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Strategic Management of External Resources.
Poissonnier, Hugues - 2017
Cover -- How purchasing became a strategic function: from purchasing to external resources management -- Supply resource management: Salomon and his network of subcontractors in Romania -- How purchasing managers can benefit from new opportunities -- Geopolitics: a new field of expertise for...
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Developing customer relationships at Hallmark and BCE
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 5, pp. 12-14
Next time you receive a birthday‐card that really catches your eye, it might have been thought up by the Hallmark Idea Exchange. This is not a team made up of the best and brightest card designers at Hallmark Cards Inc., but instead comprises about 200 volunteer consumers.
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The role of open innovation in emerging economies: do companies profit from the scientific knowledge of others?
Kafouros, M.I. - In: Strategic Direction 28 (2012) 10
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The Google Knowledge Graph
In: Strategic Direction 30 (2014) 4, pp. 15-17
the web as a principal source of finding information is altering our brains and the way that we obtain and hold knowledge …. We are becoming less reliant on our memories to hold knowledge, instead using technology – and search engines like Google …
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United by formativeness
In: Strategic Direction 31 (2015) 1, pp. 9-11
writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Knowledge is power. At least that … is the traditional viewpoint, and a certain assumption has similarly prevailed that humans possess knowledge for use as … result, new perspectives have emerged. Knowledge is no longer defined as an object of possession or prerequisite of action …
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The start‐up challenge
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 3, pp. 6-8
The planning stage in start‐ups still typically overlooks the importance of organizational capability. Yet experience shows that this frequently leads to operations and maintenance problems that can threaten the viability of new capital projects. So what are the priorities? And how can...
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Best behavior at Lufthansa and the Prudential Insurance Co.
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 3, pp. 13-16
Improving business performance often focuses on clearly articulated strategies, definite goals and structural change. However, even the best laid plans for change often fail to address that performance is inseparable from how an organization does what it does. Improved performance is impossible...
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Total quality muddle?
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 3, pp. 22-25
Companies implement TQM initiatives because they seem to be a “fast track” to improved performance and profitability. TQM is also customer driven because as more and more firms receive accreditation they prefer to deal only with similarly accredited companies. However, the TQM failure rate...
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Developing strategy in the age of the Internet
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 7, pp. 28-30
Whatever happens, stay focused on your vision, mission and core values, even when other companies are frantically trying to jump on (or off) the Internet bandwagon. That is the core message on how to develop a business strategy when the general business environment is turbulent. Easier said than...
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Ericsson and HP versus Nissan and Renault – which team can make it happen?
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 10, pp. 7-9
In theory, joint ventures do not sound too complicated. There are decisions to be made and contracts to be drawn up of course, but basically they are just about two or more firms pooling their expertise for mutually beneficial effects. What’s more, they are nothing new and hundreds of...
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