Research Studies
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Employee Empowerment in leading Brazil companies
In 1994, a survey was targeted at 100 chief executive officers and quality managers in Brazil's leading companies. The response rate was 84%. The sample firms comprised of 52.4% multinational and 47.6% local companies,..
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| Mission Statement: Popularity in Fortune 50 companies
A study of mission statements in 1992 revealed that 21 (42%) service corporations and 12 (24%) industrial corporations did not have mission statements...
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Downsizing fails to cut costs, increase profitability or improve ROI
A 1991 study of 1005 US firms into the economic and organisational benefits of downsizing revealed..
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| Downsizing has negative effect on stock returns
A 1991 study into the impact on stock returns following downsizing announcements examined the stock returns of 194 firms that announced layoffs during 1979-1987. The study found a significant negative market reaction to the announcement..
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Competitor Analysis System: Practices in three large companies
The CA systems at General Motors Corp., Eastman Kodak, and British Petroleum were analysed between January and July of 1986. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in each of these companies involving 73 analysts, 17 managers of the analysts, and 63 clients. The study revealed:
- CA systems in these..
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| Downsizing has negative economic effect
A 1989/1990 study into the financial effects of downsizing interviewed HR executves from 500 downsized firms in the US and with..
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Quality Function Deployment: Implementation benefits
As described in the article the benefits of QFD are:
1. Reduced lead times on new/revised products by up to 70%,
2. Lowered new-product..
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| Quality Function Deployment: Implementation benefits
As described in the article the benefits of QFD are:
1. Engineering changes are cut by 30-50..
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Business Process Reengineering (BPR) addresses inefficiencies in US Health Care environment.
From analysis of several health care systems across the US by Phase 2 Consulting, Salt Lake City, it is held that by tackling the root causes of problems that constrain healthcare, significant efficiency gains can be anticipated:
A typical 250-bed acute care hospital could save as much as US$41 million over a five - to seven - year period by eliminating disorganisation and wasteful procedures. (The average hospital..
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| Employee survey popularity among UK food companiesLFRA's self-assessment programme indicated..
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Employee survey popularity among the Uk's top companies.A UK survey of The Times Top 500 companies showed that employee surveys..
Read more... | Research and development cost ratios in the UK food and pharmaceutical industriesStatistics from the DTI in the UK show that food companies on the whole have an R&D to sales ratio..
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