Addresses the issue of the adoption of generic drugs by general medical practitioners in the National Health Service in England. The adoption and buyer behaviour of GPs is of central importance to the pharmaceutical industry and to the Government. Reports research based on the theories of...

This article shows how using foreign trade zones as part of the distribution system can reduce the total product cost of imports into the United States and exports to foreign markets.

The value of a company is a function of many variables. Costs are of special importance since managers can influence costs. Success at cost management has a phenomenal effect on value because of the relationships between costs, business risk, financial risk, and valuation. These relationships...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Problems with Traditional Management -- Introduction -- Which Way in a New Business Environment? -- The Trust and Transparency Problem -- The Cost Management Problem --...

Addresses the question: how can business organizations attain new, unprecedentedly high levels of quality in their work processes? Rejects the view that quality and productivity are incompatible, arguing that efficiencies resulting from continuously improving quality lead to increased...

Argues that increased competition means that organizations face pressure to cut costs and improve efficiency, as customers can now buy in almost any location globally. Defines outsourcing as the handing over of responsibility, for some aspect of service provision, to a third party external to an...

Postulates that failure to reach beyond competitive positioning has meant that most attempts to make people management more strategic have hit a shortfall. States strategic people management ends up being merely operational — something to be mopped up after the big decisions about mission and...