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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Evaluating the Applicability of the Miles and Snow Typology in a Regulated Public Utility Environment[The author] (1998)
    Oxford, UK and Boston, USA : Blackwell Publishers Ltd
    British journal of management 9 (1998), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1467-8551
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: This paper examines and evaluates the applicability of the Miles and Snow organizational strategy, structure and process model to the electricity distribution and supply industry of England and Wales (ESI), and specifically the regional electricity companies (RECs). In the past such generic strategy models have principally been applied to industries that conform to the traditional free-market paradigm, and doubt has been cast upon their applicability in non-traditional environments. This paper argues in contrast that generic strategies are of considerable value in the regulated industries, especially those developing new strategies to address major change, such as the approach of full competition. As a feature of this process, the paper also examines some of the differences and similarities between the ESI and the traditional free-market paradigm. However, having argued for the use of such strategies, it is necessary to make various amendments to enhance the applicability of the model. These amendments and the characteristics of new generic strategies are described.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.9.s1.7
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    Developing women in a digital world (2001)
    Bradford : Emerald
    Women in management review 16 (2001), S. 405-416 
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    ISSN: 0964-9425
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Sociology , Economics
    Notes: Discusses the findings of a recent study into the development of women managers, in the field of information technology (IT). Addresses the key question as to why few women are entering IT. Provides an insight into the perception of women working in IT, and their role in this "fast-growing" technological area. Identifies four obstacles - gender stereotypes and attitudes, family responsibility, working time constraints, and lack of confidence - that have had a restrictive impact on the careers of female managers employed in this field. Albeit each of these obstacles has an overlap of common characteristics, it was decided that it would be better to explore each in individual context for the purpose of clarity. Also evaluates evidence taken from "personal interviews" carried out with 46 female delegates enrolled on a specialised IT training course, and 17 female managers from various companies. Uses structured questionnaire to elicit and record this data.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09649420110411701
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    The unchanging perception of women as managers (2001)
    Bradford : Emerald
    Women in management review 16 (2001), S. 163-173 
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    ISSN: 0964-9425
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Sociology , Economics
    Notes: Aims to disseminate the findings of an investigation into the perception of women as managers and the obstacles that they face in the workplace. Identifies the issues and problems faced by women from "multinational corporations" and the impact of operating across national boundaries. The three key issues are age, gender, and family responsibility. Reports on evidence found from conducting "personal interviews" and "focus group" discussions, showing that the ensuing implications have had a significant impact on women in the workplace. Argues that little has changed in terms of employers' perception of working women so far. The study was supported from funds provided via the European Union under the European Social Fund Scheme.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09649420110392145
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    Gender impact on Chinese negotiation: "some key issues for Western negotiators" (2001)
    Bradford : Emerald
    Women in management review 16 (2001), S. 349-356 
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    ISSN: 0964-9425
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Sociology , Economics
    Notes: Utilises findings that relate to Chinese negotiation skills that can be used primarily as a guide for female Western negotiators wishing to do business with the Chinese. Evidence comes from observations and group discussions conducted with 31 female Chinese managers. Results show that there is a lot to consider when negotiating with the Chinese. The eight key characteristics which form an endemic part of Chinese culture are face, trust, friendship, ambiguity, patience, Guanxi networks, status, and Chinese protocols. Examines the gender impact of these characteristics on the negotiation process and assesses the ensuing implications for Western negotiators. Evidence suggests that first six characteristics are gender neutral while the latter two are gender biased. The women enrolled on the management programmes provided a "birds-eye-view" into the interactive behaviour and social upbringing of Chinese women, thus giving an insight into Chinese culture and customs. However, it is imperative to acknowledge that being a successful Chinese negotiator requires an "open minded" approach and heightened awareness of cultural differences.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006116
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    When is an asset not an asset? (1998)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Management decision 36 (1998), S. 346-349 
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    ISSN: 0025-1747
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Examines the weaknesses of the current UK and US definitions of an asset. Presents an argument for them to be updated to include valuable internally created intangible assets, such as brands and software, which currently fall outside the scope of them.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251749810220559
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    Addressing the divergence between environmental strategy formulation and implementation (1999)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Management decision 37 (1999), S. 338-348 
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    ISSN: 0025-1747
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Despite growing evidence that large UK organisations are increasingly incorporating the environment into corporate strategy, there continues to be considerable scepticism as to whether this is leading to any meaningful action to reduce industry's environmental impact. One possible explanation is the existence of a "gap" between policy formulation and implementation, and the authors suggest that this may be due to a failure on the part of business to ensure congruence between organisational context, values and capability. Utilising data drawn from a recent survey of corporate environmental policies and practices, the authors explore the interaction of external and internal factors with regard to policy development, and search for evidence of congruence. They conclude that very often policy formulation takes little consideration of the organisation's capability to implement environmental strategies, and suggest that until this question is taken seriously, a gulf will always exist between what companies aim to do, and what they actually achieve.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251749910269384
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    Comparative management practices and training: China and Europe (2002)
    Bradford : Emerald
    The @journal of management development 21 (2002), S. 118-132 
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    ISSN: 0262-1711
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: This article seeks to highlight the realities, myths and polarisation of western and Chinese management styles. The article establishes the need to develop an understanding of the underpinning culture and traditions which differentiate management styles. The article provides personal examples of the authors' experience in straddling the cultural boundary of West and East. The article further advocates a model for establishing the training needs of western and Chinese managers in preparing them to deal with China's entry into the World Trade Organisation. Internal disparity in China and Europe is briefly highlighted and the article suggests the need to focus on the potential for comparison in cross-cultural negotiations and management. The article proposes a guiding principals model, which has been developed using three dimensions: "sense of belonging", "culture and religion" and "management analysis and language".
