Similar Search Results

The Internet as a competitive knowledge tool for top managers

Elizabeth Brabston, Mary; McNamara, Gerry - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 98 (1998) 4, pp. 158-164

In today’s dynamic marketplace, top managers need information available at their fingertips. The Internet can provide this information at little cost and with little training, eliminating the “middleman” effect present today in most organizations. This paper outlines how the Internet can...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014824748

Strategic scanning and interpretation revisiting: foundations for a software agent support system ‐ Part 2: scanning the business environment with software agents

Liu, Shuhua - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 98 (1998) 8, pp. 362-372

Executive information systems, or strategic management support systems for senior managers, have traditionally addressed how to satisfy some predefined information needs of managers and how to help them in analyzing or solving predefined problems. They are usually not flexible enough to capture...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014824770

Defining supply chain management: a historical perspective and practical guidelines

Lummus, Rhonda R.; Vokurka, Robert J. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 99 (1999) 1, pp. 11-17

competitive importance of linking a firm’s supply chain strategy to its overall business strategy and some practical guidelines …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014824772

Designing performance measures: a structured approach

Neely, Andy; Richards, Huw; Mills, John; Platts, Ken; … - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 17 (1997) 11, pp. 1131-1152

Describes the development and testing of a framework which can assist in the process of designing performance measures. Grounds the framework in the relevant literature and explains how it was developed and tested through a series of action research projects involving collaborators primarily...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014790777

Accountancy and corporate property management ‐ A briefing on current and proposed provisions relating to UK corporate real estate

Evans, Michael; French, Nick; O’Roarty, Brenna - In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance 19 (2001) 2, pp. 211-223

Discusses the role of property within corporate organisations and, in particular, discusses the impact of real estate on the balance sheet of UK‐based corporate businesses. Also explains how new and proposed provisions from the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) may affect the way in which...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014898000

Strategic development related to the Europeanization of UK logistics and distribution service suppliers

Stone, Marilyn A. - In: European Business Review 95 (1995) 5, pp. 9-14

Although barriers to free trade across the European Union (EU) have been dismantled since the Single European Act was signed, some still remain which are likely to hinder UK distribution operators′ strategic developments in Europe. UK distribution operators have moved towards closer...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014713508

The challenges of enterprise risk management

Galloway, Duncan; Funston, Rick - In: Balance Sheet 8 (2000) 6, pp. 22-25

Looks at the benefits of embedding a risk management capability across a whole enterprise. Gives particular consideration to the creation of such a culture, outlining four factors characterizing this environment. Covers three key risk areas, and provides a model of the governance structure and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014689259

Building business success: a case study of small business coaching

Porter, Sue - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 32 (2000) 7, pp. 241-244

This article describes a project and the resulting programme to help small businesses to survive and grow through the use of business coaching. It also describes the use of the programme in an actual case study of business coaching. The programme seeks to give the owner/managers of small...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014754959

Marketing and strategy fit together (in spite of what some management educators seem to think!)

Piercy, Nigel F. - In: Management Decision 33 (1995) 1, pp. 42-47

relate the critical issues in marketing to the equally critical issues in business strategy and vice versa . Management … from strategy for reasons of administrative neatness, which have nothing to do with the real problems that managers have to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014933660

Strategy development: past, present and future

Feurer, Rainer; Chaharbaghi, Kazem - In: Management Decision 33 (1995) 6, pp. 11-21

Aims to provide an overview of major work that has been carried out in the area of strategy development in the past and … outlines how it will develop in the future. Presents an analysis of the term “strategy”. Discusses the evolution of different … conceptual frameworks over time together with their impact on today′s understanding of strategy formulation and implementation …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014933682