832 resultados para Art and business -- Colorado -- Denver
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This book contains 11 carefully revised and selected papers from the 5th Workshop on Global Sourcing, held in Courchevel, France, March 14-17, 2011. They have been gleaned from a vast empirical base brought together by leading researchers in information systems, strategic management, and operations. This volume is intended for use by students, academics, and practitioners interested in the outsourcing and offshoring of information technology and business processes. It offers a review of the key topics in outsourcing and offshoring, populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit for students and managers. The topics discussed combine theoretical and practical insights, and they are extensively illustrated by case studies from client and vendor organizations. Last but not least, the book examines current and future trends in outsourcing and offshoring, paying particular attention to how innovation can be realized in global or outsourced software development environments.
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Although the field of nonprofit studies now encompasses a substantial body of literature on the relationship between governmental and nonprofit organizations, the relationship between the business and nonprofit sectors has been less addressed by specialist nonprofit scholars. This Research Note aims to encourage further studies by nonprofit scholars of the business-nonprofit sector relationship. It looks at descriptive evidence to date, proposes a tentative resource-based framework for understanding how nonprofits and business relate to each other in practice and suggests some initial directions for developing a subfield within nonprofit studies. The Author(s) 2012.
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Purpose - The paper aims to examine the role of market orientation (MO) and innovation capability in determining business performance during an economic upturn and downturn. Design/methodology/approach - The data comprise two national-level surveys conducted in Finland in 2008, representing an economic boom, and in 2010 when the global economic crisis had hit the Finnish market. Partial least square path analysis is used to test the potential mediating effect of innovation capability on the relationship between MO and business performance during economic boom and bust. Findings - The results show that innovation capability fully mediates the performance effects of a MO during an economic upturn, whereas the mediation is only partial during a downturn. Innovation capability also mediates the relationship between a customer orientation and business performance during an upturn, whereas the mediating effect culminates in a competitor orientation during a downturn. Thus, the role of innovation capability as a mediator between the individual market-orientation components varies along the business cycle. Originality/value - This paper is one of the first studies that empirically examine the impact of the economic cycle on the relationship between strategic marketing concepts, such as MO or innovation capability, and the firm's business performance.
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Worldwide floods have become one of the costliest weather-related hazards, causing large-scale human, economic, and environmental damage during the recent past. Recent years have seen a large number of such flood events around the globe, with Europe and the United Kingdom being no exception. Currently, about one in six properties in England is at risk of flooding (EA, 2009), and the risk is expected to further increase in the future (Evans et al., 2004). Although public spending on community-level flood protection has increased and some properties are protected by such protection schemes, many properties at risk of flooding may still be left without adequate protection. As far as businesses are concerned, this has led to an increased need for implementing strategies for property-level flood protection and business continuity, in order to improve their capacity to survive a flood hazard. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute a significant portion of the UK business community. In the United Kingdom, more than 99% of private sector enterprises fall within the category of SMEs (BERR, 2008). They account for more than half of employment creation (59%) and turnover generation (52%) (BERR, 2008), and are thus considered the backbone of the UK economy. However, they are often affected disproportionately by natural hazards when compared with their larger counterparts (Tierney and Dahlhamer, 1996; Webb, Tierney, and Dahlhamer, 2000; Alesch et al., 2001) due to their increased vulnerability. Previous research reveals that small businesses are not adequately prepared to cope with the risk of natural hazards and to recover following such events (Tierney and Dahlhamer, 1996; Alesch et al., 2001; Yoshida and Deyle, 2005; Crichton, 2006; Dlugolecki, 2008). For instance, 90% of small businesses do not have adequate insurance coverage for their property (AXA Insurance UK, 2008) and only about 30% have a business continuity plan (Woodman, 2008). Not being adequately protected by community-level flood protection measures as well as property- and business-level protection measures threatens the survival of SMEs, especially those located in flood risk areas. This chapter discusses the potential effects of flood hazards on SMEs and the coping strategies that the SMEs can undertake to ensure the continuity of their business activities amid flood events. It contextualizes this discussion within a survey conducted under the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded research project entitled Community Resilience to Extreme Weather CREW.
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Book Review: The failure and the future of accounting: Strategy, stakeholders, and business value, by David Hatherly, Farnham, Gower Publishing, 2013, 222 pp., 55 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-4094-5354-3
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En los ltimos aos, la servitizacin de la manufactura ha llegado a ser un tpico de inters tanto a nivel acadmico como empresarial. As, las empresas estn contemplando que la servitizacin es una forma de mejorar su posicin competitiva y estar ms cerca de sus clientes. Diferentes estudios empricos han intentado explicar por qu y cmo se servitiza. Facilitan informacin clave para entender mejor el proceso de servitizacin. La conexin entre la academia y la prctica empresarial es decisiva en los fundamentos de este tpico de investigacin. La fundamentacin del mismo, permitir continuar con su desarrollo y a la puesta en prctica en las empresas. As, este nmero especial pretende contribuir en el avance de la teora y prctica de la servitizacin. In recent years, the servitization of manufacturing has become a topic of interest to both academics and practitioners. Indeed, companies are realising that servitization is a way to enhance their competitive advantage and get closer to their customers. Several empirical studies have attempted to explain why and how to servitize. They provide important insights to better understand the processes of servitization. The connection between academia and business practices is decisive in the foundation of this research topic. This foundation will allow continuing with its development, contributing in turn to improve the implementation in companies. Hence, this special issue aims to contribute to the theoretical and practical aspects of servitization.
