In 1999 a paper by Naylor, Naim and Berry on 'leagility' was published in international journal of production economics. The paper has attracted over 100 independent citations from over 60 journals of international standing. This paper explores the testing, exploitation and extension of the...

The paper explores the meaning of flexibility in the context of lean, agile and leagile supply networks and articulates a supply network flexibility framework. Two key ‘sources’ of flexibility are investigated: vendor flexibility and sourcing flexibility. The paper introduces an extension of...

Product proliferation as a result of meeting ever increasing customer demand preferences is well documented. In addition, customisation has been promoted as a source of competitive advantage. Despite these factors, most of the published research in operations and supply chain management has...

Introduction to a special section devoted to strategy formulation.

The elements of organizational structuring---which show a curious tendency to appear in five's---suggest a typology of five basic configurations: Simple Structure, Machine Bureaucracy, Professional Bureaucracy, Divisionalized Form, and Adhocracy. The elements include (1) five basic parts of the...

The literature on strategy formation is in large part theoretical but not empirical, and the usual definition of "strategy" encourages the notion that strategies, as we recognize them ex post facto, are deliberate plans conceived in advance of the making of specific decisions. By defining a...

Las lecturas que se compilan en este libro intentan hacer un aporte al desarrollo de la capacidad de gestión de las entidades públicas para conseguir sus objetivos, apoyándose en las ideas básicas provenientes de las ciencias de gestión, reagrupadas y readaptadas en el ámbito público bajo...

The progress of management science is dependent on our understanding of the manager's working processes. A review of the literature indicates that this understanding is superficial at best. Empirical study of the work of five managers (supported by those research findings that are available) led...

Las lecturas que se compilan en este libro intentan hacer un aporte al desarrollo de la capacidad de gestión de las entidades públicas para conseguir sus objetivos, apoyándose en las ideas básicas provenientes de las ciencias de gestión, reagrupadas y readaptadas en el ámbito público bajo...