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Six Sigma Programs: An Implementation Model

Chakravorty, Satya S. - 2009

Despite the pervasiveness of Six Sigma program implementations, there is increasing concern about implementation failures. One reason many Six Sigma programs fail is because an implementation model on how to effectively guide the implementation of these programs is lacking. Using a successful...

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The Presence of Equivalent Models in Strategic Management Research Using Structural Equation Modeling: Assessing and Addressing the Problem

Henley, Amy B; Shook, Christopher L.; Peterson, Mark - 2006

The use of structural-equation modeling (SEM) in strategic-management research has grown dramatically during recent years. Although this statistical technique offers researchers a valuable tool for testing hypothesized models, certain challenges accompany the use of SEM. The current article...

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Security Assurance: How Online Service Providers Can Influence Security Control Perceptions and Gain Trust

Ray, Soumya; Ow, Terence T; Kim, Sung S. - 2011

Security researchers agree that security control is a difficult to observe credence quality of online services that Internet users cannot easily assess through research or experience. Yet there is evidence that users form perceptions of security control that strongly determine how much trust...

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BNAS: Towards a Business Nework ABM System

Young, Louise - 2011

nature and impact of different factors on structure, behaviour and performance that are beyond traditional closed …

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Corporate Venturing in Family Business: The Effects on the Family and Its Members

Marchisio, Gaia; Mazzola, Pietro; Sciascia, S.; Miles, M.; … - 2010

presents conflicting results on its effects on firm-level performance. We argue that previous studies have overlooked the idea … individual family members, which ultimately impacts the performance. Moreover, previous FB literature addresses CE as a …

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Agency Influences on Risk Reduction and Operating Performance: An Empirical Investigation Among Strategic Groups

Veliyath, Rajaram; Ferris, Stephen P. - 1997

The relationships between risk and performance were tested employing within and between analyses at the level of … performance. By contrast, all of the total correlations, the between-group correlations, and the within-group correlations of … total risk with performance were in the hypothesized negative direction. These findings suggest that when risk …

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Business Strategy and Top Management Compensation: The Mediating Effects of Employment Risk, Firm Performance and Size

Veliyath, Rajaram; Ferris, Stephen P.; Ramaswamy, Kannan - 1994

differences in managers' employment risks, firm performance, and firm size. Prospectors performed better and they paid their top …' employment risks, firm performance, and size. On average, the strategic types whose managers faced greater employment risks also …

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Credit History and the Performance of Prime and Nonprime Mortgages

Pennington-Cross, Anthony - 2003

about the performance characteristics of these mortgages. Using data from national secondary market institutions, this paper … performance of 30-year fixed rate owner occupied home purchase mortgages from February 1995 to the end of 1999 and compares …

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Improving Business Performance through Effectively Managing Employees

Poquette, Ross E.L. - 2011

development also play an important role in overall performance. The more an employee is trained, the better he or she can complete … managing employees, overall organizational performance and efficiency will increase, maximizing a company’s potential. …

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