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Total quality management: applicability to law firms

Abraham, Steven E.; Spencer, Michael S.; Monk, Eloise L. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 15 (1998) 5, pp. 541-554

The practice of law is under pressure from various sources. Economics is one such source. The number of licensed lawyers is growing rapidly at a time when other disciplines are threatening areas of practice that were once the sole province of lawyers. Another pressure on the profession comes...

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Time‐based competition

Ling Sim, Khim; Curatola, Anthony P. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 16 (1999) 7, pp. 659-674

This study reports the experience of management from 83 electronic plants located in the USA in dealing with time …

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Strategies for talent management: a study of select organizations in the UAE

Singh, Abhilasha; Sharma, Jyoti - In: International Journal of Organizational Analysis 23 (2015) 3, pp. 337-347

Purpose – This paper aims at finding out strategies adopted by the organizations to reduce the employee turnover as well as to how to effectively manage human capital for competitive edge over the rivals in the UAE business environment. Design/methodology/approach – It was a quantitative...

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A comparative analysis of channel incentive programs in Brazil and the USA

Castro, Luciano Thome; Neves, Marcos Fava; Akridge, Jay … - In: International Journal of Emerging Markets 12 (2017) 2, pp. 263-278

consolidated theoretical effort was completed together with observations from two countries – Brazil and the USA – to build … selected in Brazil and the same three were selected in the USA. For completing each case report for the six companies in total … similarities within Brazil or the USA, than the same company in these two countries. The institutional environment and the network …

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Intensity of shock transmission amid US-BRICS markets

Lakshmi, P.; Visalakshmi, S.; Shanmugam, Kavitha - In: International Journal of Emerging Markets 10 (2015) 3, pp. 311-328

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the intensity of transmission of shocks from USA to BRICS countries …-movements altered either in response to international shocks that originated in advanced markets like USA or due to their domestic … crisis in the USA cropped up. This finding lends support to the prominence of developed (US) market links in the …

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Impact of business type upon the adoption of quick response technologies – The apparel industry experience

Ko, Eunju; Kincade, Doris; Brown, James R. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 20 (2000) 9, pp. 1093-1111

The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of business type upon the adoption process for quick response (QR) technologies in the apparel industry. Using Rogers’ (1983) innovation decision process model as our conceptual basis, we empirically investigated three stages of that process...

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The role of manufacturing and marketing managers in strategy development

Swamidass, Paul M.; Baines, Tim; Darlow, Neil - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 21 (2001) 7, pp. 933-948

According to researchers and managers, there is a lack of agreement between marketing and manufacturing managers on critical strategic issues. However, most of the literature on the subject is anecdotal and little formal empirical research has been done. Three companies are investigated to study...

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Competitive factors and their relative importance in the US electronics and computer industries

Lau, R.S.M. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 22 (2002) 1, pp. 125-135

The process of identifying and ranking the competitive factors is critical to management for formulating manufacturing strategy because it prioritizes criteria by which manufacturing performance will eventually be evaluated. An empirical study of 382 US computer and electronics firms shows that...

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The impact of purchasing and supplier involvement on strategic purchasing and its impact on firm’s performance

Carr, Amelia S.; Pearson, John N. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 22 (2002) 9, pp. 1032-1053

The focus of this paper is on purchasing and supplier involvement in the firm. Using the resource‐base view of the firm, hypotheses are developed concerning purchasing/supplier involvement, strategic purchasing and firm’s financial performance. A model of the hypothesized relationships is...

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Implementing enterprise resource planning systems with total quality control and business process reengineering

Schniederjans, Marc J.; Kim, Gyu C. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 23 (2003) 4, pp. 418-429

The primary objective of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is to help integrate an organization's business operations and processes effectively and efficiently. Not all firms have been successful in their ERP implementations and to that end research has helped to identify many factors...

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