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The role of quality in strategic management

Dennis Beecroft, G. - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 6, pp. 499-503

Many organizations treat strategic planning as a confidential exercise. While more and more organizations practice quality improvement initiatives, they fail to see the linkage between quality, productivity and profitability. Therefore, the impact of these improvement efforts does not get...

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Hierarchical strategies and strategic fit in the keep‐or‐sell decision

Lichtenthaler, Ulrich - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 3, pp. 340-359

implications for research into strategic fit, hierarchical strategies, knowledge management and open innovation. Achieving fit …

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Opening up strategic technology planning: extended roadmaps and functional markets

Lichtenthaler, Ulrich - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 1, pp. 77-91

of open innovation. Design/methodology/approach – Although some pioneering firms realise enormous benefits from outward … open innovation systems. Findings – After detailing the characteristics of external technology exploitation, two … has major implications for research into strategic planning, technology management and open innovation. …

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A field research on the relationship between strategic decision‐making speed and innovation performance in the case of Turkish large‐scale firms

Zehir, Cemal; Özşahin, Mehtap - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 5, pp. 709-724

‐making speed; examine the relationship between those factors and innovation performance; and clarify the relationship between … strategic decision‐making speed and innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted on 73 large …/value – This survey is one of the first to examine the strategic decision speed and innovation performance relationship, revealing …

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The strategic implication of knowledge attributes

Victer, Rogerio - In: Management Decision 52 (2014) 3, pp. 505-525

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to refine the resource-based theory of the firm. It intends to deal with key theoretical issues affecting the development of a model that empirically captures the relevance of knowledge to performance. The research task is not only to look inside the firm...

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Mission Impossible? Designing a Great Mission Statement to Ignite Your Plans

Matejka, Ken; Kurke, Lance B.; Gregory, Barb - In: Management Decision 31 (1993) 4

Suggests that writing a great mission statement can be perceived as a wonderful opportunity or a meaningless task – but it must be done well because the mission drives organizational goals, strategies and behaviour. Explores the problems of designing a scintillating mission and provides three...

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Streamline Your Plan Process

Sokol, Reuben J. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 2, pp. 41-48

To meet complex global challenges, executives face key challenges to set effective strategic visions. Too often the long‐term plan itself becomes a lengthy process, thus delaying reaching tangible results. Executives can get bogged down co‐ordinating a plan for many diverse parts and...

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The Extended Manufacturing Enterprise Paradigm

O′Neill, Henrique; Sackett, Peter - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 8, pp. 42-49

Models able to describe state of the art practice are fundamental to understanding the manufacturing phenomenon. A study of innovative current practices enables us to foresee the emergence of a new manufacturing paradigm: the Extended Enterprise. This arises from the eed to satisfy customers who...

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Establishing a strategic direction: a review

Proctor, Tony - In: Management Decision 35 (1997) 2, pp. 143-154

Corporate planning involves setting down overall corporate financial goals and using these as the basis for setting goals in the various functional areas of the business. In the case of marketing, strategies aimed at achieving stated goals and objectives are based on an analysis of marketing...

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Acquisitions and firm characteristics: the importance of internal monitoring mechanisms

Weir, Charlie - In: Management Decision 35 (1997) 2, pp. 155-162

An important characteristic of public limited liability companies is that those which provide a company’s finance are not involved in the running of the business. It is therefore in the interests of the owners (shareholders) to ensure that the management team is implementing policies...

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