Essays about: "echelon"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 44 essays containing the word echelon.
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21. Life After Bankruptcy - An explorative study on how past bankruptcy experience of directors and CEOs affects a firm's risk-taking, performance and chance of survival
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This paper examines the effects of directors' and CEOs' past bankruptcy experiences on firms' outcomes. We argue that for individuals who have been involved in a corporate bankruptcy, the experience could either bring about a learning effect ("Hot-Stove mechanism"), or confirm their pre-existing behavioural biases ("Innate Risk-Taking mechanism). READ MORE
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22. An analysis on the benefits of information sharing in multi-echelon inventory control models
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Logistik- och kvalitetsutvecklingAbstract : With growing markets and customers being geographically spread out, more pressure is put on a company’s logistics processes and their inventory structures are becoming more complex. This puts more pressure on the inventory control solution provided by a company like IFS, that supports their customers with inventory control through the Inventory Planning and Replenishment module in IFS Applications. READ MORE
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23. Examining the buyers - How Director Generals' observable characteristics influence the spending on management consulting services in public agencies
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : Public organizations have during the past decades rapidly increased their spending on management consulting services (MCS). However, surprisingly little is still known about the hiring of management consultants. READ MORE
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24. Which small firm manager will opt out of having a voluntary audit in Sweden?
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : The business world and its perceived complex accounting structure has made a path for audit to acquire a key role in terms of delivering independent opinions considering the management assertions of the financial statements, as well as in assurance and advisory services. Both opinions and services are equally important for managers, owners and stakeholders of companies that are obliged to issue an audit report and for companies that operate in a context where audits are voluntary. READ MORE
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25. Talent Management at Daimler Financial Services : An investigation into the determinants of human resource development effectiveness in a specific organizational context
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)Abstract : Since the concept was popularized by McKinsey & Company in the late 1990s, talent management initiatives have been pushed with urgency to the forefront of organizational priorities, and businesses have exerted considerable effort in locating and developing the upper echelon talent pools. Much emphasis has been put on the need to identify and attract top talent, focus has shifted away from developing ordinary talent into extra-ordinary talent through broad human resource development initiatives. READ MORE
