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Stakeholder salience, structural development, and firm performance : structural and performance correlates of socio-political stakeholder management strategies /Mattingly, James E., January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 191-202). Also available on the Internet.
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Strategic issues in lean construction and the higher education construction market sectorAlmeida, Joao Carlos. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute. / Keywords: Lean construction; strategic management; total quality management. Includes bibliographical references (p.70-71).
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Marketing strategy and the firm value /Mizik, Natalie. January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-135).
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Information, learning and decision-making : applications to venture capital finance and strategic managementZott, Christoph 05 1900 (has links)
This thesis comprises three essays dealing with information and learning in business decision-making.
The first essay presents a theory explaining the existence of dedicated financial intermediaries (i.e., venture
capitalists) who serve the entrepreneurial sector. Building on the well-established idea that informational
asymmetries are central in entrepreneurial financing, the main hypothesis is that venture capitalists exist
precisely because they develop special expertise in reducing information-based market failures through
careful selection, monitoring, and other means. The primary contribution of this chapter lies in linking the
theoretical structure to detailed evidence on venture capital investment in Canada. Specifically, the theory
suggests four empirical predictions. It is argued that the evidence is consistent with these predictions and
therefore with the central hypothesis.
In the second essay, two agents, an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist, engage in repeated, ultimatum-style
bargaining about a two-dimensional financial contract. They base their offers on simple heuristics, which
are processed by a genetic algorithm. The algorithm captures some fundamental principles of human
learning. A simulation experiment reveals that with incomplete information, disagreement and delays in
bargaining are observed more frequently than under complete information. This can be explained by the
sensitivity of agents' learning to information. It is also found that the agent in the weak bargaining position
might benefit from incomplete information.
The third essay explores a range of hypotheses that might explain differential intra-industry firm
performance. A behavioral model is developed in which simple rules guide firms on whether to adapt
internally and/or imitate others in order to effect organizational change. This dynamic, multi-period model,
in which firms simultaneously compete, is simulated under assumptions which correspond to the hypotheses
about differential firm performance. Results reveal that stochastic managerial choice and organizational
inertia are plausible sources of differential firm performance. Experiential learning, in and of itself, has only
limited influence on heterogeneous firm performance. Interestingly, imitation may be an undesirable strategy
for underperforming firms either because it is aimed at a "moving target" or because the targeted market
niche is already crowded.
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Mapping risk, strategy, and performance in IPO organizational knowledge structuresMartens, Martin L. 05 1900 (has links)
In this dissertation I investigate initial public offering prospectuses to examine institutionalized
outcomes about risk and strategy and test whether information about those outcomes can be used to
predict firm performance. I use three conceptual perspectives—managerial risk, New Institutional theory,
and Organizational Cognition—to explore these outcomes in the main body of this thesis. The main body
contains four articles that, although connected by a common thread, are designed as independent standalone
papers. In Chapter 2 I examine the risk factor section of 529 prospectuses from firms that went
public of US stock exchanges in 1995 and 1996. Using this data I create a comprehensive content
cognitive map of 98 risk factors at represent the content of IPO field's risk knowledge structure. I then
identify three methods for measuring these risk factors—pervasiveness, priority, and proportion.
Following this I examine how the IPO field structures the risk knowledge structure. In Chapter 3 I use
the content map developed in Chapter 2 to test whether I can use this information to predict firm
performance. Using the IPO data, I develop several risk measures and compare these to existing proxy
measures. I then use multiple regression analyses to test the reliability and validity of the various
measures. The final result is a risk factor measure, the BROAD measure, which produced the most
consistent results. In Chapter 4 I expand the investigation by examining'how firms and fields make sense
of strategy and how it relates to the risk factors. In this chapter I compare three fields with differing"
levels of institutionalization to see whether I can find unique institutionalized outcomes—industry
recipes—about risk and strategy. In this Chapter I find strong support for the idea that fields have
distinctive industry recipes. The results show that the dynamics of these industry recipes differ according
to the level and type of institutionalization. Finally, in Chapter 5 I test firm level cognitive maps against
the field level industry recipes to examine whether conformity, convergence, or divergence matter to IPO
performance. There is some support for the idea that firm conformity to an industry recipe improves firm
performance. Additionally, in some institutional conditions, convergence toward an industry recipe also
improves IPO performance.
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An assessment of the strategic planning and management of the University of Namibia.Nghihangwa, Mathew. January 2007 (has links)
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The impact of the implementation of change management processes on staff turnover at Telkom SANaidu, Gonaseelan January 2008 (has links)
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Business Administration, Business Studies Unit, Durban University of Technology, 2008. / Telkom SA, over the last decade and a half, has undergone major change in terms of the manner in which it does business. From being a state-owned company to becoming a para-statal, to being run by foreigners and, finally, being run by local leaders within the company, Telkom SA has transformed as a company. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of change implementation on staff turnover in Telkom SA by reviewing the following key issues: The implementation of change within Telkom SA, benchmarked against international best practices; the communication of change/re-structuring initiatives by management in Telkom SA; the effect of change implementation on staff turnover; and the effect of change implementation on employee morale and retention.
The rationale of this study is to allow Telkom SA management to review their current implementation strategy of change management initiatives in Telkom SA.
Thereafter, it will provide guidelines for improvements in change implementation for the management of Telkom SA. Staff turnover and employee morale can negatively impact service delivery and financial performance of a company, so these recommendations are aimed at improving service delivery and financial performance.
