Summary in Chinese. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leave 116-117.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-92).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-197).

This study examined the effectiveness of strategic planning systems in strategy formulation in a changing business environment. It also investigated differences in the designs, processes, levels of top management involvement, and perceived levels of achievement and performance of the strategic planning systems of companies classified as leaders, challengers, followers, and nichers in the electronic computing equipment community. For the most part no significant correlations were found between perceived levels of achievement and performance of planning systems and organizational performance measured by financial ratios. However, significant correlations were found between perceived level of achievement and performance and the design, process and level of top management involvement in the strategic planning process.

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

Abstract Networks are a general feature of Taiwan¡¦s industry. Alongside rapid developments in technology, the island¡¦s industrial structure is being transformed; at the same time, new approaches to administration and management are developing. Hi tech industries are playing a vital role in Taiwan¡¦s economic growth, and this thesis aims to uncover the network characteristics of these industries. The thesis uses the extensive literature available today as the source material for analyzing and comparing the industrial and network characteristics of both traditional and hi tech industries. Three important underlying factors are presented in this thesis; together, these factors help to understand the differences between network characteristics in traditional and hi tech industries. Our research into the characteristics of networks in hi tech industries revealed some interesting results. Firstly, we found that these networks are more elastic, and better able to react to changes in the business environment than traditional networks. Secondly, we discovered that job status in hi tech industries is generally less obvious, more equal and more fluid. Thirdly, existing personal connections still play an important role in hi tech industries, but are less important than in traditional businesses. Networks in hi tech industries have inherited many characteristics of the traditional network; however, as the industrial environment has changed, so networks within hi tech industries have developed many interesting characteristics which differ from traditional industrial networks in important ways.

Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2004.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Inaugural-Diss. / Tübingen, Eberhard-Karls-Universität ; 1992.