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Mitcham, Elizabeth J., and Roy E. McDonald. "Cell Wall Modification during Ripening of `Keitt' and `Tommy Atkins' Mango Fruit." Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 117, no. 6 (November 1992): 919–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/jashs.117.6.919.

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`Keitt' and `Tommy Atkins' mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruit were evaluated for selected ripening criteria at six ripening stages, from mature green to overripe. `Tommy Atkins' mangos developed more red and yellow pigmentation (CIE a* and b*) in peel and mesocarp tissues than `Keitt'. The outer mesocarp of `Keitt' remained firm longer than `Tommy Atkins', and the inner mesocarp was softer than the outer at each stage in both cultivars. Cell wall neutral sugars, particularly arabinosyl, rhamnosyl, and galactosyl residues, decreased with ripening in both cultivars. `Keitt' had more loosely associated, chelator-soluble pectin, accumulated more soluble polyuronides, and retained more total pectin at the ripe stage than `Tommy Atkins'. Both cultivars had similar polygalacturonase (EC 3.2.1.15) activity which increased with ripening. The amount and molecular weight of cell wall hemicellulose decreased with ripening in both cultivars. These data indicate that enzymatic and/or nonenzymatic processes, in addition to polygalacturonase activity, are involved in the extensive softening of mango fruit.
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Liu, Xiaoyu, Harrie Vredenburg, and Urs Daellenbach. "The moderating effect of corporate reputation on inter-firm alliance impact on company performance." European Business Review 31, no. 4 (June 10, 2019): 524–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ebr-12-2017-0232.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to untangle the impacts of a firm’s corporate reputation and its alliance partners’ social capital on its financial performance, drawing on the relational and the network points of view. Design/methodology/approach This paper explored the moderating effect of corporate reputation on the relationship between partners’ social capital (e.g. resource heterogeneity, structural relations and partners’ social ties) and a focal firm’s performance. An OLS three-step regression model (controls, main effects and interaction effects) was used to test the proposed hypotheses based on 265 US joint ventures. Findings The influence of partners’ social capital on a focal firm’s performance is negatively moderated by the focal firm’s reputation at the firm and network levels; larger and more prestigious firms listed in Fortune database tend to choose partners with a higher level of resource heterogeneity, whereas smaller firms tend to choose partners in similar industries to increase economies of scale. The social capital factors of the partners will have different effects on the focal firm performance. Originality/value The value of this paper is in providing insight into the importance and nuances of corporate reputation in offsetting the advantages of inter-firm alliances and their impact on firm performance. In particular, the performance benefits of inter-firm alliance partners’ social ties and heterogeneous resources are negatively affected by the corporate reputation of a firm.
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Liang, Jie, and Peng Shao. "Sequential Alliance Portfolios, Partner Reconfiguration and Firm Performance." Sustainability 11, no. 21 (October 24, 2019): 5904. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11215904.

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This study develops multi-dimensional partner reconfiguration strategies and addresses how they affect firm performance in a series of alliance portfolios by applying the dynamic sustainable perspective. Using data collected from 565 fund product alliance portfolios initiated by 61 Chinese fund firms during a five-year period from 2007 to 2011, the empirical results indicate that both dropping active partners and adding new ones will reduce firm performance. By contrast, reintroducing previous partners will increase firm performance. The average tie strength of the last alliance portfolio moderates the influences of partner reconfigurations on firm performance. Specifically, it negatively moderates the effect of dropping active partners and positively moderates the effect of adding new partners. However, its moderating effect on the influence of reintroducing previous partners is insignificant. These findings have positive theoretical and practical significance for firms pursuing sustainable development by clarifying when and how partner reconfiguration strategies influence firm performance.
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Kim, Ho-Sung, and Sun-Young Choi. "Corporate performance drivers in vertical downstream alliance portfolios: The Korean defense industry." Journal of Management & Organization 20, no. 2 (March 2014): 148–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2014.30.

