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"Advances in Business and Management Forecasting is a blind refereed serial publication published on an annual basis. The objective of this research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the application of forecasting methodologies to such areas as sales, marketing, and strategic decision making. (An accurate, robust forecast is critical to effective decision making.) It is the hope and direction of the research annual to become an applications and practitioner-oriented publication"--EBL.

This book presents research in the field of business and management from around the world. This book examines e-commerce and its impact on expectations of customer service and quality control. it also explores the strategic advantage of employee training in marketing organizations; wealth management, building value through investing, and contingency plans after the global recession; health as a predictor of registered nurse retirement preparation; human resources management and mergers and acquisitions; private saving for retirement; an investigation of multichannel shopping behavior; and self

This book presents research in the field of business and management from around the world. This book examines e-commerce and its impact on expectations of customer service and quality control. it also explores the strategic advantage of employee training in marketing organizations; wealth management, building value through investing, and contingency plans after the global recession; health as a predictor of registered nurse retirement preparation; human resources management and mergers and acquisitions; private saving for retirement; an investigation of multichannel shopping behavior; and self

Intro -- ADVANCES IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT VOLUME 12 -- ADVANCES IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT VOLUME 12 -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 THE GROWING POPULARITY OF PM WITHIN BUSINESSES: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, GLOBALIZATION AND THE ISSUE OF FLEXIBILITY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. HUMAN NEEDS, PRODUCTION AND PM -- 1.1. Time, Activities and Production: Organizational Considerations -- 1.2. From Pre-Industrialization Artisans to Firms: The Rise of Administrative Sciences -- 1.3. The Eminent Domain of PM among Administrative Sciences -- 2. GLOBALIZATION, FIRMS AND THE VALUE OF PM -- 2.1. The Growing Distance between Resources and Needs: More Administration -- 2.2. The Composition of Firms and PM as a New Component -- 2.3. Firms' Informal Ownership Structure and PM Value for Businesses in Context of Globalization -- 3. IMPORTING PM INTO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: SOME ISSUES -- 3.1. Pre-Considerations on the Definition of Projects -- 3.2. Flexibility, Transaction Costs and Contracts -- 3.3 Project Failure Rate and Organizational Performance -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH -- Chapter 2 THE TWO-WAY LINK BETWEEN SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES MODERATED BY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA AND METHOD -- Population and Sample -- Earnings Management Measure -- Corporate Social Responsibility Measure -- Corporate Governance System -- Control Variables -- Models of Analyses -- RESULTS -- Descriptive Analysis -- Granger Test of Causality -- Results of Dependency Models -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES -- Chapter 3 DESIGN THINKING, DESIGN MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR PROMOTING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION

Given the consolidated position of English as the international language for communication in business and management, this book depicts a wide scenario in which to analyse and compare interactions between eastern/western European users of English, as well as Asian/European/North American speakers. From each chapter, different sociolinguistic realities emerge. They affect English, as used largely by non-native speakers, but also the relationship between local or national cultures and the global professional discourse community. In this context not only the specialized lexis is analysed, but ra