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What Kinds Of Knowledge Does A Firm Need?, P N Rastogi Dec 1999

What Kinds Of Knowledge Does A Firm Need?, P N Rastogi

IIMB Management Review

The starting point of a firm's Knowledge Management System (KMS) is a specification of the kinds of knowledge required by the firm in support of its strategic goals. The KMS of a firm is driven and shaped by its competitive business strategy. Strategy formulation and planning are however, highly unstructured, iterative, non-algorithmic and creative processes. A firm, therefore, must think through its requirements of and expectations from managing knowledge. Strategic thinking, in turn, may be usefully guided and facilitated by plural frames of strategic discourse. In this context, P N Rastogi outlines recent frames of strategic thinking as well as …

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Forming Strategic Alliances: Issues In Conceptualisation, Nagasimha Balakrishna Kanagal Dec 1999

Forming Strategic Alliances: Issues In Conceptualisation, Nagasimha Balakrishna Kanagal

IIMB Management Review

The interactive and interdependent economy of the present day is rooted in exchanges or 'give and take' of varying complexity. The process of conceptualising, planning and executing exchanges to the benefit of all players involved is basic to marketing. Given the three generic forms of economic organisation - market, hybrid and hierarchy, organisational expansions in high technology markets in recent times have witnessed the emergence of hybrid strategic alliances as an alternative to markets and hierarchies. Strategic alliances enable functional integration in inter-firm relationships involving tangible and intangible exchanges. Rapid technological innovations and technological complexity, and forces such as uncertainty, …

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A Study On The Effectiveness Of The External Validation In The Malaysian Army Training System, Mohd Radzi Ahmad Tajudin Nov 1999

A Study On The Effectiveness Of The External Validation In The Malaysian Army Training System, Mohd Radzi Ahmad Tajudin

Student Works (2000-2009)

The mission of defending Malaysia and its interests against any external threat, to win any land war and provide assistance to civil authorities to maintain prosperity of the country requires the Malaysian Army to ensure that it is capable to be deployed to face any situations at any time. This will depends on the continues preparation and this may be achieve through a systematic and effective training. The Malaysian Army Training System has been 1ntroduced to fulfill this requirement. It was designed to ensure that every individual in the Malaysian Army would be able to do their job or tasks …

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Using Strategic Partnerships To Create A Sustainable Competitive Position For Hi-Tech Start-Up Firms, Arnoud De Meyer Oct 1999

Using Strategic Partnerships To Create A Sustainable Competitive Position For Hi-Tech Start-Up Firms, Arnoud De Meyer

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In most cases these companies chose or were forced to engage in a technology partnership in order to develop and survive. As one would expect, some of these partnerships succeeded whilst others failed. With hindsight it occurred to the author that success or failure was not necessarily a random event, or idiosyncratic to one particular company, but that there seemed to be a pattern. Some partnerships failed because they were a strategic misfit, others probably because they were badly implemented. Based on these clinical case studies, The author addresses these questions: when and under what conditions a partnership is needed; …

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Manufacturing Strategy And New Venture Performance: A Comparison Of Independent And Corporate Ventures In The Biotechnology Industry, Shaker A. Zahra, Gerard George Sep 1999

Manufacturing Strategy And New Venture Performance: A Comparison Of Independent And Corporate Ventures In The Biotechnology Industry, Shaker A. Zahra, Gerard George

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Little empirical research has compared the manufacturing strategies of corporate and independent new ventures. This study explores these differences with data from the young, science-based biotechnology industry, and examines the performance effects of manufacturing strategy variables including scope, competitive thrust, and capabilities. The results show that the corporate and independent biotechnology new ventures pursue significantly different manufacturing strategies, and that different dimensions of manufacturing strategies affect the performance of corporate vs. independent ventures quite differently.

