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Productivity in a private charity : Interview with the founder and leader of one of China's largest private charity foundations

Tuttle, Thomas C.; Chen, Shengcheng - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 61 (2012) 5, pp. 563-577

philanthropy in China. This model incorporates many of the key aspects of productivity science, including values‐based strategy …Purpose – Private philanthropy in China is an emerging element of civil society. This paper seeks to examine the role … of productivity improvement in a private charity in the context of the relative roles of charities and private business …

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Values based supply chain management and emergent organizational structures

Pullman, Madeleine E.; Dillard, Jesse - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 30 (2010) 7, pp. 744-771

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe an emergent supply chain management system that supports a sustainable values based organization (VBO) using a structuration theory‐based framework. Design/methodology/approach – A case study of a sustainable beef cooperative employing a...

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Indigenous wildlife enterprise : Mustering swamp buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) in Northern Australia

Austin, Beau J.; Garnett, Stephen T. - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 5 (2011) 4, pp. 309-323

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the Gulin Gulin Buffalo Company (GGBC), an Indigenous wildlife enterprise, within a sustainable livelihoods framework and to understand the factors that have contributed to its success. Design/methodology/approach – A combination of...

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From funeral to christening: OPAC rites of passage

Koehler Goolsby, Mary; Schuetz, Carol L.; Jones, Phillip J. - In: The Bottom Line 13 (2000) 1, pp. 34-36

This article depicts how the Baylor libraries staged two cost‐effective celebrations to address challenges of migrating to a new online catalog. A New Orleans‐style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid...

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Practical change management in financial services

Ockenden, Mike - In: Executive Development 8 (1995) 5, pp. 3-5

Presents a case study of the financial services industry which is entering a period of unparalleled change that will see some very definite winners and losers. The effective management of change in the practical rather than theoretical world will determine who the winners will be. Suggests that...

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Keynes and the future

Fontela, Emilio - In: Foresight 5 (2003) 2, pp. 5-10

In 1930, John Maynard Keynes explored long‐term economic growth, anticipating that the economic problem of scarcity was likely to vanish in a century’s time. The Keynes’ scenario is confronted with current developments related to the growth of services and to the distributional and...

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Value chain development : An account of some implementation problems

Barker, R.C. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 16 (1996) 10, pp. 23-36

Describes the problems recorded between 1991 and 1995 when attempting to re‐engineer the value chains of a medium‐sized electrical equipment manufacturing company in the UK. To provide guidance during the re‐engineering process a time‐based framework for analysis has been developed; this...

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The role of inter-organizational networks in enabling or delaying disruptive innovation: a case study of mVoIP

Hynes, Niki; Elwell, Andrew David - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 31 (2016) 6, pp. 722-731

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of inter-organizational networks in the emergence of a disruptive technology by taking a snapshot view of the UK market for mobile voice over internet protocol (mVoIP) technologies. By delineating the technologies required for an mVoIP...

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Digital artefacts of rural tourism: the case study of Poland

Król, Karol; Zdonek, Dariusz - In: Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 73 (2022) 3, pp. 258-273

Purpose Rural tourism facilities in Poland were very keen on amateur websites to promote their hospitality services from 2000 to 2018. In most cases, the websites were nonprofessional, hosted on free servers and made by family members or friends of the holding. After search engine algorithms...

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Benchmarking of TQM: the case of Hikma Pharmaceuticals company

Sweis, Rateb J; Al-Ghawi, Hala Jamal; AlSaleh, Noor … - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 22 (2015) 3, pp. 488-504

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of internal benchmarking through the evaluation of quality management in two quality departments (Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC)) in a pharmaceutical company by utilizing total quality index (TQI)....

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