Managers and business theorists have long talked and written about the importance of networking with customers, integrating with partners, and outsourcing with suppliers as key strategies for achieving long‐term success in the globalized marketplace. Now, it seems that there is concrete...

In 1996, Koji Oboshi, president of NTT DoCoMo, foresaw that the demand for new mobile phones would soon peak unless mobiles were developed with new capabilities and services so that consumers would trade in their old mobile for a new, improved one. NTT DoCoMo is Japan’s leading mobile...

Sick of feeling like a criminal when the sales clerk scrutinizes your every dollar bill before allowing them in the till? Tired of the jangle of pockets full of coins round the office? Irritated by the days you wait for a check to clear? Well thanks to Visa, it looks like these days are nearly...

Design and manufacturing technology has advanced rapidly over the past 20 years, and the increasing pace of change shows no sign of letting up. In that time CAD/CAM and 3D modelling has become an almost universally adopted tool, rapid prototyping technology has emerged and become commonly...

“No man is an Island, entire of itself”, wrote the English poet John Donne. What applies to the individual also holds true for the business world, in which no organization can ever operate entirely independently. When alliances involve companies operating within similar spheres, those...

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...