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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Stock, James - In: Marketing Intelligence & Planning 10 (1992) 7, pp. 12-15

Looks at different aspects of competitiveness emerging from this year′s new books – the international race for …

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Environmentally responsible management in international business: a literature review

H. Cave, Adam - In: Multinational Business Review 22 (2014) 1, pp. 78-102

Purpose – This paper sets out to identify and categorize existing academic literature using the CSA/FSA matrix as it relates to environmentally responsible management in an international business context. It further identifies current trends and potential future research avenues....

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Pricing for International Business Development

Lancioni, Richard A. - In: Management Decision 29 (1991) 1

Pricing is a primary factor in international business success. Conventional price definitions are too narrow and a wider definition, taking account of intangible as well as tangible product qualities, is more applicable. A firm needs to know the identities and strengths of its competitors. It...

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Maintaining Competitive Markets: The Control of Restrictive Agreements and Cartels in the UK and EC

Pass, Christopher; Lowes, Bryan - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 5

An important aspect of UK competition policy is the attempt to maintain competitive markets by prohibiting restrictive agreements and cartels involving price fixing, market sharing, etc., the effect of which is to suppress, limit or distort active rivalry between suppliers. Examines UK policy...

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Managed Outsourcing: A Strategy for a Competitive Company in the 1990s

Pagnoncelli, Dernizo - In: Management Decision 31 (1993) 7

directed towards the improvement of quality in productivity and attaining competitiveness of products and services. Analyses …

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Defining Competitiveness

Feurer, Rainer; Chaharbaghi, Kazem - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 2, pp. 49-58

Although the notion of competitiveness lies at the heart of business strategy development, its definition is often … vague and does not lend itself to a measurement process. The competitiveness of an organization depends on a number of … competitiveness together with a mapping process which encompasses different dimensions of competitiveness. The mapping process enables …

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Measuring Your Way to Profit

Bititci, Umit S. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 6, pp. 16-24

The traditional cost accounting‐based business performance measures used today fail to provide adequate support to allow the use of modern management techniques and development of optimum business and functional strategies. Although these traditional techniques have a certain value they must...

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HRM: A Key to Competitiveness

Terpstra, David E. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 9, pp. 10-14

In the increasingly competitive global economic environment, organizations are searching for strategies and practices that will give them an edge. Describes some HRM practices that are used infrequently, but which may enhance organizational effectiveness. A good deal of empirical literature has...

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The Quest for the Competitive Learning Organization

Miller Hosley, Suzanne; Lau, Agnes T.W.; Levy, Ferdinand K. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 6, pp. 5-15

In a rapidly changing and unpredictable business environment, a major source of sustainable competitive advantage is likely to be the ability to learn faster than competitors. Reviews the literature on strategic change and competition and explores their relationship to organizational learning....

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The MCC decision matrix

Nicholls, John - In: Management Decision 33 (1995) 6, pp. 4-10

Proposes the MCC decision matrix as a modern equivalent of the original Boston Consulting Group (BCG) portfolio matrix. Focuses on the key questions of mission and core competences which define the axes of the matrix and give it its name. Unlike the BCG matrix, the MCC matrix can be used to...

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