Browsing by Author "Szwejczewski, Marek"

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  • Bootlegging in high technology R&D departments : from initiation to disclosure 
    Masoudnia, Yaser (Cranfield University, 2012-09)
    Bootlegging -the unauthorised projects initiated by an employee and directed toward innovation for the benefit of their organization -is an important aspect of innovation, because it is considered to be a great source ...
  • Cross-border Transfer of Organisational Resources Within a Multinational Corporation in the Context of Manufacturing 
    Lu , Chun-Chieh (Cranfield University, 2007-08)
    MNCs (Multinational Corporation) have been considered a salient phenomenon and a popular subject under investigation. Amongst a plethora of research streams, the capability of a MNC to effectively transfer – to relocate ...
  • An exploratory study of close supplier-manufacturer relationships 
    Goffin, Keith; Lemke, Fred; Szwejczewski, Marek (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2006-01-01)
    Close relationships with selected suppliers can enable manufacturers to reduce costs, improve quality and enhance new product development. Although the advantages of close co-operation are widely acknowledged in the ...
  • How innovative are UK manufacturing companies? 
    Goffin, Keith; Szwejczewski, Marek; New, Colin (1997-01-01)
  • Identifying hidden consumer needs: a systematic literature review 
    Bruce, Helen Louise (Cranfield University, 2010-08)
    A key aspect of innovation is the development of new products (innovative product development). Successful innovative product development generates increased revenue and profit for the innovating company. In order to ...
  • Innovation culture in business to business (B2B) consultancies – key factors 
    Khetavath, Nitish (Cranfield University, 2017-05)
    Innovation has become a necessity for the survival of organizations. Recent academic and practitioner publications have focused on the importance of the culture of innovation and have identified a number of cultural practices ...
  • Investigating the meaning of supplier-manufacturer partnerships : An exploratory study 
    Lemke, Fred; Goffin, Keith; Szwejczewski, Marek (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2003-01-01)
    Supplier partnerships can be the key in enhancing the performance of manufacturing companies. Consequently, partnership has been strongly recommended by academics and practitioners alike. Surprisingly, the concept of ...
  • Is Management Commitment to Quality Just 'A Given'? 
    Goffin, Keith; Szwejczewski, Marek (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 1996-01-01)
    Reports on interviews held with management at six factories in the UK, which had received awards for their manufacturing excellence, which aimed to discuss the TQM initiatives and, in particular, to gauge the degree and ...
  • Italian and UK Manufacturing compared 
    Grando, A.; Szwejczewski, Marek; Goffin, Keith (2002-01-01)
    Although the Italian economy has seen a steady growth in the importance of the service sector, manufacturing still plays a key role in the economy. It employs 32 per cent of the active population and accounts for about ...
  • Manufacturer-supplier relationships : An empirical study of German manufacturing companies 
    Szwejczewski, Marek; Lemke, Fred; Goffin, Keith (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2005-01-01)
    Effective management of suppliers is one of the ways manufacturing companies can improve their performance. Typically, it has been argued in the literature that close relationships with suppliers should be developed, in ...
  • Manufacturing standards of performance for success 
    Sweeney, Mike T.; Szwejczewski, Marek (Cranfield School of Management, 1995)
    This paper details the findings of a study of the manufacturing performances and practices of 140 engineering companies in the UK. From this study, significant differences in the manufacturing competitiveness of these firms ...
  • Manufacturing strategy and perfomance:A study of the UK engineering industry 
    Sweeney, Mike T.; Szwejczewski, Marek (Cranfield School of Management, 1995)
    This paper details the findings of a search for manufacturing "strategic groups" in the engineering industry, that is a set of firms competing within an industry on the basis of similar combinations of business scope and ...
  • Product innovation in UK manufacturing companies 
    Goffin, Keith; Szwejczewski, Marek; Sweeney, Michael; New, Colin (Inderscience, 2000-01-01)
    In many sectors of the manufacturing industry, product innovation is an important way for companies to achieve competitive advantage. Regular introductions of new products can be essential, especially in fast-moving markets. ...
  • Product support and the new product development process 
    Anagnostopoulos, Z. (2006)
    Product support is a key aspect in the industrial marketing of not only high-technology products but also heavy goods and software applications, since it strongly influences customer satisfaction and can also be an important ...
  • Risk management in new product development : a systematic review of literature 
    Afzal, Muhammad Akram (Cranfield University, 2012-10)
    The purpose of this thesis is to provide taxonomy of risk management (RM) in new product development (NPD) research and, based on that, to develop a research agenda for this field of study. The review was based on a ...
  • Roads to Resilience: Building Dynamic Approaches to Risk to Achieve Future Success 
    Goffin, Keith; Hopkin, Paul; Szwejczewski, Marek; Kutsch, Elmar (Airmic, 2014-01-28)
    In complex and constantly changing business environments with ever more complex risk, one of the key questions that boards ask of themselves is: “What can we do to future-proof ourselves against the growing array of ...
  • The search for generic manufacturing strategies in the UK engineering industry 
    Sweeney, Mike T.; Szwejczewski, Marek (1996)
    The search for generic manufacturing strategies has been attempted previously using the American and the European Manufacturing Futures survey data. This paper details the results of a study using manufacturing strategy ...
  • A study into continuous improvement initiative sustainability 
    Szwejczewski, Marek; Sweeney, Michael; Butler, Michael (Cranfield University Press, 2013-09-19)
    The idea of continuous improvement is familiar to most managers and there are many examples of how its use can increase a company’s overall performance. However, while numerous companies have adopted the approach, very few ...
  • Supplier Base Management: Experiences from the UK and Germany 
    Lemke, Fred; Goffin, Keith; Szwejczewski, Marek; Pfeiffer, Rolf; Lohmüller, Bertram (Mcb, 2000-01-01)
    Streamlining the supplier base is a common approach in many US and UK manufacturing companies. However, is this approach being adopted in Germany as fast as it has in the UK? This paper describes research that answers ...
  • Supplier management in German manufacturing companies : An empirical investigation 
    Szwejczewski, Marek; Goffin, Keith; Lemke, Fred; Pfeiffer, Rolf; Lohmüller, Bertram (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2001-01-01)
    A key issue for manufacturers is supplier management, i.e. organising the optimal flow of high quality, value-for-money materials or components from appropriate innovative suppliers. Many companies now recognise the ...