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The Usefulness of Theory for Firms in Crisis

The writer looks at the theories of Paraskevas (2006), Carmeli and Schaubroeck (2008), Wieck (1988), and Argyris and Schon (1978)...

Designing IT for a Cleaning Firm

stage where development is ad hoc. This stage is one with little organisational support and reflects the organisation understandin...

How Firms Use Hedging Tools

The writer looks at the way a firm can protect itself from exposure to risk by using hedging tools. The use of currency purchases...

Should a Firm Open a New Facility Abroad?

The writer considers the benefits and the challenges associated with expanding production facilities internationally. Issues such ...

Justification for Research Examining Potential Strategies for Firms Facing a Recession

not go ahead (Nocera, 2008). The argument may be that the businesses failed as a result of the recession and influences which we...

Becoming a Contextually Ambidextrous Firm

Asia) and the launch of new brands as well as diversification. These may all be seen as forward-looking strategies indicating plan...

Proposal for the Setting up of A Mobile Garage Services Firm

(Freedonia, 2010). By 2007 there were 250 million vehicles registered as on the road in the US, indicating a high potential nation...

Proposed Marketing Strategy for a New Retro Sporting Apparel Firm

utilised for leisure wear and used as a fashion item. The firm will obtain the retro sportswear from a number of sources, includ...

The Financial Position of Three Firms

The writer looks at Clorox Company, Darden Restaurants and eBay examining the 2011 financial accounts and recent financial perfor...

Change for Strategy in a Firm with Change Fatigue

and trust of the employees. A model such as the three stage model of Lewin (1951) may be useful. The three stages are unfreezing, ...

Proposal for a New Assessment Model Aimed at Analysis of Information Technology Use within a Firm

which an organisation competes. Porter (1985, p13) has designed two differing categories of competitive advantage; cost advantage ...

Developing a Cost Effective HR Strategy for a Struggling Firm

implement compulsory job losses. By increasing the level of productivity of the remaining employees, utilizing tools that facilita...

Do Airlines which Practice Hedging Have Higher Profit Level When Compared Non Hedging Firms

means that even in years where many airlines faced losses and even bankruptcy, Southwest Airlines remained profitable, with hedgin...

Law Firms and the Need for Modern Security

thinks of military organizations or hospitals. It is all too easy to overlook the potential severity of a security breach at a law...

Creating Security in a Small Legal Firm

to the legal responsibility of lawyers to provide for the confidentiality of their clients and to "preserve inviolate the secrets"...

Changing a Fragmented Firm into a Unified Company

This 18 page paper considers the case of a company that has made many acquisitions, but allowed all the acquired companies to carr...

Consulting Firm and Business Ethics

faced at that time was whether to tell a lie or to hurt the givers feelings. Either way, it appeared that we would be violating a...

Infant Abduction Consulting Firm

And finally, outfitting hospitals with the most effective and appropriate infant abduction security system is the main task of Res...

IPO Pricing, Firm Valuing, and Capital Structure

take place in several ways. For example, the calculation of the cost of equity and the cost of loans and debt which is then calcul...

Law Firms and Software Uses

facts ("Summation Products," 2005). In addition to helping lawyers locate important information, it provides links for documents, ...

A Firm with a Madrid Office

The staff at the office had a mean age of 42, they are well dressed with mean wearing light weight suits and women also in busines...

The Rise of Private Military Firms

affairs, are aware of the limitations of the military. They realize that some of the work is farmed out. In any event, the private...

Investment Firm Evaluation Criteria

some dabble in the stock market, and learn as they go, firms that want to make investments, and have a substantial amount to inves...

An Analysis of Five Investment Firms

to compare five current investment firms. The search for the five companies began at Google, where a search for "investment broke...

A Case Study of a Fictitious Firm

and authors Deal & Kennedy (2000) warn that companies should consider the human factor when making changes. In the long run, it do...

Certified Public Accountant Firm LAN Establishment

survive the next generation of technological advances. The truth is that even though applications, hardware and possible speeds o...

Contemporary Small Firms and Networks' Role

Initially, Hoovers made much of its basic information free for anyone, requiring subscription only for more detailed information. ...

Self Protection for Firms and the Avoidance of Takeovers

sale of shares to the acquiring company, it is shown that this has little effect (Cooke et al, 1998). In recent takeover bids, s...

Technology Firms and Training of Employees

the form of a formal apprenticeship or just an informal tutelage arrangement, today a working individual all too often has to rely...

Increased Number of Firms and the Impact of Transaction Costs

as the best way of ensuring the goods are made and allocated in the most effective manner, increasing growth and also the welfare ...