Drawing on the insight from metacognition theory, second language researchers conceptualize strategic knowledge and strategic regulation as the two dimensions of strategic competence in language performance. In this regard, the present study aimed at determining whether strategic knowledge and strategic regulation are related to listening performance. The study also attempted to specify how str...

Over the last 15 to 20 years, cluster analysis has emerged as a new way of looking at economic development, integrating regional differences in development and economic specialization (Porter 1990, 2003; Sweeney and Feser 1998; Feser 2004, Cortright 2006). An increasing number of states and regions in the United States and overseas have modified their economic development strategies to focus an...

Based on a survey and extended interviews with 78 domestic and international managers of a leading bank in India, this paper identifies some problems encountered with the utilization of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) by this enterprise in its global marketing strategy. A comparative analysis of the survey responses reveal recognizable differences among managers within and outsi...

conclusions due to the correlation between strategic thinking and productivity, we recommend educating and training managers in the use of strategic thinking, and that they understand its importance to productivity. managers should understand that increasing efficiency in a competitive environment today is a necessity for survival. background using different methods of strategic thinking is ess...

The relationship between business strategy and organizational performance has been a subject of growing interest in the field of strategic management. Despite this trend, there has been little attention given to a comparative analysis of this relationship between two different economies. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the performance differences and business strategy orient...

The purpose of this paper is to study and present the impact of maintenance as one of the competitive factors in the business strategy. A financial maintenance model is developed to illustrate that maintenance can have a significant impact on a firm's profitability. The model incorporates return on capital as a means to measure the effectiveness of maintenance activities. The results from simul...

We derive optimal portfolio weights for an investor who has a strong belief on the distribution of the stock price at a future time. That distribution may be in disagreement with standard equilibrium pricing models, and the investor wants to take advantage of the perceived mispricing and attractive risk premium. We compute numerically optimal weights for models in which the investor believes th...

The main objective of this article is to describe and explain the utilization of Strategic Management Accounting Techniques (SMATs) in Iranian various firms. For this, a survey was carried out using questionnaires provided for the seventy-five Chief Executive Officers in productive and services firms. Data gathered from respondents about the usage rate of SMATs based on the five-point Likert sc...