Beyond the Business Case: New Approaches to IT Investment As IT becomes more closely tied to business objectives, successful investment must consider two dimensions: technology scope and strategic objectives. Jeanne W. Ross and Cynthia M. Beath When senior managers at United Parcel Service (UPS) first decided more than 15 years ago that package tracking had become a competitive necessity in the package-delivery industry, they discovered that developing the capability was not as simple
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MIT Sloan School of Management MIT Sloan School Working Paper 4933-11 Developing a Common Language About IT Risk Management George Westerman and Richard Hunter ©George Westerman and Richard Hunter All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission, provided that full credit including © notice is given to the source. This paper also can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network Electronic
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eBay, Inc. (2002) Overview eBay 2002 Founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar and Jeff Skoll, the eBay online marketplace was developed in order to provide individuals a place to sell goods and services. eBay became a phenomenon that attracted some 10 million auctions in its first three years. This success provided eBay the necessary foundation to complete an initial public offering (IPO) in 1998. eBay’s online auction concept is relatively simple.
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Hochschule Ruhr West Studiengang Internationales Handelsmanagement und Logistik Campus Mülheim a. d. Ruhr Neue Methoden und Konzepte der Supply Chain Optimierung Hausarbeit im Rahmen des Seminars „Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten“ bei Herrn Markus Hilz im WS 2014/15 Phillip F. Wittkamp Matr.Nr.: 10003859 Kantstraße 2 45219 Essen pfwittkamp@me.com Studiengang Internationales Handelsmanagement und Logistik; 1. Semester Inhaltsverzeichnis Abkürzungsverzeichnis II Abbildungsverzeichnis III Tabellenverzeichnis
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February 2013 US Airways and American Airlines announced their plans to merge the airlines creating the largest airline in the world. US Airways was founded in 1937 as All American Aviation and in 1996 commenced operations as US Airways with its parent company being US Airways group. The headquarters is located in Tempe Arizona. US Airways operates an intensive international and domestic network and has 198 destinations throughout North and South America, Middle East and Europe. Us Airways
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Student ID: ID6067 Course Title: International Business Trade Course ID: 5205/C Professor Name: Manfred Brauchle Submission Date: 29.12.2011 Albanian Business Environment & International Market Integration Constrains Research Paper TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract Introduction 1. Albanian Business Environment Data 2. Albanian Business Law and its Consequences on Domestic /Foreign Business Environment
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International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 4 No. 13; October 2013 Cooking the Books: The Case of Malaysian Listed Companies Fathilatul Zakimi Abdul Hamid Rohami Shafie Zaleha Othman Wan Nordin Wan Hussin Faudziah Hanim Fadzil School of Accountancy Universiti Utara Malaysia Sintok, 06010 Kedah Malaysia. Abstract Cooking the books refers to fraudulent accounting activities undertaken by a business to falsify its financial statements. Thus, the objectives of this study are
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Industrial Marketing Management 43 (2014) 67–76 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Industrial Marketing Management The establishment of industrial branding through dyadic logistics partnership success (LPS): The case of the Malaysian automotive and logistics industry Nor Aida Abdul Rahman a,⁎, T.C. Melewar b,1, Amir M. Sharif c a b c Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (UniKL MIAT), Lot 2891, Jalan Jenderam Hulu, 43800 Dengkil, Selangor, Malaysia
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Hasan Hajibrahim International Business “BUSH03” Starting business links with China Report December 16, 2013 Table of contents: Page number Introduction (Motivations to International Business) …………….… 1 Commercial Laws in China …………………………. 1 & 2 Foreign business entities in China …………………………. 3 Facts about China …………………………. 4 Estimating Market Potential …………………………. 5 Market Segmentation …………………………. 5 Marketing Management …………………………. 6
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