Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study multifocused global manufacturing strategies under the influence of “China effect” taking the dynamic, complex and situational business strategies into account. Design/methodology/approach – This study compares the competitive priorities of...

Purpose – The article recognizes the problems of successful innovation in big, “established” companies. However, these problems can be overcome; indeed, some companies are quite successful despite having been around for decades in several different businesses. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the relevance of intellectual capital for IT companies in general and, specifically, to analyze the importance of adequately managing intellectual capital in small IT companies. Design/methodology/approach – Two small successful IT...

Looks at the concept of organizational culture according to Schein, where the system of basic assumptions is developed by the organization during its history. These assumptions are bound to influence the management’s choice of TQM approaches and quality training methods. First, presents a...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to identify and examine various factors that influence the success or failure of knowledge management (KM) initiatives in project‐based companies. Design/methodology/approach – Following a literature review, the study proposes a conceptual model of...

Purpose – To report experiences of changing cultures in three Lithuanian schools by means of action research. Design/methodology/approach – This took the form of action research in the schools. Culture change measured by a culture survey (developed by Harrison and Stokes) in the beginning...

Purpose – One of the key decisions in becoming international is the standardization versus adaptation of the products for foreign markets. Previous research has mostly seen these alternatives as polarized opposites, even if it seems that the practitioners must nearly always adopt a certain...

The patterns of adoption of quality management practices and techniques vary across national boundaries. This article presents the findings of a questionnaire survey into the quality management procedures and tools adopted in three European countries, the UK, Portugal and Finland. A total of 450...

One of the main criteria of any PhD thesis is that it must provide new knowledge – either new results in support of a theory, or point to a new theory. New theories, typically, are by their nature “possibly generalizable” – a starting point of research, rather than definite proof. In our...