Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2010. / Full text also available online. Scroll down for electronic link.

This thesis deals with processing of analysis Two Nations Limited Company and suggests strategy for its development. Strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an enterprise are summarized in a chapter that deals with SWOT analysis. The final part of this thesis determines contingencies and appreciates project.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. / Title from title page screen (viewed May 21, 2004). Thesis advisor: Adedeji B. Badiru. Document formatted into pages (viii, 105 p. : ill. (some col.)). Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-75).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 189-207).

An increasing number of companies are reporting their environmental performance, impacts, and activities. The objectives of such reports are many including, in particular, reacting to external pressures from company stakeholders demanding more information about environmental performance. This might also be matched by management requiring information to better run the business - hence an internal requirement for information that would then be available for publication. Because, this environmental reporting serves multiple objectives and satisfies different needs of different readers, it varies in the type of information provided, the scope and depth of material disclosed, presentation formats used, the credibility of the information provided and its overall quality. Although richness of report content, scope of topics covered, presentation and credibility of this content have all been used to assess the quality of corporate environmental reporting (CER), to date most prior studies have looked simply at the volume of and/or the types of information when assessing the quality of CER. Studies have used two main indices to measure disclosure quality; subjective analysts' indices and semi-objective indices. Subjective indices such as the Association of Investment Management and Research (AIMR), formerly the Financial Analysts Federation (FAF) disclosure ratings, are built on corporate disclosures' ratings weighted by a panel of leading analysts in each industry. In semi-objective indices, on the other hand, a pre-determined list of items (topics of disclosure) is developed and tested for their presence (absence ) and/or the richness of their content. It is noted that most disclosure studies adopt this second approach in the form of disclosure index studies, a partial type of content analysis. Other disclosure measures have included textual analysis such as thematic content analysis, readability studies, and linguistic analysis. However, there is no consensus about the best measure for assessing reporting quality. One of the most important limitations encountered in the disclosure literature is the difficulty in assessing the quality of disclosure (Healy and Palepu, 2001; Urquiza et al., 2009). For example, these studies identify three key limitations. Firstly, there is inherent subjectivity involved in the selection of the quality measure and in the coding scheme to assess this 'quality' generally researchers choose their own methods or proxies. Secondly, there is an ignorance of the quality perceptions of preparers and users of corporate disclosure. Hammond and Miles (2004) argue that we cannot assess the quality of disclosure independently of a detailed understanding of users' need of disclosure. Thirdly, it has been common to use annual reports (ARs) to assess the extent and quality of corporate responsibility disclosure, ignoring the other reporting media such as corporate responsibility reports (CRRs), websites, home advertisings, etc (Forst et al., 2005; KPMG, 2011). Thus considering the fact that robust, reliable, and replicable quality assessment is problematic, the objectives of this research are threefold. Firstly, to build a more representative quality model based on the findings of a questionnaire ascertaining the views of both preparers and distinct categories of readers of ARs and/or CRRs. Secondly, to apply this model to FTSE 100 CER in both ARs and CRRs to ascertain whether the proxies frequently used in prior literature yield similar results to those derived from this more complex model. Thirdly, to investigate whether the common use of ARs, rather than more detailed CRRs in assessing CER quality is giving a misleading picture of the level and richness of disclosure available to stakeholders.

Thesis (Ph. D.) --Murdoch University, 2004. / Thesis submitted to the Division of Arts. Includes bibliographical references (p.330-332).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Konstanz, 1985. / Summary in German. Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-278).

