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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of place mix dimension on performance of shopping malls in the Kenyan
context. The research in the area of shopping mall is very limited in Kenya .It involved examining the nature and extent of the
moderating role of shoppers...
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Previous studies on the use of budgetary criteria in performance evaluation have used a wide range of variables,
measures and models, but have concentrated upon extending rather than repeating previous work. This study includes
replications of parts of ®ve previous studies and...
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The part played by double entry bookkeeping (DEB) in the rise of capitalism in Western Europe has been the subject of
academic attention and debate for more than a century [Miller, P., & Napier, C. (1993). Genealogies of calculation.
Accounting, Organizations and Society, 18(7/8)...
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Despite the importance of target setting for firms, prior research offers mixed evidence
regarding performance consequences of target difficulty levels. While experimental
research suggests that setting difficult targets can increase performance, empirical evidence
in field studies...
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Many firms that compete based on the development of new and innovative products have
begun to adopt concurrent new product development (NPD) processes in which product
design phases occur in a non-linear and iterative manner. While concurrent NPD processes
increase flexibility and...
Are you a management student facing issues with your Windows PC? Applications loading and working slowly and harming your productivity? All Windows PCs face slowdown issues from time to time that compromise system and application performances. This may be a result of PC slowing junk, fragmented...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the income structure of Islamic banks in the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and to explore the effect of the diversification of banks’ earning
on risks that may harm these latter.
Accounting Research Journal
Islamic banks' income...
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relative performance of state-owned
enterprises (SOEs) and privately controlled firms in China, and whether related party transactions
(RPTs) add to or subtract from their relative performance, measured by return on assets (ROA)...
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Business Intelligence is the processes, technologies, and tools that help us change data into information, information into knowledge and knowledge into plans that guide organization to succeed, Technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing and providing access to data to help...
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business environment
business intelligence
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In our days, society is greatly influenced and altered by the process of internationalization and globalization. Globalization refers to a whole set of changes, not to one single dimensional change. The process of internationalization puts a special and high importance on the work of...
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This report reviews the available literatures in order to: (i) identify the pressures, threats and opportunities facing businesses operating in difficult economic conditions such as those currently being experienced in the UK and globally; (ii) identify the strategies adopted by...
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The relationship between organizational structure and performance in small firms has received relatively limited attention over the last few decades. In understanding small firm performance this seems to be a serious omission. In this paper, we first present the rationale for...
<h2>Accenture is about to get rid of performance reviews</h2>
Accenture is about to get rid of performance review because they believe that it only leads to narcissism and self promotion. This is one of the bold decisions which will be implemented from September. The firm will disband...
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This study uses structural equation modeling to test a model of the impact of human resource management bundles on perceived organizational performance and innovation performance, on a large sample of companies. Strategic management orientation and innovation as a strategic factor...
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Managing talent in a global organization is more complex and demanding than it is in a national business and few major worldwide corporations have risen to the challenge. This paper focuses on highlighting the way in which the organizations should embrace talent management to obtain...
<h1>AB de Villiers falls for 99</h1>
AB de Villiers the third man in World Cup history to be released one run short of his century
Skipper AB de Villiers missed the mark concerning a century and an outstanding South African World Cup record as they fueled to 6-341 against the United Arab...
<h1>Ravichandran Ashwin is "Statistically Motivated" "Cricket Tragic"- Stephen Fleming</h1>
He has worked with Ravichandran Ashwin for a long time as the mentor of the Chennai Super Kings and previous New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming named the Tamil Nadu tweaker as somebody who may be...
<h1>Sangakkara Scores 4th Successive Century - Cricket World Cup</h1>
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara turned into the first player to score four progressive one-day international hundreds of years as his side beat Scotland at the World Cup.
The 37-year-old hit 124 in a sum of 363-9 in Hobart...
<h1>Sri Lanka Easy Victory After Sanga, Dilshan Tons</h1>
Scotland stays winless in three editions of the World Cup after 148-run out, Lahiru Thirimanne batted as though he had recently woken up from a bad dream, the white cricket ball treated with suspicious dread, if not a bit fear...