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Benchmarking Your Firm's Performance With Best Practice

Hanman, Stephen - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 8 (1997) 2, pp. 1-18

Benchmarking is an improvement technique that considers how others perform a similar activity, task, process or function. This article details the application of benchmarking as an improvement technique. It provides a background of what to benchmark and the selection of benchmarking partners. A...

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Remanufacturing of electronic products in bonded port area across home and foreign markets

Chen, Hong; Liu, Nan; He, Yuxuan - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 27 (2016) 2, pp. 309-334

Purpose – This study proposes a process for remanufacturing waste electrical and electronic equipment, and exporting part of the remanufactured products, which are processed in bonded port areas, to less developed countries by using a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC). The purpose of this paper...

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Competition law and policy for the EU banking sector in a period of increased economic uncertainty

Kapsis, Ilias - In: International Journal of Law and Management 54 (2012) 4, pp. 284-301

on competition in the European Union (EU) banking sector. Design/methodology/approach – The article first discusses the … long term role of competition in the banking sector, commenting on policy developments prior to the crisis. Then the impact … to ensure that aided companies would not use the government support to distort competition seem to be working. However …

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Bank competition and efficiency: empirical evidence from Indian market

Arrawatia, Rakesh; Misra, Arun; Dawar, Varun - In: International Journal of Law and Management 57 (2015) 3, pp. 217-231

Purpose – The study aims to investigate the relationship between competition and efficiency. Using bank-level data for … Indian banks, relationship between competition and efficiency is examined by applying the Granger causality test for the … competition. Data envelopment analysis technique is applied for measuring efficiency in the Indian banking system along with the …

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Freedom, competition and bank efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sarpong-Kumankoma, Emmanuel; Abor, Joshua; Aboagye, … - In: International Journal of Law and Management 59 (2017) 6, pp. 1359-1380

Purpose This study aims to consider the effect of financial (banking) freedom and competition on bank efficiency … both competition (market power) and bank cost efficiency using the same stochastic frontier framework. Subsequently, Tobit … between competition and bank efficiency. Findings The results show that increase in market power (less competition) leads to …

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Measuring Guest Satisfaction in UK‐based International Hotel Chains: Principles and Practice

Jones, Peter; Ioannou, Alexia - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 5 (1993) 5

Investigates methods of assessing guest satisfaction, some of which do not give a true reflection. Analyses by comparison UK hotel methods of assessment and ways of improving amenities, i.e. reception, room service, facilities, costs, etc., and suggests ways of systemizing customer response and...

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Factors Influencing the Design of Hotels

Kerr Forster Associates, Pannell - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 5 (1993) 2

Discusses the essential components of a hotel and the improvements in facilities brought about by competition …

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New product introduction delays in the computer industry

Rosas‐Vega, Rosario; Vokurka, Robert J. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 100 (2000) 4, pp. 157-163

‐based competition has emerged as the winning strategy, especially in fast‐cycle industries. Being the first to introduce a product into …

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The Minimalist Approach to Business

Willis, Eric - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 90 (1990) 6, pp. 10-11

Increasing competition and the liberalisation of trade in Europe after 1992 means that British firms will face a …

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″Continual Improvement″ for Competitive Advantage

Pettersson, Michael - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 90 (1990) 1, pp. 4-10

selective pressures of competition. Giving primacy to continual improvement naturally gives a different slant to company …

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