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Sourcing For Competitive Advantage, Richard A. Bettis, Stephen P. Bradley
Sourcing For Competitive Advantage, Richard A. Bettis, Stephen P. Bradley
Historical Working Papers
Sourcing to foreign suppliers is discussed in the context of overall company strategy and criteria are suggested for analyzing the advantages and disadvantages that must be weighed in sourcing decisions. Particular attention is given to going beyond the cost criteria to examine risks and unforseen future needs for skills.
A Framework For Formulating Response To Environmental Complexity: A Tool To Manage Diversity, William R. Bigler, Jr.
A Framework For Formulating Response To Environmental Complexity: A Tool To Manage Diversity, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
This paper addresses the role that relationships among firms plays in complex industries. The complexity in both products and markets influences the structure of industries and the necessary actions firms may take to minimize risk.
Managing For Uniqueness: Some Distinctions For Strategy, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Managing For Uniqueness: Some Distinctions For Strategy, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
Five factors that define uniqueness for a firm are reduced to three: comparative advantage, key success criteria, and strategic group factors shared by the industry. This positions the management team to analyze those factors that they can control or influence to position the firm within the framework supplied by the shared industry factors.
Understanding Synergy: A Conceptual And Empirical Research Proposal, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Understanding Synergy: A Conceptual And Empirical Research Proposal, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
Benefits of mergers and acquisitions can be understood as the result of synergy if the concept of synergy can be defined both theoretically and practically. Synergy has value in financial, marketing, and managerial terms and seems to best be understood from discerning how subsystems within one organization benefit from integration or association with similar components from another organization.
Strategy As Goals-Means Structure And Performance: An Empirical Examination, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia
Strategy As Goals-Means Structure And Performance: An Empirical Examination, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia
Historical Working Papers
Sampling of CEOs and top managers of 90 Louisiana banks is used to explore the relationship between goals and the means to accomplish those goals. Results indicate that a "main thrust" kind of goal may be identified for an organization but goals remain rather poorly related to performance. The relationship to performance may be strengthened by obtaining more precise goals and increasing the number of outcome criteria to encompass outcomes meaningful to more stakeholders.
Merchandising Decisions: A New View Of Planning And Measuring Performance, Michael Levy, Charles Ingene
Merchandising Decisions: A New View Of Planning And Measuring Performance, Michael Levy, Charles Ingene
Historical Working Papers
Expanding the scope of factors considered in evaluating return on investment can assist front line managers in making realistic decisions about inventory. Several factors that directly account for profitability and are within the purview of front line managers are discussed and means of optimizing their relationships are discussed.