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Performance Insights: Corporate Philosophy in Japanese companies

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Corporate Philosophy in Japanese companies

As I review organizational identities, I found it interesting that the Corporate / Company Philosophy is often used by Japanese companies as a tool to present corporate identities. On Japanese companies’ websites, this term appears much more frequent than tools such as Values, Vision, Mission . Comparatively, this concept is seldom seen on company websites from other parts of the world.

Australian manufacturing industry contraction: highlights from the April 2011 Australian PMI

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Australian manufacturing industry contraction

According to the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the manufacturing industry in Australia is on a contraction trend, with the Australian Performance Manufacturing Index (PMI) below 50 points in April 2011 (which is the level separating expansion from contraction).

The impact of Performance Measurement Systems on business performance

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The impact of Performance Measurement Systems

One of the most debated and controversial topics about Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) is the impact the PMS implementation and usage have upon the business performance, in terms of clear, tangible results. Martinez, Kennerley & Neely (2004, p. 1) stated that the little body of research on this topic, as reported mainly by consultancies and commercial research companies, has two limitations.

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