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Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – Scans the top 400 management publications in the world to identify the most topical issues and latest...
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Purpose – To explain how R&D is becoming a globally popular business function. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer. Findings – The R&D Scoreboard 2005 has recorded an overall annual rise of 5 percent in R&D investment by world's top 1,000...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at developments in the drive for open innovation initiatives. Design/methodology/approach – The paper looks at the business opportunities for low‐carbon innovations and technology. Findings – A recent study predicts that the global market...
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Purpose – To study a range of options for providing equity finance (equity capital) in social enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – The UK government’s keenness for social enterprises to overcome the sector’s cultural aversion to borrowing and seek finance for their activities and...
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“benchmark” the organisation. As management challenges have increased in complexity, benchmarking has become a strategic tool for … is known as to the actual impacts of benchmarking. With this in mind, the present study sought to test a model of the … relationship between benchmarking, the adoption of advanced manufacturing systems, and the performance of small to medium …
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, the feasibility of a novel IA benchmarking tool and a toolkit to assist know‐how capture were developed. These were …
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With over 2,000 participating firms, CAM‐Benchmarking Ltd ( http://www.cam‐benchmarking.com ) is one of the world …'s largest strategy benchmarking databases for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This paper draws upon CAM data to show … (in terms of firm performance) can be achieved through benchmarking. More specifically the paper shows that comprehensive …
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are currently several projects trying to develop standard European benchmarking tools and databases. Our project presents …
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Purpose – To provide positive benchmarking examples of hospitality, tourism and leisure small management enterprises in … organizational learning. Research limitations/implications – The research completed is illustrative of positive benchmarking elements … strategies. Originality/value – This paper begins to fill the gap of a very under‐researched area: benchmarking organizational …
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