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19 Summary The discipline of strategic management has the goal to better understand why companies succeed based on a holistic, overarching perspective. However, until now the strategic management literature has not provided a conceptually unifying framework that explicitly integrates the different dimensions of strategy development. The goal of this paper is to fill this gap by presenting the Value-Process Framework. The contribution of this framework is the integration of the different and separate

KIT 1. Mots-outils POUR COMMENCER First, firstly, first of all, in the first place, first and foremost, to begin / start with My first impression is… POUR DEVELOPPER UN SUJET Secondly, thirdly, then, next at first sight (à première vue) as a matter of fact, in fact (en fait) at all events, in any case (en fait) on second thoughts (à la réflexion) actually (effectivement) anyway (de toutes façons) in most cases (dans la plupart des cas) in this respect (à cet égard) to some extent (dans une

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the distributor of clothing displaying the greatest growth (in the words of its website ...). This brand offers a wide range of choice and its collections are updated very frequently (about every two or three weeks and not every change of season as is customary in ready-to-wear). Its strong point is simply to offer its customers collections showing the trends of fashion designers, but at a knockdown price. Its customer base is large enough, since the brand is selling clothes for men, women and children

That’s why we are first going to wonder if Fnac can get any advantage of being an “innovator”. Then, we will conduct a strategic diagnosis to see if Fnac masters the KSF required in this industry. Eventually, we will focus more specifically on the incumbents’ position to be as precise as possible on the evaluation of this strategic choice in terms of business strategy. A) Later-mover advantage? It is not wrong to consider the e-reader as an innovation on the French market. As a matter of fact

Communication (4) There’s beer in the fridge. Vol. 3: A Figure of Speech August 2008 pages 1-24 ELISABETH CAMP University of Pennsylvania SHOWING, T ELLING AND SEEING Metaphor and “Poetic” Language ABSTRACT: Theorists often associate certain “poetic” qualities with metaphor – most especially, producing an open-ended, holistic perspective which is evocative, imagistic and affectively-laden. I argue that, on the one hand, non-cognitivists are wrong to claim that metaphors only

performances. Earning management is rather a legal decision-making and a reporting process for the management. In this paper, the discussion is split over two parts. Firstly, we will draw a theoretical overview of earnings management which will focus mainly on: the Management’s incentives to manage earnings, the tools used to reach the Management’s goals, and the consequences of these practices on the different stakeholders. Secondly, we will illustrate our first part’s findings in an empirical overview

order to finally transcend them. Critical theory in International Relations is a meta-theory: it is a philosophy which takes the already existing theories as its object of study. The point is to analyze how theories shape the world and contribute to its existing order by legitimating or disapproving it. The ultimate objective is to reach universal emancipation of Humankind by changing world order. Critical theory is a major rupture in the International Relations study field: it does not only criticize

Does the EU need to be democratic? There has been in recent years a growing concern, reflected in the abundant publication by various academics and scholars, relating to the legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and its alleged ‘democratic deficit’. Many of these publications seem to have taken the democratic deficit as given and concentrated on explaining its causes and characteristics, leading to solutions which could be put in place to resolve it. Few have explicitly identified and questioned

of the Stability Pact remain controversial. The supporters of the Pact refer, first of all, to the Regional Funding Conference (Brussels, March 29-30, 2000), at which international donors pledged €2.4bn for the projects presented within the Stability Pact. In their opinion, these commitments, which went far beyond expectations, underline a real political will to promote the objectives of the Stability Pact and constitute a guarantee of its success. Furthermore, they consider that this initial period