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AbstractIn this study, we examine the impact of portfolio configuration on corporate performance in a technological vertical downstream alliance portfolio. First, we explore whether differences in characteristics such as innovativeness, reputation, and bargaining power between a focal firm and its partners affect corporate performance. Second, considering these differences between a focal firm and its partners, we analyze whether an alliance portfolio structure spanning structural holes or a densely embedded network is preferable. We examine 44 leading Korean defense firms over the period 1995–2010 using the two-step generalized method of moments. Our principal arguments emphasize that differences between a focal firm and its partners (in terms of innovativeness, reputation, and bargaining power) affect corporate performance differently. This concept contrasts that of previous studies, which argued that allying with dominant partners is generally better. The arguments also emphasize that the alliance portfolio structure should differ depending on the differences in terms of the three capabilities between a focal firm and its corporate partners.
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Edward Pickering, Mark. "Accounting firm partners to public corporation employees." Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 11, no. 1 (March 2, 2015): 96–129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jaoc-11-2012-0116.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications on former accounting firm partners becoming employees of a publicly owned accounting corporation, the responses of the former partners and impacts on the acquiring company. Partners of accounting and other professional service firms selling their firms to publicly owned companies often remain with the acquiring company as employees and receive company shares as consideration for their firms. Agency theory suggests public ownership will result in changes to the roles of senior professionals with potential resistance and motivation consequences. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a case study approach involving the review of publicly available information and interviews with executives and senior professionals of an Australian publicly owned accounting company, Stockford Limited. Findings The Stockford case indicates that selling their firm to a publicly owned company can have significant negative implications for accounting firm partners. The former partners struggled to adapt to their new roles as senior professional employees and shareholders. Their responses had significant impacts on company performance, which ultimately contributed to the collapse of the company, thus reflecting the power senior professionals retain regardless of the change of ownership form. Research limitations/implications Care is required when generalising findings of a single case to other professions and other geographic jurisdictions. Practical implications This paper has significant implications for entrepreneurs and executives consolidating professional service firms, partners considering selling their firms and investors in publicly owned professional service firms. Originality/value Despite the emergence of publicly owned accounting and other professional service companies and the importance and power of senior professionals in professional service firms, this is the first study to explore the implications on senior professionals of selling their firms to public companies.
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ÖBERG, CHRISTINA, and CHRISTINA GRUNDSTRÖM. "CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN INNOVATIVE FIRMS' NETWORK DEVELOPMENT." International Journal of Innovation Management 13, no. 04 (December 2009): 593–613. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919609002431.

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The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss challenges and opportunities related to the development of innovative firms' networks. The paper utilises four case studies based on interviews with representatives of young innovative firms and their present and previous network partners. The findings show that while early network partners often play several roles simultaneously, the roles of both the innovative firm and its network partners become increasingly distinct as the innovative firm develops. Such clarification of roles highlights competition between parties. For the innovative firm, the early phases are marked by innovativeness and problems related to growth and financial issues; later phases may include challenges of dependence, competition, exclusion of actors, decreased innovativeness and less innovative freedom.
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Sherer, Peter D. "Leveraging Human Assets in Law Firms: Human Capital Structures and Organizational Capabilities." ILR Review 48, no. 4 (July 1995): 671–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979399504800405.

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Partners in a law firm are the source of firm knowledge and hold claims to the firm's residual income; associates work for partners, acquire knowledge, and receive a fixed level of compensation. The author uses the ratio of associates to partners to measure the leveraging of human assets in law firms, which he likens to the leveraging of financial capital in other firms. Analyzing data on 312 large offices of law firms in 1991, he finds that this leverage ratio was related to business strategy, human resource management, and organizational structure. As an index of law firms' human capital structures, it also had important implications for organizational capabilities and firm competitiveness. For example, offices characterized by a rare and tightly controlled human capital structure had the highest billing rates, reflecting their capability of providing clients with services that deeply embody the knowledge of partners.
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ROOSENS, BRAM, NATHALIE DENS, and ANNOUK LIEVENS. "EFFECTS OF PARTNERS’ COMMUNICATIONS ON CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS OF JOINT INNOVATION EFFORTS." International Journal of Innovation Management 23, no. 08 (December 2019): 1940008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919619400085.

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This paper assesses the effects of aligning co-creation partners’ communications on consumers’ perceptions of joint innovation efforts. Two online experiments are conducted. Study 1 ([Formula: see text]) investigates message content alignment (partners stating identical versus complementary messages) and visual alignment (partners assimilating the visual design of their communications versus autonomous designs). Results reveal a positive effect of using complementary over identical message content on consumers’ perceptions of the co-created product. The latter effect is reinforced by autonomous visual designs. Study 2 ([Formula: see text]) shows that the effect of content alignment on both the lead firm and co-creation partners are mediated by the perceived fit between partners and the perceived corporate credibility of the lead firm. This research is one of the first to study effects of communication by multiple co-creation partners and demonstrates the positive effects of adequately aligning partners’ communications about joint innovation efforts.
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Margheim, Loren, Judith A. Hora, and Diane Pattison. "Educational Competencies That Mid-Sized CPA Firms Value In Their Professional Accounting Staff." American Journal of Business Education (AJBE) 3, no. 6 (June 1, 2010): 69–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/ajbe.v3i6.444.

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This study examined the educational competencies mid-sized accounting firm partners value in their professional staff when making promotion decisions to senior, manager, and partner. Mid-sized firms were defined in this study to include all of the non-Big 4 national firms, the large regional CPA firms, and several large local firms. Over 1,380 partners received two mailings of a survey instrument and usable responses were received from 699 of those partners. The paper summarizes the competencies the respondents indicated were important to be promoted in their firms. In addition, the study summarizes demographic characteristics of those mid-sized accounting firm partners and the advantages they perceive of working for a mid-sized accounting firm. Results indicate that technical accounting skills are very important to mid-sized firms, but that their relative importance decreases as individuals are considered for higher level positions. On the other hand, the importance of communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills grows all the way through the partner promotion decision.
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Knight, Helen. "Partners Targeting the Rize of 3D Printing." Engineer 299, no. 7906 (March 2019): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/s0013-7758(23)90566-0.

