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Customer Profitability Analysis in decision-making-The roles of customer characteristics, cost structures, and strategizing.

PLoS ONE
PurposeThis study investigates the interplay between strategic goals and calculative practices, specifically Customer Profitability Analysis (CPA). Drawing on practice-based theories, the research aims to understand how managers strategize with CPA ...
Rainer Lueg, Dima Ilieva
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IN SEARCHING OF SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE... THE ART OF BEING PERFORMANT [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2014
The improvement of managerial decisions, the identification and the implementation of strategic niches allow the achievement of some performance higher levels, thus ensuring the stability of the organization and the consolidation of the position on ...
GHEORGHE MIHAELA CRISTINA
doaj  

Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang, Yadong Yang, Yongsheng Wang, Guirui Yu   +3 more
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Optimising marketing spend: return maximization and risk minimization in the marketing portfolio [PDF]

, 2007
In a world of limited resources, marketing managers tasked to deliver shareholder value face decisions about how to maximize the returns on their marketing portfolio. Risk is less often considered.
Ryals, Lynette, Berger, Maya, Dias, Sam
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Influential factors on strategic management accounting application and its influence on the business: Empirical evidence from a developing market

Corporate and Business Strategy Review
The successful application of strategic management accounting (SMA) and its influence on business in a developing market are contingent on various factors. Oyewo (2022) emphasizes the impact of contextual factors such as organizational structure, information technology (IT) quality, business strategy, market orientation, competition, and environmental ...
Thao Thi Thu Do, Ngoc Hung Tran
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Engineering Approaches to Modify Immunomodulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs): Tissue Regeneration and Clinical Application

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) show promise for treating immune‐related disorders through immunomodulation and tissue regeneration. This review gives a brief overview of current clinical approval of MSC therapies. It also discussed how bioengineering, including genetic modification, biomaterial delivery, extracellular vesicles, and iPSC‐derived MSCs,
Sichen Yang, Kejia Li, Ning Wang, Zhen Li, Zhiyong Zhang, Rocky S. Tuan, Yangzi Jiang   +6 more
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A Proposed Strategic Management Accounting Model for Profitability: An Empirical Study

This thesis concerns strategic profitability management. The emergence of strategic management accounting has created a growing need for companies to discover the key factors that affect profitability and then to understand how these factors should be
Mohamed, Abeer Abdulmoniem
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Crystal Facet‐Polysaccharide Matching in CFS‐P Nanocrystals Drives Fungal Uptake, Vacuole Destruction, and Selective Antifungal Activity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Facet‐engineered PVP‐capped CuFeSe2 nanocrystals exhibit potent, selective antifungal activity by strongly binding cell‐wall mannan, enabling vacuolar entry and organelle disruption. High‐index facets show superior mannan affinity, validated by theoretical calculations and experiments. CFS‐P induces vacuolar cavitation, mitochondrial abnormalities, and
Zhaohui Wang, Xiaojin Deng, Xujuan Huang, Yuhang Pan, Yao Qin, Lu Zhang, Le Xu, Tianyi Qin, Deteng Zhang, Yi Ma, Yalong Wang   +10 more
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Strategic Design of a Business Model for Providing Services over the 5G Network in Peru

Administrative Sciences
The advance of the fifth generation (5G) network globally has completely changed business models, giving rise to the birth of new companies with their business models and the adaptation of existing companies.
Edison Moreno-Cardenas, Yackelin Moreno, Abel I. Barrial-Lujan   +2 more
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Chitosan‐Carbon Dot Composite Materials Form a Leaf Surface Barrier to Mitigate the Enrichment and Invasion of Nanoplastics: From Leaf Interface to Systemic Response

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Foliar spraying of CS‐CDs can form a film on the leaves of Brassica rapa, effectively reducing the enrichment and absorption of PS in the leaves, while increasing the biomass and nutrient content of the plants. In addition, CS‐CDs can also enrich the interfoliar microbial community and activate the plant's own defense metabolic pathways.
Beibei Zhao, Mei Li, Mengjiao Fan, Chuanhuan Liu, Jie Jiang, Jia Song, Yingzhu Liu   +6 more
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