from a “great crowd of very diverse people meeting up and passing through‚ sometimes establishing fruitful exchange‚ sometimes merely rubbing shoulders in the crowded passage of textbooks and conferences” (Freilich & Lafree‚ 2014). To honor those encounters in this essay I’ll be describing how the contemporary issues of terrorism and cybercrime are impacting standing theories. Terrorism is a recent phenomenon that gained
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Transitions Theory Case Study This paper attempts to accomplish two goals as stated in the objectives of the assignment: to describe Transitions Theory and apply it on the selected Case Study. After reading the assigned readings and outside sources‚ here is my understanding and application of the mentioned theory. According to Meleis‚ Sawyer‚ Im‚ Messias‚ and Shumacher (2000) Transitions Theory is a theory that attempt to explain the exchanges that exist when people pass through changes‚ events
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Global Value Chain Management Amber Douangboupha Organizations compete in the global market with many goals in mind. These goals include increasing their competitive advantage‚ adding value‚ and reducing costs through global sourcing. Organizations today must rely on effective value chain management to compete in the global market. Global value chain management focuses on the network of interconnected establishments involved in coordinating a product from a raw material to the finished
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