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Allan, Scott. "Financialisation of the professional services firm : strategy, governance and the lived experience of partners." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2016. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/84427/.

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This thesis aims to understand the effects of “financialisation” on the strategy and governance of the contemporary UK professional services firm (PSF) and the lived experience of its partners. The study is placed in the context of change, externally in the regulation and competitive environment of PSFs, and internally in terms of the commercialisation of the PSF and the adoption of financial logics. In an ethnographic case study undertaken within a cultural economy perspective this thesis reveals firstly how PSF strategy has been financialised. Secondly, it identifies how an ecology of strategic and tactical measures are put to use in support of the firm’s strategy, exemplifying the role of accounting as the agent of financialisation and as the enabler of financial governance. Thirdly, complementing accounting, HRM technologies are shown to be employed to make partners and potential partners known, calculable, comparable and governable. Working together, accounting and HRM technologies create an ecology of power which offers partners a subjectivity privileging and supporting the financialised strategy of the PSF, and rendering each partner a tool of strategy implementation and thereby financialisation. Fourthly, this thesis investigates the lived experience of partners in the financialised PSF revealing fears, anxieties, tensions and contradictions.
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Hatak, Isabella, Matthias Fink, and Hermann Frank. "Business freedom, corruption and the performance of trusting cooperation partners: empirical findings from six European countries." Springer Verlag, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-014-0127-7.

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In this study we investigate the impact of trust on the performance of cooperating firms, taking into account two core aspects: First, we look at environmental uncertainty, which shows in the degree of change there is in business freedom. Second, we account for behavioral uncertainty-captured as the average level of freedom from corruption in a country. Based on survey data from 791 firms engaged in national cooperation in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, we find that behavioral coordination based on trust impacts on cooperating firms' performance positively in dynamic and negatively in stable contexts. Freedom from corruption enhances firm performance in dynamic contexts but is not a significant predictor in stable contexts. Further, we find the trust-performance relationship to be moderated by freedom from corruption in dynamic but not in stable contexts. The findings contribute to a more contextualized research on trust and interorganizational cooperation, as has been called for recently. (authors' abstract)
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Vanson, Sally Anne. "Aligning identity in legal services firms : do senior partners in legal services firms possess the core characteristics of identity to work in alignment within the firm?" Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2011. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/aligning-identity-in-legal-services-firms(6a8dc41a-2dc3-4a5d-904c-de63a8f0e13a).html.

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This exploratory study used grounded theory to discover whether senior partners in legal services firms in the UK held the core characteristics of identity to work in alignment in the changing context. Using a combination of participant interviews and secondary analysis of published material, knowledge was generated to review some changes resulting from the Legal Services Act, the components of identity, and individual and peer alignment in these senior partners. The term ‘alignment’ is used in this study to describe both a state and a process. The study suggests that senior partners do not currently display many of the attributes to take their firms into a successful future. Senior partners reported living a facade, having difficulties with boundaries and the complex role of partner. They seem to focus on eliminating problems rather than striving to achieve goals, and are more interested in ‘I’ than ‘we’. All of this presents huge challenges for a successful response by the firms to deregulation. There was little evidence of simultaneous identification with the firm and the profession, and this with other findings left a gap between the individual and the collective as well as a gap between the role and core identities of the individual. More positively, there is some evidence of identity negotiation and where participants were doing some personal change work, this was driven by the hindrances to, and supporting beliefs about, the required behaviour at work, and possibly informed by an imagined image of best ‘self’ or ‘group member’. The findings support a practitioner model; ‘CONTRIBUTIONS’ which is useful for coaching and facilitation of individuals and teams. The study offers original contributions to academic knowledge including; building on the ‘identification’ literature, linking in the concept of ‘secondary gain’, specific evidence from the legal partner group against generic concepts of identity literature.
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Cronholm, Jacob, and Elin Didriksson. "Partners påverkan på revisionskvalité: En andelsfråga? : En studie om hur partnerandelen i de fyra största revisionsbyråerna i Sverige influerar organisationen och på så vis påverkar revisionskvalitén." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96838.

