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Quality Management in the Chain Saw Industry: A Case Study
Chen, Frederick - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 8 (1991) 1
An industry‐wide analysis of quality management methods was conducted in the chain saw industry. It was found that all other firms have within the past five years followed the industry leader in implementing statistical quality control, vendor management and reliability engineering. The study...
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The town where 5S applies (the effectiveness of the 5S workplace organization and quality management technique in the public services sector)
Brandt, D. - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 19 (2011) 4
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Halo effect: Conceptual definition and empirical exploration with regard to South Korean subsidiaries of US and Japanese multinational corporations
Oh, Mi‐Young; Ramaprasad, Jyotika - In: Journal of Communication Management 7 (2003) 4, pp. 317-332
, Japan and Coca‐Cola, USA. The study finds overall and salient‐trait halo for both subsidiaries in a convenience sample of …
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Factors behind the Supply and Demand for Less Alienating Work, and Some International Illustrations
Rosner, Menachem; Putterman, Louis - In: Journal of Economic Studies 18 (1991) 1
An economic framework for understanding the incidence of less alienating job designs in varying industrial settings is developed. Both the supply and demand sides are discussed, and the approach is illustrated by consideration of the frequency of introduction of alienation‐reducing job designs...
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Testing Proportionality, Symmetry and Exclusiveness in Long‐run PPP
Moosa, Imad A. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 21 (1994) 3, pp. 3-21
Present some empirical evidence on long‐run Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using a sample of annual data covering the period 1900‐1987. Three exchange rates are used in the analysis: the dollar, yen and French franc against the pound. It is shown that PPP does hold in the long run and that is...
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Measurement equivalence and applicability of core marketing concepts across Nigerian, Kenyan, Japanese and US firms
Dadzie, Kofi Q.; Johnston, Wesley J.; Yoo, Boonghee; … - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 17 (2002) 6, pp. 430-455
, Japan and the USA. The results show that optimal scaling analysis of the managers’ evaluations provide more valid and …
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Retail buyer beliefs, attitude and behavior toward pioneer and me‐too follower brands
Alpert, Frank; Kamins, Michael; Sakano, Tomoaki; Onzo, Naoto - In: International Marketing Review 18 (2001) 2, pp. 160-187
brand advantage with retailers developed in the USA was tested in Japan, as a replication and cross‐cultural extension. This … differences in pioneer brand advantage with retailers between Japan and the USA are discussed. Results from a survey of buyers … from Japan’s largest supermarket chains suggest that pioneer brand advantage is about as strong for them as for their US …
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Perceptions of Organizational Fairness: A Cross‐national Perspective
Kotabe, Masaaki; Dubinsky, Alan J.; Un Lim, Chae - In: International Marketing Review 9 (1992) 2
of perceived equity) across the United States, Japan and Korea. Prior research has found that employees′ perceived equity …
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Import Purchasing Decision Behaviour: An Empirical Study of Japanese Import Managers
Ghymn, Kyung‐il; Jacobs, Laurence W. - In: International Marketing Review 10 (1993) 4
systematic sample of 52 managers representing different companies in Japan participated. The Japanese findings were compared with …
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International differences in product perception: a product map analysis
MacKay, David B.; Easley, Robert F. - In: International Marketing Review 13 (1996) 2, pp. 54-62
Shows that traditional product mapping methods for product positioning analysis fail in international settings due to the high variability of product preferences within each country and the lack of a common product perception among countries. Shows how explicitly incorporating variation in the...
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