Cases on business and management in the MENA region: new trends and opportunities
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Beschreibung: | electronic texts (269 p.) : digital files. Also available in print. |
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spelling | Cases on business and management in the MENA region [electronic resource] new trends and opportunities El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center, editor. Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011. electronic texts (269 p.) : digital files. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Blending information and communication technology (ICT) with an accounting system: the case of the Egyptian International Motors Company (EIM) / Khaled Dahawy and Khaled Samaha -- 2. Accounting and auditing of financial derivatives: the case of Maridive & Oil Services (MOS) / Mohamed Hegazy and Karim Hegazy -- 3. Electronic commerce and management accountants in Egypt: new opportunities and threats / Mayada Abd El-Aziz Youssef -- 4. A comparative analysis of activity-based costing and traditional costing systems: the case of Egyptian Metal Industries Company / Khaled Samaha and Sara Abdallah -- 5. Centralizing integrated long range planning and budgeting / Taylor Valore -- 6. Premium international for credit services: application of value-based management / Eskandar Tooma, Aliaa Bassiouny and Nourhan El Mogui -- 7. The Alexandria Mineral Oils Company (AMOC): a strategic assessment of AMOC'S IPO / Eskandar Tooma -- 8. Path to success: innovative managerial approach / Ahu Genis-Gruber and Ramazan Aktas -- 9. Facing organizational change and stress management: the case of First Commercial Bank / Elham Metwally -- 10. Strategic role of information technology in a multinational company: the case of an organization with subsidiaries in Egypt and Sweden / Lazar Rusu and Mohamed El Mekawy -- 11. Implementing business intelligence in the dynamic beverages sales and distribution environment / Sami Akabawi and Heba Hodeeb -- 12. Ghabbour Group ERP deployment: learning from past technology failures / M. S. Akabawi -- 13. Ariel Egypt: from market penetration to fierce competition / Ahmed Tolba -- 14. Social marketing in Egypt: a case study on the use of marketing by "Nahdet El Mahrousa" NGO / Mohamed Ads and Ahmed Tolba -- 15. Honda Power Products: ensuring the future of a leading brand in a turbulent market / Noha Ismail -- 16. Mona El Fadly: spinning off the supply chain / Menna Kamel and Ali Awni -- 17. KOHLER : forecasting for project-based market / Ali Awni and Mohamed Nada. Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. "This book presents a careful blend of conceptual, theoretical and applied research in regard to the relationship between the Middle East and North Africa region and business and management"--Provided by publisher. Also available in print. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed July 18, 2011). Industrial management Middle East Case studies. Industrial management North Africa Case studies. Budgeting Business IT alignment Cross-cultural management Ecosystems Hardy's Model of power mobilization Initial public offerings Organization strategies Strategic management Supply chain management Value-based management American University in Cairo. El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center. IGI Global. (Original) (DLC)2011001302 Print version: 1609605837 9781609605834 (DLC) 2011001302 FWS01 ZDB-98-IGB FWS_PDA_IGB http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-60960-583-4 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Cases on business and management in the MENA region new trends and opportunities 1. Blending information and communication technology (ICT) with an accounting system: the case of the Egyptian International Motors Company (EIM) / Khaled Dahawy and Khaled Samaha -- 2. Accounting and auditing of financial derivatives: the case of Maridive & Oil Services (MOS) / Mohamed Hegazy and Karim Hegazy -- 3. Electronic commerce and management accountants in Egypt: new opportunities and threats / Mayada Abd El-Aziz Youssef -- 4. A comparative analysis of activity-based costing and traditional costing systems: the case of Egyptian Metal Industries Company / Khaled Samaha and Sara Abdallah -- 5. Centralizing integrated long range planning and budgeting / Taylor Valore -- 6. Premium international for credit services: application of value-based management / Eskandar Tooma, Aliaa Bassiouny and Nourhan El Mogui -- 7. The Alexandria Mineral Oils Company (AMOC): a strategic assessment of AMOC'S IPO / Eskandar Tooma -- 8. Path to success: innovative managerial approach / Ahu Genis-Gruber and Ramazan Aktas -- 9. Facing organizational change and stress management: the case of First Commercial Bank / Elham Metwally -- 10. Strategic role of information technology in a multinational company: the case of an organization with subsidiaries in Egypt and Sweden / Lazar Rusu and Mohamed El Mekawy -- 11. Implementing business intelligence in the dynamic beverages sales and distribution environment / Sami Akabawi and Heba Hodeeb -- 12. Ghabbour Group ERP deployment: learning from past technology failures / M. S. Akabawi -- 13. Ariel Egypt: from market penetration to fierce competition / Ahmed Tolba -- 14. Social marketing in Egypt: a case study on the use of marketing by "Nahdet El Mahrousa" NGO / Mohamed Ads and Ahmed Tolba -- 15. Honda Power Products: ensuring the future of a leading brand in a turbulent market / Noha Ismail -- 16. Mona El Fadly: spinning off the supply chain / Menna Kamel and Ali Awni -- 17. KOHLER : forecasting for project-based market / Ali Awni and Mohamed Nada. Industrial management Middle East Case studies. Industrial management North Africa Case studies. |
title | Cases on business and management in the MENA region new trends and opportunities |
title_auth | Cases on business and management in the MENA region new trends and opportunities |
title_exact_search | Cases on business and management in the MENA region new trends and opportunities |
title_full | Cases on business and management in the MENA region [electronic resource] new trends and opportunities El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center, editor. |
title_fullStr | Cases on business and management in the MENA region [electronic resource] new trends and opportunities El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center, editor. |
title_full_unstemmed | Cases on business and management in the MENA region [electronic resource] new trends and opportunities El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center, editor. |
title_short | Cases on business and management in the MENA region |
title_sort | cases on business and management in the mena region new trends and opportunities |
title_sub | new trends and opportunities |
topic | Industrial management Middle East Case studies. Industrial management North Africa Case studies. |
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