Purpose – New knowledge creation has gained currency in the global knowledge economy. It is important not only for big firms, but for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) also. Indian automotive components sector is one of the fastest growing sectors of Indian economy and is dominated by...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the dimensions of strategic sourcing and determines its relationship with organisational supply chain agility and performance. It classifies manufacturing firms based on their level of supply chain agility and test the diffrences in firms'...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to follow the internationalisation of an Indian company, Bharat Forge Limited. It studies how a small company from India becomes one of the leading players in the global forging industry. Design/methodology/approach – This is a case study approach for...

Purpose – The twenty first century is increasingly categorized as a century for hyper‐competitiveness. In the knowledge economy, any country can be the location of knowledge resource and it is increasingly becoming difficult to have national competitive advantages as compared to previous...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to demystify knowledge management. Design/methodology/approach – This paper looks at existing literature. Findings – The paper finds that, in simple words, knowledge management involves three things, namely, knowledge creation, knowledge...

Purpose – There is an increased interest in research and explanation for emerging markets and multinational corporations (MNCs). This paper aims to study emerging markets and MNCs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes help of existing literature and industry examples. Findings –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure and analyze industry export competitiveness of India and it tries to achieve this by presenting a multi‐dimensional framework for measuring and illustrating industry export competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach – The framework...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss fundamental issues and problems with the concept of strategy in general and its various tools in particular. Design/methodology/approach – Five fundamental flaws are examined. Findings – There are many instances in which CEOs/top...

The purpose of this article is to investigate the state of research on multinationals and emerging markets. For this we look at existing literature from the disparate fields in which multinationals and emerging markets have been explored in the last forty years (1968‐2008). The paper finds...