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This study examines the role of capabilities in core marketing-related business processesproduct development management (PDM), supply chain management (SCM) and customer relationship management (CRM)in translating a firms market orientation (MO) into firm performance. The study is the first to examine the interplay of all three business process capabilities simultaneously, while investigating how environmental conditions moderate their performance effects. A moderated mediation analysis of 468 product-focused firms finds that PDM and CRM process capabilities play important mediating roles, whereas SCM process capability does not mediate the relationship between MO and performance. However, the relative importance of the capabilities as mediators varies along the degree of environmental turbulence, and under certain conditions, an increase in the level of business process capability may even turn detrimental.
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Purpose This paper consolidates the servitization knowledge base from an organisational change perspective, identifying developed, developing and undeveloped topics to provide a platform that directs future research. Design/methodology/approach This paper addresses three objectives : a) it comprehensively examines organisational change management literature for selection of a theoretical framework, b) it classifies extant studies within the framework through a systemic literature review, and (c) it analyses 232 selected papers and proposes a research agenda. Findings Analysis suggests increasing global awareness of the importance of services to manufacturers. However, some topics, especially related to servitization transformation, remain undeveloped. Research limitations/implications Although the authors tried to include all publications relevant to servitization, some might not have been captured. Evaluation and interpretation relied on the research team and subsequent research workshops. Practical implications - One of the most significant challenges for practitioners of servitization is how to transform a manufacturing organisation to exploit the opportunity. This paper consolidates literature regarding servitization, identifying progress concerning key research topics and contributing a platform for future research. The goal is to inform research to result eventually in a roadmap for practitioners seeking to servitize. Originality/value - Although extant reviews of servitization identify themes that are examined well, they struggle to identify unanswered questions. This paper addresses this gap by focusing on servitization as a process of organisational change.
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Using a panel of 21 OECD countries and 40 years of annual data, we find that countries with similar government budget positions tend to have business cycles that fluctuate more closely. That is, fiscal convergence (in the form of persistently similar ratios of government surplus/deficit to GDP) is systematically associated with more synchronized business cycles. We also find evidence that reduced fiscal deficits increase business cycle synchronization. The Maastricht "convergence criteria," used to determine eligibility for EMU, encouraged fiscal convergence and deficit reduction. They may thus have indirectly moved Europe closer to an optimum currency area, by reducing countries abilities to create idiosyncratic fiscal shocks. Our empirical results are economically and statistically significant, and robust.
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A vilg 115 orszgnak - kztk 21 OECD-tagorszg - 40 vnyi adatait vizsglva, arra a kvetkeztetsre jutottunk, hogy a hasonl llami kltsgvetsi pozcij orszgok konjunktraciklusai kztt szorosabb egyttmozgs mutathat ki. Azaz, a fisklis konvergencit (amelyet a kltsgvetsi egyenleg GDP-hez viszonyt arnynak konvergencijaknt definiltunk) sszehangoltabb konjunktraciklusokkal lehet sszefggsbe hozni. Kutatsaink sorn arra is talltunk bizonytkot, hogy a kisebb mrtk kltsgvetsi deficitek nvelik a konjunktraciklusok egyttmozgst. A maastrichti konvergenciakritriumok - amelyek az eurpai monetris uni kvetelmnyeinek val megfelelst hivatottak meghatrozni - a fisklis konvergencit s a kltsgvetsi deficit cskkentst sztnztk, s ezzel kzvetett mdon hozzsegtettk Eurpt egy optimlis valutavezet ltrehozshoz azltal, hogy cskkent az egyes orszgok lehetsge a feleltlen fisklis politika ltal gerjesztett sokkhatsok ltrehozsra. Az ltalunk feltrt empirikus eredmnyek gazdasgi s statisztikai szempontbl is szignifiknsak s robusztusak. _____ Using panels of 115 countries of world including 21 OECD countries and 40 years of annual data, the authors find that countries with similar government budget positions tend to have business cycles that fluctuate more closely. Thus fiscal convergence (in the form of persistently similar ratios of government surplus/deficit to GDP) is systemati-cally associated with more strongly synchronized business cycles. Evidence is also found that reduced fiscal deficits increase business-cycle synchronization. The Maastricht "con-vergence criteria", used to determine eligibility for EMU, encouraged fiscal convergence and deficit reduction. So they may, indirectly, have moved Europe closer to an optimum currency area, by reducing countries abilities to create idiosyncratic fiscal shocks. The empirical results of the study are economically and statistically significant, and robust.