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Bakgrund: Utvecklingen av revisorsprofessionen kan härledas ända till 1895. En utveckling som grundas i professionalitet men som på senare år blivit allt mer kommersialiserad. Revisionsbyråernas ägare benämns som partners och likt andra organisationstyper har ägarna en stor påverkan på organisationen. Partners skiljer sig dock från många andra ägare i stora företag med sin aktiva närvaro i det dagliga arbetet. Positionen som partner innebär bl.a. makt, status och finansiella fördelar. Incitamenten med partnerskapet bör variera beroende på partnerandel, vilket kan tänkas leda till en dominans av antingen professionell eller kommersiell logik. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka om partnerandelen påverkar revisionskvalitén inom de fyra största revisionsbyråerna i Sverige. Metod: För att undersöka studiens syfte har en hypotes skapats utifrån agentteorin samt kommersiell och professionell logik. Studien utförs med hjälp av en tvärsnittsdesign och en deduktiv ansats. Studien har utförts på ett urval som består av de fyra största revisionsbyråerna i Sverige och deras klienter på Stockholmsbörsens tre största listor för år 2012 och 2018. Slutsatser: Studien kan från analys och diskussion komma till en slutsats att partnerandelen har en påverkan på revisionskvalitén. Med studien kan det utläsas att auktoriserade revisorer per partner har en positiv relation till revisionskvalitén
Background: The development of the auditor profession originates from 1895. However, the development that is based on professionalism has in recent years become increasingly commercialized. The audit firm’s owners are called partners and like other types of organizations, the owners have a big impact on the organization. However, partners differ from other owners with their presence in the daily business. The position as a partner comes with power, status and financial advantages, which may lead to a dominance of either professional or commercial logic. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore whether the partner share affects the quality of auditing within the four biggest audit firms in Sweden. Method: To fulfill the purpose of the study, a hypothesis has been formulated with agency theory and commercial and professional logics. This study uses a crosssectional design with a deductive approach. The selection of data includes the four biggest audit firms in Sweden and their clients on the three biggest lists in the Swedish stock market during 2012 and 2018. Conclusions: The study can conclude from analysis and discussion that the partner share has an impact on audit quality. The study shows that authorized auditors per partner have a positive relationship to audit quality
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Théodoropoulos, Alexandra. "Les accords collectifs de groupe." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LYO30044.

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D’abord cantonnés au secteur industriel, les groupes de sociétés se sont progressivement développés dans l’ensemble des secteurs d’activités et sont devenus en quelques années des acteurs incontournables de la vie économique et sociale. Le regroupement d’entreprises sous la domination d’une société-mère s’est accompagné d’une recherche d’unité dans les modes de gestion et les statuts sociaux déployés dans chaque entreprise les composant. C’est dans ce contexte que s’est développée la négociation d’accords de groupe. De simple expérimentation issue de la pratique, la négociation collective de groupe est devenue un véritable niveau de négociation collective reconnue par le législateur. L’accord de groupe est désormais consacré comme une norme créatrice de droits et d’obligations entre employeurs et salariés du groupe, mais sa place dans la hiérarchie des normes n’a pas été précisée. Cette situation génère de nombreuses interrogations quant à sa portée et à ses limites : chaque apport du législateur à la construction du régime juridique des accords de groupe soulève de nouvelles difficultés avec lesquelles les partenaires sociaux doivent composer. La présente étude tentera de mettre en évidence les solutions proposées par les partenaires sociaux pour affiner et sécuriser le régime juridique applicable aux accords de groupe
Originally confined to the industrial sector, corporate groups have gradually developed in all sectors and have become in just a few years key players in economic and social life. The business combination under supervision of parent company was accompanied by a search for unity in management methods and employees’ status. The negotiation of group agreements has developed in this context. Simple hands-on experience at the beginning, group collective bargaining has become a real level of collective bargaining recognized by the legislator. The group agreement is now set out as a standard which establishing rights and obligations between employers and employees of the group, but its place in the hierarchy of norms has not been specified. This situation generates many questions about its scope and its limits: each legislator’s contribution to the group agreements’ legal regime raises new difficulties that the social partners have to deal with. This study will attempt to identify the solutions proposed by the social partners in order to refine and secure the group agreements’ legal regime
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SUN, CAI-LING, and 孫采伶. "A Study on Value Co-creation between Firm and Partners." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9c5vwz.

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碩士
南臺科技大學
資訊管理系
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With increasingly intense competition in the industry, enterprises pay attention to value co-creation with participants. They obtain the required value by interacting with the participants and meeting the demands of consumers in the target market. In the past literature, there has been a dearth of empirical studies on cognitive co-creation, from an enterprise perspective. The process of value co-creation and its effect on businesses in Taiwan, from an enterprise perspective, will be analyzed through case studies. Additionally, the methods involved in conducting case interviews and content analysis will be discussed in this study. The goal of research includes the following: (1) understanding the motivation of co-creation, (2) discussing the process of co-creation, (3) analyzing the benefits of and obstacles to co-creation, and (4) exploring the opportunities and the directions of cooperation in the future between enterprises and participants. The results show that enterprises are motivated to co-create by obtaining information, strengthening customer experience, creating competitive products, and establishing brand awareness. Co-design, co-production, co-consumption, co-experience, and co-creation are the forms of value co-creation between enterprises and participants, such as consumers, partners, and other influencers. In co-creation, the relationship between the companies and partners is maintained through the various communication platforms, such as digital applications, tools, and physical resources. The benefits produced by co-creation include economic, social, and environmental benefits. However, co-creation faces obstacles, such as insufficient budget, misunderstanding, backward technology, and scheduling conflicts. Overall, the study shows that enterprises can enhance competitiveness through value co-creation with participants and by collaborating with the latter for conducting complementary activities. The research about value co-creation can be a good reference to enterprises in Taiwan.
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Teegen, Hildy Jean. "Interfirm collaboration with developing nation firm partners the case of Mexico /." 1993. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/33670843.html.

