Business Dynamics in the 21st Century / edited by Chee-Heong Quah, Ong Lin Dar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quah, Chee Heong., Editor.

Contributor:

Quah, Chee Heong, editor.

Lin Dar, Ong, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2012

Rijeka, Croatia : IntechOpen, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In this 21st century of opportunity and turbulence, business firms need to equip themselves with new competencies that were never thought of before. For this reason, this book is timely as it introduces new insights into new problems in the aspects of performance and quality improvement, networking and logistics in the interconnected world, as well as developments in monetary and financial environment surrounding private enterprises today. Readers shall find that reading this book is an enlightening and pleasant experience, as the discussions are delivered in a clear, straightforward, and "no-frills" manner - suitable to academics and practitioners. If desired, the book can serve as an additional piece of reference for teaching and research in business and economics.

Contents:

Business dynamics in the 21st century

Meet the editors

Contents

Preface

Section 1. Performance and Quality as the Competitve Edge

1. Improving Organizational Performance Through Reward Systems

2. Capacity Assessments for Improving Corporate Efficiency – Case of Limassol Turkish Cooperative Bank in Northern Cyprus

3. Sustainability and Quality of Life Modeling the Complexity of Governance

4. Processes Management Guaranteeing Life-Cycle Quality of the Maintenance Service Agreement – A Study Regarding Outsourced Maintenance Services

5. Balanced Scorecard’s Interpretative Variability and Organizational Change

6. Uncovering the Pre-Dispositional Roots of Job Satisfaction

7. An Exploratory Study of Problems Facing Small and Medium Sized Contractors in the Free State Province of South Africa

Section 2. Networks and Logistics as the Link to Success

8. Managing Networks in Business Organizations

9. Supply Chain Management in International Logistics – RFID Applications

Section 3. Money and Finance in Global Markets

10. The Determinants of Corporate Debt Maturity Structure

11. The Brazilian Stock Market – Dimension, Structure, and Main Features

12. The Case for Monetary Union in East Asia – From Theory to Empirics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (IntechOpen, viewed October 16, 2022).

ISBN:

9789535151210

9535151215