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A mgttnk hagyott kt vtizedben tetszik, vagy sem a magyar gazdasg 1992. vi mlypontrl trtn kilbalsban, majd j nvekedsi plyra llsban meghatroz szerepe volt a hazai forrsokat kiegszt klfldi befektetseknek. Ennek termszetesen ra volt: a tevkenysgi struktra (termkszerkezet) mdosulsa, a tulajdonosi sszettel radiklis talakulsa, a klgazdasgi kapcsolatok irnyultsgnak vltozsa, a lakossg nfoglalkoztatsi cl vllalkozsainak szaporodsa, a gazdasgfejleszts irnynak s temnek cikk-cakkos mozgsa, az llami szerepkr fokozatos leplse. rsunk clja annak ttekintse, hogy a nemzetkzi tkeramls tendenciinak mdosulst kveten a Magyarorszgra rkez klfldi tkebefektetsek jelents cskkensbl fakadan a kizrlagos s tbbsgi hazai tulajdon szereplk (kiemelten a hazai kzp- s kisvllalkozsok) milyen mrtkben lehetnek alkalmasak a kies teljestmnyek ptlsra, illetve a gazdasgi vlsg lecsengst kveten milyen tem nvekedst kpesek biztostani a magyar gazdasg szmra. A vlaszok nagy valsznsggel az j Szchenyi Terv szempontjbl sem kzmbsek. Az rst a szerkesztsg vitairatnak sznja s szvesen ad teret a tmval kapcsolatos vlemnyek kifejtsnek. / === / The economic performance during the transition period was characterized by the alternations of fulfilled hopes and unrealized expectations. The economic restructuring and changes in market relations took place during the first decade, while new mostly foreign investment groups entered the new market. As a result the economy was stabilized and was put on a new growth path. But after the millennium the foreign investment based economy development strategy was no more adequate. The new engine for the growth should have been the domestic small and medium enterprise sector (SME), but despite the subsidies this sector was not strengthened enough to take this role.
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A cikk az zleti kapcsolatok marketingrtelmezsrl szl. A marketing a piaci magatarts tudomnya. A kt vagy tbb partner kztt megvalsul piaci tranzakci a marketing alapvet elemzsi egysge. A piac dinamikjt a tranzakcik ismtldsei jelentik. Az ismtld tranzakcikbl plnek fel a piaci kapcsolatok.. A szervezetkzi piac a gazdasgi s nem gazdasgi szereplk egymssal klcsns fggsgben lv, a trsadalmi krnyezetbe begyazott kapcsolatrendszere, amelyben a tevkenysgek s az erforrsok cserje zajlik. A cikk kitr annak rvid bemutatsra, hogy a klnbz marketingterletek miknt jrulnak hozz az zleti kapcsolatok megismershez. A szerz meghatrozsa szerint az zleti kapcsolat az zleti hlzatba gyazott kt szervezet kztti interaktv cserekapcsolatot jelent. A definci kifejtse sorn bemutatsra kerlnek az zleti kapcsolatok rintettjei, legfontosabb folyamatai, valamint a kapcsolat ltnek nhny kvetkezmnye. __________ The article discusses the interpretation of business relations within the field of marketing. Marketing is the science of market behaviour. The basic segment of marketing analysis is the market transaction between two or more persons. The dynamics of the market is created by the repetition of transactions. Repeated transactions make market relations. Inter-organizational market is a network of interdependent relations among economic and non-economic actors embedded into the social environment, serving as a platform for the exchange of actions and resources. The article shortly describes how the different areas of marketing contribute to the knowledge of business relations. According to the author, business relations are interactive exchange relations between two organizations embedded in the business network. The detailed explanation of the definition introduces the parties involved in business relations, the most important processes, and some consequences of the existence of the relation.
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A lean termels javt a vllalatok operatv teljestmnyn. Korbbi kutatsokkal sszhangban ezt nemzetkzi krdves felmrsbl szrmaz eredmnyek is altmasztjk. Nem mutathat ki azonban egyrtelm kapcsolat a lean termels s az zleti teljestmny kztt. A szerzk kutatsukban kifejezetten a tbb lean eszkzt elmlylten hasznl s j operatv eredmnyekkel rendelkez n. halad lean termelk zleti eredmnyeire fkuszlva azonostottk az zleti teljestmnyt befolysol tnyezket. Br szmos tnyez kvl esik a termelsmenedzsment hatskrn (pl. piaci dinamika, j piacra lpk szma, szemlyre szabs), de a termk/szolgltats arnynak befolysolsn, a beszlltk s a kapacitstartalkok menedzsmentjn keresztl a termelsnek is van lehetsge az zleti teljestmny javtsra. Vgl, br kzvetlen kapcsolat nem mutathat ki a lean termels s az zleti teljestmny kztt, de a szerzk vrakozsai szerint a folyamatosan javul operatv teljestmny kiegyenslyozott s stabil zleti teljestmny alapja lehet. A halad lean vllalatok pedig nagyobb esllyel kerlhetnek (maradhatnak?) a j zleti teljestmnnyel bszklked vllalatok krbe(n). ____________ The lean production has improved the operational performance of companies. However a clear link between lean production and business performance can not be detected. In their research the authors have identified the factors affecting business performance focusing on business results of the advanced lean producers. Although a direct connection is not detected between lean production and business performance, but according to the author expects the continuously improving operational performance shall be a base for the balanced and stable business performance.
