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The MAER Vol.28 Distributed by EBSCO
CONTENTS
Research Article 1
THE POST-MERGER STRATEGIC CHANGES FOR THE OPERATING CASH FLOWS PERFORMANCE
Prof. Timothy King 1* and Dr. Ruhua Kong 2
1. Research Officer, Accounting and Finance, Leeds University Business School, UK
2. Imperial College Business School, London
Research Article 2
THE STRATEGIC DETERMINANTS OF OUTSOURCING VARIABLES PERFORMANCE
Prof. Krishna Govender* 1 and
Dr. Essop F. 2
1. University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2. Regenesys Business School, South Africa
Research Article 3
THE RISK MANAGEMENT PARAMETERS FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CORPORATE OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES
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Prof. Frederic Florian Hans-Joachim Fiedler*
, Department of Economics, TU Dresden, Germany
Research Article 4
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SHAREHOLDINGS METHOD AND THE CORPORATES SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACQUIRING PRIOR TO STRATEGIC CHANGE
Prof. Paitoon Chetthamrongchai 1*, Dr. Lin Lin 2, Dr. Hsaio-Fen Hsiao 3 and Dr. Yu-LunHuang 2
1. Department of Marketing, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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2. Department of Banking and Finance, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan
3. Department of Finance, MingDao University, Taiwan
Research Article 5:
AEXPERT OPINION - A RESTRUCTURING OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION'S EFFICIENCY APPROACH
Dr. Patrick Sim MM *
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Capital Advisors Partners Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore
Research Article 6
RECONCEPTUALIZING THE PUBLIC FINANCIAL POLICY PRACTICES
Prof. Dr. Achraf Seyam 1*, Dr. Alexander Hinners 2, Dr. Lauren Freire 2 and
Dr. Victor Parbat 2
1. Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, USA
2. Hofstra University, US
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Anyone
who has studied the use of information technology as a competitive weapon has
encountered the name Charlie Feld. Mr. Feld led the Management Services
Department of Frito-Lay during the 1980s when he pioneered one of the earliest
applications of information systems used to generate a competitive advantage.
No less than eleven Harvard Business School case studies document the work of
Mr. Feld during his tenure at Frito-Lay, covering the period starting when
Feld was hired at Frito-Lay in 1981 through his departure in 1992. So, when
Blind Spot appeared in the results of this reviewer’s regular search for
new and innovative books, it had to be considered for review. And this
reviewer knows the reader will not be disappointed.
There are literally dozens of books from the mundane to the excellent that
discuss and recommend methods and practices for aligning IT with the
organization. Further, there is the ubiquitous chapter in just about every
MIS textbook on the same subject. However, almost all of these books deal
with the subject of strategic alignment from the perspective that it is the
CIO’s responsibility to align the IS strategic plan with that of the
business. In Blind Spot, Feld makes the case that ...
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