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Towards a better understanding of strategic planning in service versus manufacturing firms
Smith, Trevor A.; Lawrence, William W. - In: International journal of management and decision making … 14 (2015) 2, pp. 81-96
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Managing future expectations globally
Mercer, David - In: Foresight 4 (2002) 6, pp. 46-52
In this paper, some of the most important results of the recent work of the author’s Futures Observatory, the culmination of a decade of global research involving several thousand managers and professionals from large organisations, are explored in the context of the long‐range planning...
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Strategic Situational Impact on Commercial Banks in Saudi Arabia
At‐Twaijri, Mohammad I. - In: International Journal of Bank Marketing 9 (1991) 1, pp. 11-16
A study is described involving the use of questionnaires to investigate the situational factors (economy, government, technology, competition, culture, demography) that affect the banking industry in Saudi Arabia. The results reveal that culture and technology are viewed as less important than...
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The Rise and Fall of Political Risk Assessment?
Stapenhurst, Frederick - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 5
Political risk assessment (PRA) is an integral part of environmental scanning, which in turn is one of the key requirements for effective strategic planning and corporate decision making. Why, then, have a number of multinational corporations (MNCs) discontinued their practice of this vital...
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Manufacturing outsourcing, onshoring, and global equilibrium
Kazmer, David Owen - In: Business horizons 57 (2014) 4, pp. 463-472
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Order of entry into foreign countries by US multinationals since 1965 : role of psychic distance over time and across sectors
Singh, Suresh - In: International journal of business and globalisation : IJBG 15 (2015) 2, pp. 171-192
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"Wholly an Australian industry"? : establishing British multinational manufacture at the Bryant & May empire works, 1909-1914
Robertson, Emma; Fahey, Charles - In: Enterprise & society : the international journal of … 24 (2023) 1, pp. 2-27
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Manufacturing outsourcing, onshoring, and global equilibrium
Kazmer, David Owen - In: Business Horizons 57 (2014) 4, pp. 463-472
Manufacturing is now a national strategy for many countries to combat slow economic growth, and positively viewed with … the current trend of onshoring foreign manufacturing operations. We develop a cross-country regression model that predicts … manufacturing employment as a function of population growth, foreign direct investment, and purchasing power parity. Results through …
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Benchmarking Maquiladora operations relative to those in the USA
Prasad, Sameer; Tata, Jasmine; Thorn, Ron - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 13 (1996) 9, pp. 8-18
Examines the total quality management (TQM) programmes of Maquiladora operations located on the Mexican border and benchmarks their quality practices vis‐à‐vis those in the USA. Six domains of TQM programmes (information and analysis, strategic quality planning, human resource development...
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International manufacturing and location decisions: balancing configuration and co‐ordination aspects
Meijboom, Bert; Vos, Bart - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 17 (1997) 8, pp. 790-805
Questions on configuration and co‐ordination are seldom integrated in research on international manufacturing and … and manufacturing strategy. Elaborates the practical relevance of this integration in the experiences of Dutch investors …
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