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02621710210417420
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    Developing internal auditing procedures in UK organizations using a benchmarking approach (1997)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Managerial auditing journal 12 (1997), S. 464-478 
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    ISSN: 0268-6902
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: As organizations are downsized, re-engineering and the span of control inflates, the need for self-regulation and control grows. This need has seen the growth in the provision of internal auditing services in the UK. Demonstrates the linkage between ensuring quality by benchmarking, and the required vehicle for understanding the internal audit development needs of UK organizations. Shows the requirements by the use of nine organizations where internal auditing has been developed to give the organization a competitive advantage. Focuses on the critical success elements that are required by developing internal audit departments.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02686909710185198
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    Electronic Resource
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    Transference of skills between sports and business (1998)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Journal of European industrial training 22 (1998), S. 93-112 
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    ISSN: 0309-0590
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: This paper presents the findings of a literature review and survey conducted on sport sponsorship in the UK. The paper seeks to establish relevant material published that addresses the issue of the transferability of techniques and skills from sports to business. The findings of the literature review highlighted the close relationship between the two mediums. The results of the sponsorship questionnaire showed evidence of the transference of mutually beneficial skills between the organisations offering the assistance, and the sporting organisation receiving the funding. The survey indicated that a majority of sports sponsoring organisations offered more than just monetary assistance to their beneficiaries. Sponsors also assisted with the management of specific events, and operated the complicated software and computer equipment required for the smooth running of the sporting activity. These organisations supplied the sports with key personnel, and highly skilled staff who were experts in their respective fields in marketing, public relations, corporate hospitality, and management.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03090599810207935
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    Electronic Resource
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    Efficient video file allocation schemes for video-on-demand services (1997)
    Springer
    Multimedia systems 5 (1997), S. 283-296 
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    ISSN: 1432-1882
    Keywords: Key words: Multimedia – Video-on-demand – Concurrent access – MPEG-II – RAID-3 – Replication – Striping – 2D vector packing
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Computer Science
    Notes: Abstract. A video-on-demand (VOD) server needs to store hundreds of movie titles and to support thousands of concurrent accesses. This, technically and economically, imposes a great challenge on the design of the disk storage subsystem of a VOD server. Due to different demands for different movie titles, the numbers of concurrent accesses to each movie can differ a lot. We define access profile as the number of concurrent accesses to each movie title that should be supported by a VOD server. The access profile is derived based on the popularity of each movie title and thus serves as a major design goal for the disk storage subsystem. Since some popular (hot) movie titles may be concurrently accessed by hundreds of users and a current high-end magnetic disk array (disk) can only support tens of concurrent accesses, it is necessary to replicate and/or stripe the hot movie files over multiple disk arrays. The consequence of replication and striping of hot movie titles is the potential increase on the required number of disk arrays. Therefore, how to replicate, stripe, and place the movie files over a minimum number of magnetic disk arrays such that a given access profile can be supported is an important problem. In this paper, we formulate the problem of the video file allocation over disk arrays, demonstrate that it is a NP-hard problem, and present some heuristic algorithms to find the near-optimal solutions. The result of this study can be applied to the design of the storage subsystem of a VOD server to economically minimize the cost or to maximize the utilization of disk arrays.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s005300050061
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