Organizational Management and Leadership

A new empirical model for the production function of the hospital incorporating two types of information systems (IS) is developed. One type of IS is representative of information technology (IT) used in primary, clinical, value-chain activities, and the other is representative of the IT used in support (administrativ…

• ASUNUR CEZAR

Notwithstanding the alleged risks of outsourcing design work, leading manufacturers in the Japanese automotive industry collaborate closely with their key suppliers. Despite widespread recognition of the effectiveness of these close‐knit supplier networks, however, little research exists on the factors that affect the…

• SYEDA NAZLI WASTİ PAMUKSUZ

   Hedging is an important metadiscourse device that should be used for various motives particularly in academic writing because it acts as a face-saving strategy and represents the certainty of the scientists’ knowledge on the study field, but nevertheless it is not an obvious consideration for many non-native w…

Language of publication: en

Business organizations operate in an uncertain environment that is constantly changing.With this rapid change, companies have certain business risks, such as needing more opportunities and making the right decisions.This risk factor can cause companies to downsize or become unable to operate.On the other hand, uncerta…

• ZAFER ÇAKMAK

In this paper, a dynamic model-based management consultancy project carried out for a major insurance company in Turkey is presented. The objective of the project was to address certain strategic managerial problems of the company by using systemic dynamic simulation. The main strategic problem of concern was that the…

In this paper we present two algorithms for a machine allocation problem occurring in manufacturing systems. For the two algorithms presented we prove worst-case performance ratios of 2 and 3/2, respectively. The machine allocation problem we consider is a general convex resource allocation problem, which makes the al…

• JOHANNES BARTHOLOMEUS GERARDUS FRENK

The case study method has been widely used as a research strategy in the management field. The issues of comparability and of generalizability when using this method, however, continue to raise profound challenges for researchers. Boolean- and fuzzy-logic-based methods offer a valuable basis for a contribution in this…

__Abstract__ \n \nOver the past two decades, purchasing has evolved from a clerical function focused \non buying goods and services at a minimum price into a strategic function \nfocused on value creation and achieving competitive advantage (Gadde and \nHåkansson, 1994; Carter and Narasimhan, 1996; Krause et al., 2001…

Bu araştırma, literatürde yeni bir kavram olan firmaların sürdürülebilir başarısı için önem arz eden stratejik çeviklik ile firma performansı arasındaki ilişkiyi analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla Gaziantep ilinde faaliyette bulunan, sanayi odasına kayıtlı 88 adet üretici firma sahibi/yöneticisi ile yüz yüze görü…

• ÖZLEM YAŞAR UĞURLU

There are some problems during the determining process of the size of the scorecards and their rates. These rates are determined with the own words of the top manager or the manager who is responsible for the scorecard determination process in many applications or all of the rates of the size and strategies are regard…

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