innovation by utilizing imitation and learning. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the case of Fast Retailing from … business model through trial and error and finally creates innovation. Practical implications – The paper emphasizes the …

managed largely from western firms. This fact has manifold consequences for the innovation behaviour of plants, among others …

Both inventory investments and structure in a sample of 44 manufacturing companies representing five industry groups in … Egypt are investigated. The study reveals that the type of industry is a determinant factor of both the Inventory to total … most attention in Egyptian industry. The study also shows a egative correlation between RMR and the company′s Value Added …

level of HC is equal across industry and firm size. The purpose of this paper is to test this major assumption on which this … policy is based, by comparing the differences in the levels of HC, overall and by dimensions of HC, by industry and firm size …. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on new data set of a sample of 750 manufacturing SME firms in Pakistan …

aviation manufacturing industry of Pakistan through TQM. Eight well-established dimensions of TQM frequently used by renowned … researchers were used for an evaluation of the Pakistani Aviation Manufacturing Industry (PAMI), namely top management support …Purpose – Pakistani aviation industry is at the initial stage of its evolution and is undergoing transformation to a …

Reports the results of a study carried out in Tanzanian public textile manufacturing firms. The purpose was to examine … addition, the study concentrated on manufacturing management practices and the relationship between managers and subordinates …

This paper is based on a survey on manufacturing practices of Indian companies. The purpose was to get an insight into … manufacturing priorities and action programmes. The study was also designed to capture the behaviour of manufacturing in the … changing environment. Results indicate that manufacturing companies consider cost, quality and delivery as important objectives …

role of Jordanian product standards in the local industry. The effect of companies’ characteristics on both the importance … JS in manufacturing sectors were investigated. The findings revealed that there are no statistically significant …. However, the lack of familiarity with the existing JS in some small and medium enterprises and its benefit to their industry …