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  • Building Grounded Theories of Management Action 
    Partington, David (Blackwells, 2000-06)
    This paper presents a structured approach to grounded theory-building. It is aimed at 'mode 2' (Gibbons et al., 1994 management researchers, in particular those who analyse recollections of past events, often recorded in ...
  • Innovative Capacity of Firms: on why some firms are more innovative than others 
    Hii, Jasper; Neely, Andrew (2000-06)
    In this paper we report a study into innovative capacity of UK SME firms. We argue that the ability of a firm to develop successful innovations is a function of their innovative capacity.We developed the concept in this ...
  • Issues Coupled With International Assignments 
    Petrovic, Jelena (Croner, 2000-06)
    Last month we presented key findings relating to trends in the usage of new forms of international working and highlighted some of the managerial control issues facing international HR managers. This month, Jelena Petrovic ...
  • Financial Instruments. 
    Moir, Lance (National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 2000-07)
    Company financing, in its simplest form, can be debt or equity. In this article, we explore some of the rich variety of financial instruments that lie on the risk–return continuum between these two extremes, and consider ...
  • An Integrated Model for the Design of Agile Supply Chains. 
    Christopher, Martin; Towill, Denis R. (MCB UP Ltd/Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2001)
    The latter part of the 20th Century saw the lean production paradigm positively impact many market sectors ranging from automotive through to construction. In particular there is much evidence to suggest that level ...
  • Corporate marketing and service brands - Moving beyond the fast-moving consumer goods model. 
    McDonald, Malcolm; de Chernatony, Leslie; Harris, Fiona (Emerald, 2001)
    Examines the issues associated with the creation and development of service brands in corporate branding. Initially considers the increasing importance of the services sector, the appropriateness of corporate versus ...
  • Trajectories in the Evolution of Technology: A Multi-Level Study of Competition in Formula 1 Racing. 
    Jenkins, Mark; Floyd, Steven (Sage Publications, 2001)
    This paper explores the trajectories of three key technologies in Formula 1 racing at the component, firm and system levels of analysis. The purpose is to gain an understanding of the evolutionary forces that contribute ...
  • What do we mean by corporate social responsibility? 
    Moir, Lance (MCB UP Ltd (Emerald), 2001)
    There have long been conflicting expectations of the nature of companies’ responsibilities to society. However, for those businesses that do undertake what might be termed “corporate social responsibility”, what is actually ...
  • 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 ...
  • 'Managing the transition' : supplier management in international joint ventures in China 
    Zhang, Lihong; Goffin, Keith (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2001-01-01)
    Attracted by the easier access to local markets, many foreign companies have formed manufacturing joint ventures in China. One of the key elements of successful international joint venture (IJV) manufacturing in China ...
  • E-implementation: A time-based approach to extracting value from e-business 
    Wilding, Richard D. (Sckc Cranfield University, 2001-01-01)
    “Too many stores….get up a nice web site. They get people interested in their products, but haven’t thought about how they are going to get their products to their customers. Even when they…got online orders right, there ...
  • Customer support and new product development : An exploratory study 
    Goffin, Keith; New, Colin (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2001-03-01)
    Customer support is an essential element in the successful marketing of many products – from domestic appliances to high-tech computer networks. Many aspects of support are strongly influenced by a product’s design and ...
  • Women Directors on Top UK Boards 
    Singh, Val; Vinnicombe, Susan; Johnson, P. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2001-07-01)
    Research suggests that more diversity in board membership could improve overall performance. This paper considers the business case for increased numbers of female directors, and the lack of female representation on UK ...
  • An evaluation of styles of IT support for marketing planning 
    Wilson, Hugh; McDonald, Malcolm (Emerald, 2001-08)
    IT support for marketing planning can aid in the use of marketing tools, facilitate group planning, and support moves towards continuous planning based on a live marketing model of the business. But, amongst other factors, ...
  • Tacit Knowledge: Some Suggestions for Operationalization 
    Ambrosini, Veronique; Bowman, Cliff (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2001-09-01)
    With the emergence of the resource-based view of the firm and of the concept of core competencies, intangible resources, and tacit knowledge in particular have been argued to occupy a central place in the development of ...
  • Cross-functional issues in the implementation of relationship marketing through customer relationship management 
    Ryals, Lynette; Knox, Simon (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2001-10-01)
    There is a major change in the way companies organise themselves as firms switch from product-based to customer-based structures. A key driver of this change is the advent of Customer Relationship Management which, ...
  • Developing Market Specific Supply Chain Strategies. 
    Christopher, Martin; Towill, Denis R. (MCB UP Ltd/Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2002)
    The issues underlying the appropriate matching of pipelines to marketplace needs under conditions of demand volatility and price pressure are examined. The authors describe a scenario where the philosophy of “one size fits ...
  • Measuring corporate management and leadership capability 
    Neely, Andrew; Gray, Dina; Kennerley, Mike; Marr, Bernard (Cranfield School of Management, 2002)
    The Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership commissioned the Centre for Business Performance at Cranfield School of Management to produce for them a report investigating the case for corporate reporting and ...
  • Why do firms give – altruism , advertising or stakeholder management? Development of a framework to understand corporate philanthropy and its application to business involvement with the Arts in the UK. 
    Moir, Lance (2002)
    This paper proposes a framework for analysing corporate philanthropy along the dimensions of business/ society interest and internal/ external stakeholder focus. The utility of the framework is then tested in order to ...
  • Diversity management: Practices, strategy and measurement 
    Singh, Val; Vinnicombe, Susan; Schiuma, Gianni; Kennerley, Mike; Neely, Andrew (Cranfield School of Management, 2002)

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