Nowadays, world-wide enterprises have a new situation after the financial crisis in 2008. Environment faced by the enterprises is so sinister that a small mistake may bring fatal collapse. Business strategy becomes an important issue. The business strategy is used to guide the organization and people to the business vision and goals. It makes shareholders, customers, and members know why the enterprise exists, for what and whom they are fighting. Therefore, the first step of the ¡§business strategy management¡¨ is to construct the ¡§business strategy architecture. Business strategy architecture integrates multiple views of an enterprise to achieve the business strategy synergy. Strategy map uses text, graphics, and process-oriented languages to describe the business strategy. However, using these languages to express the business strategy will result in great difficulties of strategy implementation and resources distribution. Because the strategy map is a process-oriented model, it cares more on the organization behavior view and can not integrate with the organization structure view. In this study, we develop an Architecture-Oriented Research & Development Laboratory Business Strategy Model (AORDLBSM) which is based on the six fundamental diagrams of Structure-Behavior Coalescence (SBC) Architecture. AORDLBSM improves the strategy map model in integrating the structure and behavior views. The results of the study show that AORDLBSM is a macro to the micro, from whole to part of the strategy thinking. AORDLBSM integrates organization structure and organization behavior so tightly that it is able to transform implicit knowledge into explicit knowledge. We conclude that AORDLBSM is a description tool that can transform the abstract concept into a real system that enables the organization and people accomplish strategies successfully.

Šiame darbe nagrinėjama įmonių verslo plėtros galimybės koncentruojantis į gamyboje naudojamų įrengimų atnaujinimą, naujų pažangių technologijų įsigijimo savinimą, Kokybės valdymo ir aplinkosaugos sistemų įsisavinimą. Tyrimui naudota mokslinės literatūros, ūkinės patirties ir statistinių duomenų analizė. Ekonominiai duomenys analizuoti matematinės statistinės analizės metodais, santykinių dydžių skaičiavimo, palyginimo, vidutinių dydžių skaičiavimo, grafinės išraiškos ir kitais. Analitinėje dalyje analizuota įmonės gamybinės bei ekonominės veiklos raida, valdymo organizacinė struktūra bei jos tobulinimas, vadovaujantis UAB „Plungės lagūna“ finansinės atskaitomybės duomenimis. Taip pat nagrinėta, kokią turės įtaką pelningumui bei konkurencingumui gamybos modernizavimas. Remiantis šios analizės duomenimis, atlikta įmonės būklės analizė, įvertinta dabartinė rinkos tendencija, numatyta verslo plėtros strategija, įvertinus įmonės strateginės situacijos analizę, vizijos – misijos suformulavimas ir tikslų bei priemonių ir uždavinių nustatymas jiems pasiekti. Tyrimo metu nustatyta, kad įgyvendinus investicijų politiką bei planuojamą verslo plėtros planą, t.y. modernizavus gamybą ir įdiegus naujas technologijas susidarytų galimybės įsitvirtinti vandentiekio, nuotakynų vamzdžių tiesimo ir rekonstravimo, bei kitų inžinerinių tinklų statybos rinkoje, leistų išlaikyti aukštą technologinį lygį bei užtikrinti aukštą teikiamų paslaugų kokybę ir didesnes garantijas. Taip pat būtų padidinama... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In this work there is analyzed the company business development‘s opportunities to concentrate beside the refreshed equipment used in manufacturing, the acquisition of new advanced technologies, the reclamation of Qualities management and environment systems. The analysis of nonfiction, agriculture practice and statistical information is used to the research. The economical information is analyzed using the methods of mathematical statistical analysis, the count of comparative size, comparison, the count of medium size etc. In the analytical part there is analyzed the process of company‘s industrial and economical work, the organizational structure of management and its development, using the financial accountability information of „Plungės lagūna“. There is also analyzed the influence of production‘s modernization for company‘s yield and ability. According to this information there is given the analysis of company‘s state, the tendency of recent market, the strategy of business development, assessing the analysis of company‘s strategically situation, the formulation of vision-mission and evaluation of purposes, means and tasks to reach them. While doing analysis there is found that when the investment‘s policy and target business development‘s plan, i.e. updating the production and introducing new technology would be realized, the opportunities to dig in the constructional market of plumbing, the reconstruction and building of drains‘ pipes would be formed. It would... [to full text]

Thesis (M.S.)--Auburn University, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographic references (ℓ. 70-71)