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Pan, Rongfang. "National champions or global partners? Explaining firm responses to industrial policy in China’s nuclear and wind sectors." Phd thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/101780.

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State-industry coordination has been regarded as fundamental to effective policy intervention, but the fact is that the state sometimes meets resistance from certain industrial sectors in the efforts of building national industries. So why are firms in some industrial sectors cooperative with the state but those in other sectors unresponsive to state directions? While studies have shown that the pursuit of economic competitiveness and national security accounts for the techno-nationalist orientation of a state, few explain the distinct firm responses to state directions across sectors. In order to understand the sectoral variation in firm behavior, this thesis develops a theoretical framework based on industry characteristics and examines manufacturing industries in two categories, complex product systems (CoPS) and mass-production. It proposes that the distinct natures of the sectors are associated with different domestic-foreign business relationships, which tend to lead to distinct firm responses to state policy in these sectors. Looking into China’s nuclear and wind power sectors, respectively representing CoPS and mass-manufacturing, the research finds different outcomes despite Beijing’s commitment to a nationalist agenda in both sectors. Indigenous Chinese firms in nuclear power established long-standing strategic business relationships with international vendors and were unresponsive to the national policy of reducing foreign technology dependence, whereas those in wind power were supportive of Beijing’s nationalist policies because of the rivalry with leading global producers. Through theoretical and empirical studies, this thesis generates conclusions that are relevant to other political economies and can be applied to other industry sectors.
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Lebedeva, Irina, and 伊麗娜. "How firm''s relationship with downstream partners impacts horizontal competition in the industry: A case study on Acer." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2kb26p.

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逢甲大學
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The present research study attempts to fulfill the literature gap related to the influence of such subjective variables as firm-stakeholder relationships on firm competitive attributes. This study explores how trust between a focal firm and its stakeholders may impact their cooperative behavior, and in turn, how it affects the firm’s characteristics of competitive response. A case study in the personal computer industry is chosen to address this issue, and further results suggest that there is an impact of such firm-stakeholder trust relationships on the focal firm competitive performance.
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TEMPO, ADRIANA. "Audit firms, audit partners and their impact on audit job: an exploration of the Italian context." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11570/3111278.

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The purpose of the dissertation below is to advance the research on auditing topics. This study arises from a deep study of audit job in the Italian context, with its peculiarities and its regulation, and the analysis of the main topics studied by the international literature. Moreover, I made a long hand collection of data on the main accounting and audit aspects of Italian listed firms, for the period 2010-2013. After the improvement of knowledge on the topics, my supervisor and I developed the research ideas and transformed them in two quantitative analyses, using data previously collected. The dissertation is structured as follows. After a qualitative explanation of the main features of audit in Italy and a literature review of the main important and noted international studies on them, we develop two quantitative analyses on the sample of Italian firms. In particular, the first study is an examination of the efficacy of Mandatory Audit firm Rotation in the Italian regime. We observe the effect of tenure length on fees paid to the incumbent auditor and a direct association between tenure and quality. The second quantitative study is focused on the partner’s role in an audit engagement. In particular, we examine the effect of partner behaviour on audit job, when partner seniority increases; specifically, we draw on some peculiar cultural characteristics that epitomize the Italian context, such as the power distance and the gerontocracy.
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Books on the topic "Atkins and Partners (Firm)"

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Twort, A. C. Binnie & Partners: A short history to 1990. Redhill: Binnie & Partners, 1990.

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Twort, A. C. Binnie & Partners: A short history to 1990. Redhill: Binnie & Partners, 1990.

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Georges, Binder, ed. Montois Partners: Selected and current works. Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia: Images Pub. Group, 2001.

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Andreas, Uebele, Jertschewske Peter, Taylor Ingrid, Behnisch & Partner (Firm), Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Haus der Architektur (Graz, Austria), and Berlinische Galerie, eds. Behnisch & Partners: A walk through the exhibition. Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1994.

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K, Burke Brian, ed. Serving at the pleasure of my partners: Advice to the new firm leader. St. Paul, MN: West, 2011.

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C+Partners. C+Partners: Architettura e paesaggi della produzione = architecture and landscapes of production. Trento: LISt Lab, 2018.

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Sibylle, Käppel, Kandzia Christian, and Behnisch & Partner (Firm), eds. Architekten Behnisch & Partner: Arbeiten aus den Jahren 1952-1987 = Behnisch & Partners, architects : designs, 1952-1987. Stuttgart: Cantz, 1987.

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Ross, Libby Antarsh. Unlikely partners: A journal of American humanitarian aid to the former Soviet Union. Tbilisi [Georgia]: Printed by Polygraph+, 2005.

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Gauzin-Müller, Dominique. Behnisch & Partners: 50 years of architecture. [Berlin]: Academy Editions, 1997.