The study was descriptive, cross sectional and quantitative, involving the application of a questionnaire, via e-mail and personal interviews, with a sample of staff from the core planning section in the Network Infrastructure Provisioning division, where a high staff turnover rate existed. The questionnaire focused on assessing the impact of the implementation of change management processes on staff turnover at Telkom SA and was developed from the literature review. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Version 15 for both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings show that a significant percentage of respondents were v
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dissatisfied with the way management had handled issues related to change implementation, communication, turnover, morale and retention.
With this in mind, recommendations on ways to reduce the impact of the key issues on the organisation were made. These included the recommendation of lean methodology in order to deal with the first three key issues, namely, implementation, communication, and turnover. Thereafter the ‘four cores of credibility’ model was recommended to improve employee morale. Finally recommendations were made on ways to improve employee retention.
The overarching issue that has come to light is that although management is, to a degree, communicating change implementation, there is a noticeable lack of engagement with employees. The onus, therefore, lies with leadership to lift the levels of engagement with employees, thereby reducing the impact of change implementation on the organisation by increasing the level of transparency in the organisation. Improving communication would lead to improved trust, which would then result in improved employee morale, ultimately leading to a reduction in the staff turnover rate.
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Strategy, structure and style: finding the way forward for professional associations : a case study of a professional association in South Africa and relevance of the application of current business models.Lewis, Fiona. January 2003 (has links)
In this dissertation, we will use the term corporate strategy to describe the processes and practises engaged in to develop a sense of purpose, a set of actions and management plans that add value to the membership of the organisation. We will discuss the role of the non-profit organisation in the business sector, and locate professional associations within the spectrum of social enterprises and non-profit organisations. We will use the language of business models and non-profit models and practises to analyse the direction
of professional associations in the global arena, and hope to identify patterns or trends in how these associations are managed in relation to typical business models. We will identify a framework to assist in thinking through the case study under investigation. One such professional association in South Africa will be considered more closely, and critically evaluated against these models. It should become clear that professional associations without a good, clear strategy and structure for managing short-term and long-term goals, has no hope for achieving these goals. It is hoped that on conclusion of this project, a model for strategic planning and implementation in professional associations, and specific recommendations for change for the association under consideration will emerge. / Thesis (MBA)- University of Natal, Durban, 2003.
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A strategic analysis of sugar cane supplies from a miller cum planter to a sugar mill in KwaZulu-Natal.Russell, Paul William. January 2003 (has links)
This is a case study of an irrigated sugar cane Estate owned by the Company that mills sugar cane from the irrigated farms that make up the Estate and also from a wide range of other suppliers. The agricultural land on which the sugar cane is grown is threatened by divestiture in that the Mill could conceivably obtain supplies from other Private Growers and other contracted suppliers who are the potential purchasers of divested land. This is the problem that the research addresses. The case study addresses this problem by analysing the relationship between a specific sugar mill and its company owned Estate which supplies cane to the Mill, from irrigated sugar cane lands. In other cane growing areas Estate operations have been divested and the cane supplies outsourced to Private Growers. The case study evaluates this management strategy in the particular case of the Heatonville irrigation Estate supplying sugar cane to the Felixton sugar mill, both of which are owned by Tongaat-Hulett Sugar
Limited. In 1993 the Company had vertically integrated backwards, and invested in agricultural land in a move to secure strategic cane supplies for the Felixton Mill. The Mill was at that time, and still is, under supplied with sugar cane on an annual basis. The case study provides a review of the relevant literature in the fields of vertical integration, divestiture and outsourcing which are concepts that can be related to the actions that the Company is taking in selling off significant potions of its agricultural land holdings. An overview of the concepts of marginal cost and marginal revenue are given in order to assist in the understanding of the relationship between the sugar mill and the Company owned Estate. The research design is guided by five main research questions around which the methodology and data collection processes are focused. These research questions are all related to the research problem. Computer generated budget models are used to evaluate financial and production information, with the assistance of tables and graphs. The
specific relationship that the Estate has with the Mill in terms of its financial contribution towards milling revenues is also highlighted as a strategic benefit. A summary of results is presented by answering the specific research questions. The case study concludes that the Heatonville Miller Cum Planter irrigation operation provides strategic cane supplies to the Felixton Mill, which if outsourced to third parties may be at risk. The case study makes no attempt to generalise findings to other cane growing irrigation schemes. However where similar situations prevail management decisions could well be guided by the findings of this study, given the systematic application of the budget models in each situation. / Thesis (MBA)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.
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The assessment of Legal Wise's present and future strategy.Thaver, Jayshnee. January 2003 (has links)
Companies in industries around the world are in a race that gets more difficult every year,
with bigger, stronger, and more innovative competitors. In addition, the rules of the race
are constantly changing with the emergence of electronic business, globalization,
disruptive technologies, innovation and convergence of industries. Competitors who have
been in other races suddenly join your race with strength, technology, and new
approaches to the market - often becoming instant leaders .
Leaders are successfully developing new core competencies that enable them to be highly
competitive and valuable today and that bodes well for their longer-term future.
Strategy managers , constantly try to improve the productivity of their systems .A firm
that can improve the input - output relationship normally increase profitability.
Competitive position, one measure of corporate success is a relative dominance in the
market place . Firms commonly establish objectives in terms of their competitive
positions . / Thesis (MBA)-University of Natal, 2003.
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