Browsing School of Management (SoM) by Subject "United Kingdom"

Browsing School of Management (SoM) by Subject "United Kingdom"

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  • 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 ...
  • Outcome predictors of co-operative R & D in Europe: organisational capabilities and cultures 
    Zibell, Laurent (Cranfield University, 2010-03)
    This research investigates organisational capabilities and cultures of both partners as potential explanatory factors of co-operative R&D projects outcomes. Contributions to theory are (1) a justification for the existence ...
  • 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 ...
  • Supplying food to disadvantaged communities in the UK: Insights for the food supply chains 
    Bourlakis, Michael; Sawyerr, Emmanuel (2022-06-10)
    Purpose Despite the UK being ranked 6th out of 113 countries in 2021 on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s global Food Security Index, there are about 10.2 million British residents living in food deserts, approximately ...
  • Sustained monopolistic business relationships: A UK defence procurement case. 
    Humphries, Andrew; Wilding, Richard D. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2004-01-01)
    Business-to-business relationships within sustained monopolies, such as those within UK defence procurement, have received scant attention by management researchers. This is unusual because under these market circumstances ...
  • UK Defence Supply Chain Relationships: a Study of Sustained Monopoly. 
    Humphries, Andrew; Wilding, Richard D. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2004-01-01)
    Business-to-business, supply chain relationships within sustained monopolies, such as those within UK Defence Procurement, have received scant attention by Management Researchers. This paper describes the results from a ...

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