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Ken, Powell. Carré d'Art, Nîmes: Architects Sir Norman Foster and Partners. London: Wordsearch, 1993.

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Dowdall, Paul, and Derek Braddon. "Puppets or Partners: The Defence Industry Supply Chain in Perspective." In The Future of the Defence Firm: New Challenges, New Directions, 103–19. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8512-5_9.

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Ryabova, Maria. "Venetian Trading Firm of the Soranzo Brothers (1406-1434) and Its Commercial Network." In Atti delle «Settimane di Studi» e altri Convegni, 229–53. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6453-857-0.13.

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This paper contributes to the discussion of merchant networks in late medieval Europe by presenting a case study of the Soranzo fraterna, a Venetian trading firm which comprised brothers Donado, Giacomo (Jacopo), Piero, and Lorenzo Soranzo and operated in the first half of the 15th century, specializing mainly in the import of raw cotton from Syria. The author applies the methodology of so-cial network analysis (SNA) in order to reconstruct the egocentric (ego-centered) network of ties linking the Soranzo firm (“the ego”) with its partners and clients (“alters”).
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Goss, W. M., Claire Hooker, and Ronald D. Ekers. "Driving the GRT, 1957–1959." In Historical & Cultural Astronomy, 437–52. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07916-0_29.

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AbstractThe late 1950s were chiefly characterised by immense frustration and very difficult relations with the British designers Freeman, Fox and Partners (FFP). A crucial change forced by Bowen and initially resisted by FFP, was to call for competitive bids. Despite the pressure to select a British firm for the construction contract it was awarded to a German firm, Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN). This dramatically illustrates the extent to which an ex-British colony was now truly independent and capable of making what certainly transpired to be an excellent solution. The combination of the innovative UK FFP mechanical design, the efficient MAN German construction and the Australian radio systems engineering was a great success.
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Wang, Zheng, and Zhihong Yu. "Trading Partners, Traded Products and Firm Performances of China's ExporterImporters: Does Processing Trade Make a Difference?" In The World Economy, 165–93. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118512968.ch8.

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Lee, Lucy Sojung, and Weiguo Zhong. "Run away or stick together: the impact of firm misbehavior on alliance partners' defection in China." In Corporate Performance and Managerial Ties in China, 135–61. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003216896-7.

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Mansoor, Nasir, Thomas Rudhof-Seibert, and Miriam Saage-Maaß. "Pakistan’s “Industrial 9/11”: Transnational Rights-Based Activism in the Garment Industry and Creating Space for Future Global Struggles." In Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights, 107–20. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73835-8_6.

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AbstractThis chapter is based on an internal evaluation of the of the 2012–2019 cooperation between the Pakistani National Trade Union Federation (NTUF), the German humanitarian organisation medico international, and the Berlin-based European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR). Written from a first-person perspective by three members of these organisations, it offers invaluable insights into the internal coordination and strategic deliberations of the partners’ evolving transnational efforts to hold the German retail company KiK and Italian social auditing firm RINA to account on behalf of the survivors and victims’ families of the 2012 Ali Enterprises factory fire. The authors elaborate on the multi-dimensional effects and aftermath of the Ali Enterprises tragedy, and recount the lessons learned from their different perspectives as trade unionists, activists, and lawyers based in both Pakistan and Germany. On this basis, the chapter then maps additional possible avenues for supporting the transnational struggles of workers around the globe. All in all, it offers rich insights into the experiences and complex debates ongoing amongst the authors and their organisations on how to develop common positions and further enhance their mutual understanding in order to collectively imagine and work towards transformative political goals.
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"Partners and parents." In The Trusted Firm, 201–9. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119208402.ch16.

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Kay, Fiona, and John Hagan. "Becoming Partners." In Gender in Practice, 73–96. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195092820.003.0004.

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Abstract In my large firm, once known as a good place for women, I have witnessed a weeding out of women in senior positions. 1Uanagement has put on pressure to redline partnership distributions of women who are not ‘movers and shakers’ and keep senior associates out of partnership on the same basis. Becoming a partner in a law firm is often the most important event in the professional life of a privately practicing lawyer. For a significant number of lawyers, partnership marks a successful passage into a set of professional relationships that enhances lifetime earnings and that opens further avenues for career advancement. For others, the decision not to pursue partnership or the denial of partnership signals a downturn in professional prospects that diminishes potential earnings and that permanently reduces occupational opportunities.
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"6. Professionalism, Bureaucracy, and Commitment: Authority in the Large Law Firm." In Partners with Power, 205–28. University of California Press, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520317970-009.

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Rugman, Alan M., and joseph r. D’cruz. "The Theory of the Flagship Firm." In Cooperative Strategy, 57–73. Oxford University PressOxford, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198296898.003.0003.

