In high-velocity global markets, streamlining enterprise supply-chains and increasing trust can reduce high transaction costs. In this article, we integrate previous research studies on the evolution of supply-chains for global enterprises and the role of trust in inter-organizational...

For corporations competing in a global marketplace, time‐based management of their technology is becoming a significant resource. However, the concept of time in management of technology‐driven industrial organizations is not new. Classical management theorists like Frederick Taylor and...

Chester Barnard’s 1938 book The Functions of the Executive is re‐examined in the context of the emerging knowledge‐based dynamic theory of the firm. The key constructs and the underlying principles for Barnard’s functions of the “executive” and organization as a cooperative...