Browsing by Subject "Industrial management"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1978)The objective of this investigation was to identify loss control practices which could provide an explanation for variations in loss experience from firm to firm in the same industry. The control of exposures which could ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)Organization theorists frequently assume that corporations develop legal departments primarily to assist in managing governmental relations activities. This assumption is not supported by empirical research, however. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)In recent years, chief executive officer (CEO) compensation levels have become increasingly earnings-based. This has provided a potential opportunity for CEOs to manage earnings in order to affect their own compensation ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)During the past decade, U.S. manufacturing firms have found themselves operating in increasingly competitive global markets (Young, 1985). In those global markets are large and aggressive foreign firms anxious to increase ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)Application of computer technology has greatly increased the manager's ability to make informed decisions about inanimate resources (e.g., money, materials, equipment, space and time). However, very little has been done ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)Implementation is a stage in strategic management that pertains to the ways in which firms' commpetitive plans are put into operation. Most research focuses on budgetary allocations as a means of studying strategy ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)The multiple supplier inventory grouping problem concerns the minimization of total logistics cost for a firm that has many suppliers. Each supplier may provide multiple items, subject to capacity limitations. Logistics ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)This study began with the idea that managers make business-level strategic decisions both by adapting to circumstances and by exercising analytical choice processes. Industry competitive conditions were proposed to affect ...