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Abstract Today the competitive strategies of MNEs are determined by a complex web of factors at regional, country, industry, firm, business unit, and organizational task level. To cut through this dense jungle of potential cognitive and motivational factors affecting managerial decision-making in MNEs it will be useful to build upon a recent synthesis of work on the theory of the MNE and its interactions with key partners. This is the ‘five partners’ or ‘flagship’ model of business networks, as developed by D’Cruz and Rugman (1992, 1993). The five partners model has been applied to analysis of the Canadian telecommunications industry by D’Cruz and Rugman (1994a) and to the European
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Conference papers on the topic "Atkins and Partners (Firm)"

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Ke, Weiling, and Kwok Kee Wei. "Critical factors affecting the firm to share knowledge with trading partners." In the 7th international conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1089551.1089586.

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Ya-yan, Zhu, and Xu Bi-lin. "The empirical research of the trust mechanism in partners of firm networks." In 2011 International Conference on E-Business and E-Government (ICEE). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icebeg.2011.5881412.

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Searcy, D., J. Woodroof, and B. Behn. "Continuous audit: the motivations, benefits, problems, and challenges identified by partners of a Big 4 accounting firm." In 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the. IEEE, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2003.1174565.

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Logožar, Klavdij. "Advantages and Disadvantages of Strategic Alliances in International Business." In Sixth International Scientific Conference ITEMA Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/itema.2022.195.

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The paper studies strategic alliances and their role in interna­tional business. The importance of strategic alliances in the global econo­my has increased. Strategic drivers for interfirm co-operation between alli­ance partners are market growth, cost reduction, reducing risk, and access to knowledge. The author focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of strategic alliances. The challenges of managing international strategic alli­ances are also discussed. Ensuring the success of strategic alliances between international firms is more difficult due to alliance partners’ differences in national, organizational and professional culture. International strategic al­liances are critically important to a firm success and coping with globali­zation, deregulation, and developments in information and transportation technology.
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Wang, Xiaohong, Wanxin Xue, and Peng Xu. "Analysis of E-Commerce Application in Beijing Intellectual Property Agencies: A Case Study of Beijing Wang & Partners Firm." In 2009 International Conference on E-Learning, E-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and E-Government. IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/eeee.2009.48.

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Roersen, M. J., A. J. Groen, and J. Kraaijenbrink. "A multidimensional decision-making model for internationalization of high-tech SMEs in transition economics." In 16th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2008. University of Twente, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.3990/2.268580753.

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Until now, international entrepreneurship has mainly used stage theory, institutional theory, transaction cost economics and the resource-based view to explain or describe the internationalization of SMEs in transition economy context. Following recent literature we contend that these approaches are highlighting interesting elements of decision processes for internationalization, but are not yet enough managerial applicable because of the unidimensionality of these theories. We provide a model in four steps which enables multidimensional analyses of internationalization processes. In this the strengths and weaknesses in the strategic, economic, cultural and social network capital of the focal firm are assessed. Shortcomings in these capitals can be complemented by their partners to increase chances of successful internationalization. This article is a deductive study on three innovative Russian high-tech SMEs. The first case illustrates a clear fit with a potential partner, the second case describes a poor fit and in the third case the firm would not benefit from internationalization.
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Golikova, Victoria, and Boris Kuznetsov. "Reconfiguration of Cooperation Ties of Russian Manufacturing Firms Under Economic Sanctions." In 29th International Scientific Conference Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.46541/978-86-7233-428-9_422.

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This paper is focused on one important direct consequence of economic sanctions introduced in 2022: namely, on the necessity to change the suppliers of raw materials, components and equipment in Russian manufacturing firms that historically had long-term cooperation ties with the partners from Europe. The main goal of the paper is to investigate the immediate response to the break of contracts and cooperation agreements, namely, (a) what firm-specific features are associated with the managerial decision to change the suppliers, (b) what is the scale of import substitution and (c) what is the geographical structure of new cooperation partners. This study is based on the results of the representative survey of 1860 Russian manufacturing firms. It was conducted with CEOs in 2022 and covers firms with more than 10 employees. The survey reports the information on a variety of firm characteristics such as size, age, location, ownership, international trade, cooperation ties, investment and innovation, etc. We provide the empirical evidence that sanctions shock of 2022 turned out to be extremely painful for the current supply structure and forced enterprises to look for solution to compensate for gaps in cooperation chains. We tested several hypotheses to identify those characteristics of the company that are associated with the reconfiguration of suppliers of raw materials/materials, parts/components or technological equipment. In the econometric analysis, we use probit regression controlling for firm size measured as number of employees, industry heterogeneity and regional territorial effects. Our finding confirmed that it was systematic importers who turned out to be the most vulnerable and affected group because of the imposition of sanctions, and it was this group that began to actively seek a replacement for contractors who had cancelled cooperation. The most technologically advanced firms and active innovators were found to be in the group of those who immediately replaced suppliers in the first months after the imposition of sanctions. Another finding is a significant positive role of the supply chain digitalization. We have shown that it was European suppliers that Russian firms most often changed in 2022: 80% of firms that changed foreign suppliers indicated Europe as the region of previous supplies. At the same time, in 2/3 of cases, the reason for the replacement was the unilateral refusal of the partner from further deliveries – i.e. the replacement was forced. This was only partially offset by switching to Russian suppliers, although it should be noted that the share of such replacements (from a foreign supplier to a domestic one) turned out to be higher than expected. According to indirect data, enterprises managed to find an alternative within Russia for 30-40% of European partners but most of the changes in the network of foreign suppliers were not related to import substitution as significant part of the imports have switched to China.
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Baumgardner, Lonny, Jamal Ahamiri, Chris Kuyken, Mohamed Farouk, Kamel Jammeli, and Ylmer Merchan. "Lean Rig-Less and Explosiveness Abandoning in Morocco." In SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/202076-ms.

