Purpose – Michael Porter's Five Forces Model provides an ideal mechanism and framework to study the Oman telecommunications industry's competitive structure. The purpose of this paper is to use this model to identify the competitive forces that affect it the most. Design/methodology/approach...

Radio frequency identification (RFId) technology promises to offer both a more efficient and accurate tracking and tracing of goods, as well as a reduction in thefts and counterfeiting in the pharmaceutical supply chain. Attracted by this opportunity, numerous companies that are carrying out...

The characteristics of the Italian construction market and firm operations are reviewed. The analysis focuses on the environments of the late 1980s and early 1990s, during which major scandals and economic recession ended a business paradigm based on closed competition. Discussion builds upon a...