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with the view that emerges from the field interviews and provide a synthesis. Next we develop a series of research propositions in the spirit of propositional inventories developed in such diverse areas as sales management (cf. Walker, Churchill, and Ford 1977; Weitz 1981), organization of marketing activities (cf. Ruekert, Walker, and Roering 1985), diffusion of technology (cf. Robertson and Gatignon 1986), information processing (cf. Alba and Hutchinson 1987), and marketing control…

collaborative relationship between the firm and its customers, and/or other marketing actors. Dwyer, Schurr, and Oh (1987) have characterized such cooperative relationships as being interdependent and long-term orientated rather than being concerned with short-term discrete transactions. The long-term orientation is often emphasized because it is believed that marketing actors will not engage in opportunistic behavior if they have a long-term 5 orientation and that such relationships…

Stalk Jr. and Rob Lachenauer, “The Hardball Manifesto: Play to Win,” HBS Working Knowledge, July 19, 2004. 6 Al Jacobson, “Ernst & Young case study,” 1997. 7 The term Big Three refers to the three big US automobile companies - GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler. 8 A fundamental principle of the Toyota Way, it refers to sharing of information and ideas. 1 Knowledge Management Practices at Toyota Motors Toyota s KM practices were considered unique b…

ocorrida em julho, no Rio de Janeiro. O evento mobilizou multidões, com direito a visitantes internacionais. Avesso à ostentação, em seus deslocamentos, o papa Francisco substituiu carros de luxo por modelos mais populares: no Vaticano, adotou um Ford Focus e em sua estada no Brasil se locomoveu com um Fiat Idea. Francisco também tem chamado a atenção pela busca em promover reformas na Igreja — uma tentativa de construir novas marcas para a instituição milenar. Em dezembro, foi apontado…

powerlessness and despair (8–11). This paper will present an overview of the processes by which empowerment outcomes are generated and the effects of empowerment strategies on public health and health disparities. Furthermore, it deals with describing the specific characteristics and contexts for successful multi-level empowerment approaches including governmental policies and actions in the legal, economic and political arenas. Sources for this review This paper is based on a…

capital in a really tough market. First and foremost, you’ve got to re-gain your Ford Q1 quality rating to remain in the game. You have been shipping brake hose fittings that are failing, a customer’s Critical To Quality issue, which is creating containment costs for you and your customers. You have been notified that if you don’t correct this problem, you will lose your largest customer. Marketing has told you that Ford wants to be able to order any of 168 products with only a…

diferença entre o preço inicial e o novo — e menor — preço depois da manobra. O procedimento é ilegal segundo as disposições da Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (Securities and Exchange Commission — SEC), que estabelecem que toda venda a descoberto (SHORT SALE) deve ser efetuada a um preço superior ao anterior (UPTICK) ou, sendo igual ao da última transação, superior ao último preço de valor diferente (ZERO PLUS TICK). BEAR SPREAD. Estratégia usada no mercado de opções com a finalidade de…

do was to come here, because he knew that he was coming for the last time. That morning he had been expelled from the Architectural School of the Stanton Institute of Technology. He pulled his clothes on: old denim trousers, sandals, a shirt with short sleeves and most of its buttons missing. He swung down a narrow trail among the boulders, to a path running through a green slope, to the road below. He walked swiftly, with a loose, lazy expertness of motion. He walked down the long road,…

preposições: according to, along with, as regards, as to, (in) back of, by way of, due to, in addition to, in order to, in spite of, in that, in the teeth of, in the way of, in with, next to, on account of, on the strength of, over and above, owing to, short of, thanks to, together with, up against, with a view to. Expressões com ftmção de adverbios: all along, as far as, as usual, back and forth, by and large, every so often, far and wide, for keeps, for sure, hammer and tongs, high and…

"Cause I can get it here, whore." Being called a whore didn't bother Cleo. "Don't you read asshole?" She pointed to the sign above Nicole's head, which read, "NO CHANGE OVER TEN." Marvin had instilled that ruled because some of the cashier's were being short changed by changed artist. Byron looked directly at Nicole. "Give me the change, Nick, or I'll tell your brother you've been giving out favors like your whore friend does." Nicole took the twenty he slid under the bullet proofed…