This article provides a framework for strategic adaptation to deregulation drawing on the lessons learned in the United States. A firm can adapt to deregulation by the mix of productmarket and domain management strategies that it chooses. The strategies open to a firm in turn depend upon its...

Based on an extensive survey of joint ventures (JVs) in the information technology industry, this article develops a profile of the joint venturing firm, explores joint venture motivations, and relates joint venture success to conditions that motivate JV formation. Findings suggest that JVs are...

This article examines the attitudes of chief executives across five service industries (transportation and travel; retail; financial services; communications and information; and professional services) to explore industry differences with regard to strategic challenges, as well as links between...

Taken from an inaugural address at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Discusses postmodernism, particularly regarding Japanese influences in this sphere but also looks at the overview of organizational characteristics among other nations, particularly the US. Looks also at the changes which...

Recent innovations applied to the design and management of production in the United States have been termed “post‐Fordist”, in an effort to distinguish these methods from those of large‐scale mass‐production characteristic of earlier decades. These efforts, however, may be vulnerable...

Attitudes of deans of American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited schools/colleges of business were surveyed regarding nine areas central to the practice of collegiate level business education. These deans were then classified into three categories in a manner...

Examines the incongruency between what business schools teach and what business organizations actually need. Suggests a need for reform. Explores the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation standards and suggests that this needs much clarification. States that...

Gerald Ramey interviews Drs Porter, McKibbin and Blood about new accreditation standards implemented by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The major consensus of opinion being that as long as there is good communication through the schools system, accreditation will...

Discusses the issue of privatization and its relationship with the government. Answers the question of who should perform certain governmental services and why they should be performed by that particular organization. Compares the privatization process in the United States and European...

Emphasizes one of the two basic types of technology, Kaizen technology, which was principally conceived in Japan. Also discusses the relationship between Kaizen technology and the second type, innovative technology. Kaizen technology is one of the principal reasons for Japan’s economic...