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Shipley, David D.; Neale, C.W. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 86 (1986) 3/4, pp. 22-25

Countertrade is a widely used and important means for financing business transactions. Participation involves some serious risks and care should be taken in the selection of countertrade goods, partners and institutions. Forms of countertrade, its benefits to companies and countries, its...

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The Challenge of Change

Wilson, Brian - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 87 (1987) 11/12, pp. 19-22

clear time scales for their achievement. A change strategy can then be developed. By involving the people threatened by the …

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The Impact of the Information Explosion on Management Innovation

Sharratt, John - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 89 (1989) 3, pp. 22-25

The information explosion is having dramatic effects in many areas of business. Organisations, cultures, business practices and the external image of the company can all be significantly influenced by the use of information technologies. What impact has all this had on the practice of...

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Manufacturing as a Source of Competitive Edge

Powell, Rod - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 91 (1991) 1, pp. 19-23

Competitive edge will not come from cost alone in the European Single Market, nor in competition with the Far East. ICL provides a case study of an IT manufacturing company in transition. Realignment in the marketplace requires above all the successful management of change in people, attitudes...

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Creating value through wholesaler and retailer interface

Eriksson, David; Hilletofth, Per; Hilmola, Olli‐Pekka - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 113 (2013) 8, pp. 1169-1188

change its business strategy due to high competition. Findings – Innovative products may lose consumer perceived value, if … expected, as they were not interested from new sales concept implemented due to strategy change at wholesaler. Research … supply chain. Research is also unique in a way that it reports business strategy in other than low end segment (lowest costs …

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Critical operations capabilities for competitive manufacturing: a systematic review

Sansone, Cinzia; Hilletofth, Per; Eriksson, David - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 117 (2017) 5, pp. 801-837

operations strategy area. The output is a framework that will benefit researchers and firms to gain a more complete understanding … capabilities, within the operations strategy area. In total, 157 papers were taken into consideration. Various operations … support for managers and firms wishing to formulate an operations strategy. Practical implications In general, this research …

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Revisiting IT readiness: an approach for small firms

Dyerson, Romano; Spinelli, Riccardo; Harindranath, G - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 116 (2016) 3, pp. 546-563

Purpose – Drawing from the literature, the purpose of this paper is to offer an empirically validated framework for examining information technology (IT) readiness in small firms. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual framework of IT readiness for small firms is developed and validated...

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Managing strategy and production through hybrid simulation

Jovanoski, Bojan; Nove Minovski, Robert; Lichtenegger, … - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 113 (2013) 8, pp. 1110-1132

/methodologies. Strategy alignment and modelling and simulation are some of those tools/methodologies that are growing in their complexity in … order to respond to the new challenges. Applying the principles of strategy alignment to modelling and simulation leads to …

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Manufacturing strategy in SMEs and its performance implications

Hilmola, Olli-Pekka; Lorentz, Harri; Hilletofth, Per; … - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 115 (2015) 6, pp. 1004-1021

still persist. One of these problem countries is Finland. The purpose of this paper is to examine manufacturing strategy … line and after sales service, while showing high priority in delivery speed and punctuality. As the manufacturing strategy … common method bias. Practical implications – It is evident that SMEs may adapt their manufacturing strategy, with emphasis on …

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Strategy from the perspective of contract manufacturers

Szalkai, Zsuzsanna; Magyar, Mária - In: IMP Journal 11 (2017) 1, pp. 150-172

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategy of contract manufacturers (CMs). The research question … is the following: how can the strategy of CMs be explained? The purpose is to better understand this activity though …/methodology/approach The primary theoretical background is the relational view of strategy, and the concept of the business model is used for …

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