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The main purpose of this report is to provide a state of the art of research and practice in relation to the Added Value of FM. This is done by making a critical review of research papers from FM conferences (chapter 2) and by presenting the concept of Value Adding Management (chapter 3) with results from our own research, including the investigation of management practice in Denmark and the Netherlands. This is supplemented by implications for learning and professional development in chapter 4, conclusion in chapter 5 and recommendations for further reading in chapter 6.
Journal of the International Academy of Case Studies
Andrew Mason & Groupon, Inc.2014 •
This case takes place in late 2012 and examines Andrew Mason, the co-founder of Groupon, Inc. and his journey to build his company. Mason was just reelected by the Board of Directors to remain as CEO of the company despite the stock price being down approximately 80% from its IPO in 2011. Groupon was once the fastest growing company ever. Now, Mason he had to figure out how to turn the company around.
The main purpose of this study is to explore Turkish working women’s perceptions on success, empowerment and information technologies in professional life, and associate the results to cultural values in the light of sociological views. The sample consisted of 110 women working in different sectors. An open-ended questionnaire have been used to collect the data. The results showed that information technologies are significant factor to empower women. The dimensions of achieving goals, making money, and utmost effort are frequently mentioned in defining the success; and family support is the most important factor for women empowerment. All these findings can be explained with the values of power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, and masculinity dimensions along with the male dominant culture of Turkey. Keywords: women, success, empowerment, information technologies
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Global Journal of Management and Business Research: B Economics and Commerce Volume 19 Issue 2 Version 1.0 Year 2019
The Effectual use of Customer Retention as a Tool of Customer Relations Management Strategy: A Study of MTN, Airtel, Glo and Etisalat Communication Customers in UYO MetropolisThis study was carried out to investigate Customer Relations Management (CRM) strategy on customer retention in four (4) telecommunication service providers (MTN, Airtel, Globacom and Etisalat) within Uyo metropolis in Akwa Ibom State. The objectives of this study was to identify if there was an existing/significant relationship between CRM and customer retention, and to identify the various customer relation tools used in enhancing customer retention in these telecommunication companies in Uyo metropolis. To achieve these objectives, three hypotheses were formed and tested. Relevant data for this work were collected from both primary and secondary sources. A survey research design method was used and the instrument used in collecting data was the questionnaire. A sample size of 1000 out of 1200 was drawn from the study areas and this constituted the population of the study. Chi square was used as a statistical tool to test the hypotheses. Findings from this study showed that telecommunication companies employ the use of various CRM tools in enhancing customer retention ranging from friendly customer service/prompt solution to network problems to free gift items/bonuses to customers. Also the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between CRM and customer retention. On the basis of these findings, it was recommended among others, that the mobile operators should efficiently and effectively implement the use of appropriate customer relations management (CRM) strategies if they are interested in achieving customer continued patronage, loyalty and further retention.
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International Journal of Management, Social Sciences, Peace and Conflict Studies (IJMSSPCS)
BANDITRY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE LIVELIHOOD OF SMALL SCALE FAMERS IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF TARABA STATE, NIGERIA2024 •
In: T. Vida – D. Quast – Zs. Rácz – I. Koncz (Hrsg./eds): Kollaps – Neuordnung – Kontinuität: Gepiden nach dem Untergang des Hunnenreiches. Tagungsakten der Internationalen Konferenz an der Eötvös Loránd Universität, Budapest, 14. – 15. Dezember 2015. Budapest 2019.
Die Forschung zu gepidischen Siedlungen in Ungarn – Spätantike Kontinuitätsmodelle im Kerngebiet des Hunnenreiches2019 •
Holger Grewe/Katharina Peisker (eds.), Bauliche Entwicklung der Pfalzanlage, Neue Ergebnisse der Pfalzenforschung in Ingelheim am Rhein 2001–2020. Archäologie und Bauforschung in der Pfalz Ingelheim am Rhein 2
Archaologische Ausgrabungen in der Pfalzanlage und ihrer Peripherie nach 1993Jornadas Académicas.: "El 73 a debate". A 50 años del retorno del peronismo al gobierno
Programa definitivo de las Jornadas Académicas.: "El 73 a debate". A 50 años del retorno del peronismo al gobiernoManuela Bragagnolo (ed.), The Production of Knowledge of Normativity in the Age of the Printing Press. Martín de Azpilcueta’s Manual de Confessores from a Global Perspective. Leiden: Brill, 2024, pp. 167-185.
Martín de Azpilcueta Navarro in the Andes (16th-17th Centuries2024 •
ChemInform
The Direct Use of Phenyldimethylsilanes in Silicon Assisted Palladium Catalyzed Cross Coupling2003 •
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Visual response properties of V1 neurons projecting to V2 in macaque2009 •
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Hey surgeons! It is time to lead and be a champion in preventing and managing surgical infections!2020 •
British Journal of Cancer
VEEP' in children with Hodgkin's disease – a regimen to decrease late sequelae1992 •