To maintain or achieve competitiveness and profitability, a manufacturing firm or enterprise must respond to a range of challenges, including rapid improvements in technology, declining employment and output, globalisation of markets and environmental requirements. In addition, substantial...

This paper examines a sample of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) firms in Australia drawn from a wide range of product and service providers throughout the Sydney region. It researches the sources of information and ideas that firms utilise to sustain their competitive position...

For firms to survive in the highly competitive Aerospace Component Supply Market, they must have some sustainable competitive advantages. Customers are demanding continual price reductions and improvements in lead times from their suppliers. In the Asia Pacific region, developing economies such...

Innovation requires change, and in the business environment, resistance to change is deleterious to organisations. The ability to continuously adapt to change enables firms to achieve sustainable value creation and competitive advantage (Innovation Management Incorporated, 1999). Major...

Continuous improvement (CI) has proved to be a useful way of business investing in people-centred low cost, high return improvements in firms both large and small. CI methods have become widely adopted and regarded as providing an important component of increased company competitiveness. CI...