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Abstract A 5-well rig-less & explosiveness abandonment campaign by 2 project partners operator and service provider was made a reality in Morocco whereby a novel method of cementing squeeze of perforations and an annular fill-up were established in one single operation. This is called LEAN abandonment and the method was masterminded as a result of intense collaboration between both partners. The method is scale-able and has full merit to target existing legacy wells for abandonment in Morocco and world-wide where appropriate. In this LEAN approach the tubing and annulus were communicating via SSD / non-explosive created tubing punch by holding backpressure on the annulus till perforations squeezed or pressure lock-up and subsequently immediately opening the annulus and releasing the annular pressure whilst continuing pumping and filling the annulus with some 800 m of cement creating the firm additional barrier. Clinical planning by operator and service provider on a establishing a new abandonment process that is opening-up further in-country and beyond opportunities was the critical success factors in this work. It led to organic improvement on a well by well basis in the campaign, it resulted in safe and successful operations and achieving abandonment objectives cementing to surface in tubing and annulus. LEAN Abandonment forms a paradigm shift. It may be different in different down-hole settings and there is no single solution however like in our case working a bottoms-up approach has resulted the lowest cost solution and having done so ways to improve overall safety and efficiency were identified. The use of non-explosive technology is a very good example.
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Pullen, Annemien, Petra de Weerd-Nederhof, Aard Groen, and Olaf Fisscher. "Configurations of external SME characteristics to explain differences in innovation performance." In 16th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2008. University of Twente, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.3990/2.268488737.

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As SMEs need to focus on core competences for efficiency matters, they need to cooperate with external partners to compensate for other competences and resources. This is especially the case in the field of new product development, where SMEs face specific problems compared to large firms. Recognizing the increasing importance of collaboration, the question remains how to organize these external networks. The research is based in the social systems perspective and systematically builds a research framework for the description and analysis of the organization of new product development in networks from the point of view of the SME. Furthermore the research framework not only elaborates on the individual external SME characteristics as past research did, but it identifies combinations of external firm characteristics that are hypothesized to improve the overall innovation performance. The paper results in the central research question of “how to organize the interaction between actors (organizations) in order to successfully shift from the exploration stage (development) to the exploitation stage (commercialization) to achieve high innovation performance”. In addition several testable hypotheses are constructed from theory.
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Kuznetsov, Yu N., B. A. Gabaraev, V. A. Reshetov, and V. A. Moskin. "Leasing of Nuclear Power Plants With Using Floating Technologies." In 10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone10-22186.

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The proposal to organize and realize the international program on leasing of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) reactor compartments is brought to the notice of potential partners. The proposal is oriented to the construction of new NPPs or to replacement of worked-out reactor units of the NPPs in operation on the sites situated near water area and to the use of afloat technologies for construction, mounting and transportation of reactor units as a Reactor Compartment Block Module (RCBM). According to the offered project the RCBM is fabricated in factory conditions at the largest Russian defense shipbuilding plant — State Unitary Enterprise “Industrial Association SEVMASHPREDPRIYATIE” (SEVMASH) in the city of Severodvinsk of the Arkhangelsk region. After completion of assembling, testing and preliminary licensing the RCBM is given buoyancy by means of hermetic sealing and using pontoons and barges. The RCBM delivery to the NPP site situated near water area is performed by sea route. The RCBM is brought to the place of its installation with the use of appropriate hydraulic structures (canals, shipping locks), then is lowered on the basement constructed beforehand and incorporated into NPP scheme, of which the components are installed in advance. Floating means can be detached from the RCBM and used repeatedly for other RCBMs. Further procedure of NPP commissioning and its operation is carried out according to traditional method by power company in the framework of RCBM leasing with enlisting the services of firm-manufacturer’s specialists either to provide reactor plant operation and concomitant processes or to perform author’s supervision of operation. After completion of lifetime and reactor unloading the RCBM is dismantled with using the same afloat technology and taken away from NPP site to sea area entirely, together with its structures (reactor vessel, heat exchangers, pumps, pipelines and other equipment). Then RCBM is transported by shipping route to a firm-manufacturer, for subsequent reprocessing, utilization and storage. Nuclear fuel and radioactive wastes are removed from NPP site also. Use of leasing method removes legal problems connected with the transportation of radioactive materials through state borders as the RCBM remains a property of the state-producer at all stages of its life cycle.
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