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Theory And Research In Strategic Management: Swings Of A Pendulum, Robert E. Hoskisson, William P. Wan, Daphne W. Yiu, William A. Hitt Aug 1999

Theory And Research In Strategic Management: Swings Of A Pendulum, Robert E. Hoskisson, William P. Wan, Daphne W. Yiu, William A. Hitt

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The development of the field of strategic management within the last two decades has been dramatic. While its roots have been in a more applied area, often referred to as business policy, the current field of strategic management is strongly theory based, with substantial empirical research, and is eclectic in nature. This review of the development of the field and its current position examines the field’s early development and the primary theoretical and methodological bases through its history. Early developments include Chandler’s (1962) Strategy and Structure and Ansoff’s (1965) Corporate Strategy. These early works took on a contingency perspective (fit …

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Quality And Work Force Practices: The Managerial Performance Implication, Ravi Kathuria, Elizabeth B. Davis Aug 1999

Quality And Work Force Practices: The Managerial Performance Implication, Ravi Kathuria, Elizabeth B. Davis

Business Faculty Articles and Research

This paper examines the managerial performance impact of work force management practices appropriate for manufacturing environments when quality is highly emphasized. The hypotheses are tested using data from 483 individuals in 99 manufacturing plants in the United States. The results indicate that when the emphasis is high on quality, certain work force management practices seem to play an important role in managerial performance in manufacturing settings.

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Selection Of Expatriates For Regional Business Operations In Asia: A Study Of Mne Managers In Singapore, A. Ahad M. Osman-Gani, Wee Liang Tan, Thian Ser Toh Aug 1999

Selection Of Expatriates For Regional Business Operations In Asia: A Study Of Mne Managers In Singapore, A. Ahad M. Osman-Gani, Wee Liang Tan, Thian Ser Toh

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The recent interest for regionalization of business operations in Asia underscores the demand for expatriates. While much has been written on expatriation, very little was documented on expatriates assigned in Asian countries. In this respect, American, German, Japanese and Korean MNEs have been found to take active interests in regional expansion of business in Asia. Expatriation is a significant international management issue for them. The high costs of expatriation and the risks for expatriate failures also underscore this importance. As such, selecting the right candidate for expatriation success is a crucial issue for these MNEs. This paper presents the findings …

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Competitive Interaction: The Influence Of Strategic Group Structure, Sherry M. Burlingame Apr 1999

Competitive Interaction: The Influence Of Strategic Group Structure, Sherry M. Burlingame

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

The assertion that competitive interaction is a central focus of business strategy emerged from the Strategic Management Research Group (SMRG) at the University of Maryland. The premise of this perspective is that competition among firms can be modeled using communication theory to explain how firms in an industry interact. Competition, in this framework, is represented as the series of actions and counteractions, termed responses, that firms undertake to position themselves in their industry. Thus, in this model, interaction (actions and responses) equates with competition. Studies conducted by the members of the SMRG have outlined the relationship of key variables within …

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The Challenge Of Globalisation For Indian Family Business, K R S Murthy Mar 1999

The Challenge Of Globalisation For Indian Family Business, K R S Murthy

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

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Indian Business Houses In 2020: What They Should Aim For And How To Get There, K R S Murthy, Rishikesha T Krishnan Mar 1999

Indian Business Houses In 2020: What They Should Aim For And How To Get There, K R S Murthy, Rishikesha T Krishnan

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

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Alliance Management: The Next Millennium Challenge?, S Raghunath Mar 1999

Alliance Management: The Next Millennium Challenge?, S Raghunath

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

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How Diversified Should Indian Business Houses Be?, Rishikesha T Krishnan Mar 1999

How Diversified Should Indian Business Houses Be?, Rishikesha T Krishnan

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

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Corporate Governance And Corporate Illegality: The Effects Of Board Structure On Environmental Violations, Marie A. Mckendall, Carol M. Sanchez, Paul Sicilian Mar 1999

Corporate Governance And Corporate Illegality: The Effects Of Board Structure On Environmental Violations, Marie A. Mckendall, Carol M. Sanchez, Paul Sicilian

Peer Reviewed Articles

This paper examined the effects of corporate governance structures on the incidence of corporate illegality by analyzing the relationship between environmental violations and several dimensions of corporate board structure. Results demonstrated that the value of stock owned by corporate officers and directors was positively and significantly associated with serious environmental violations. Outsider dominance, joint CEO‐Chairpersons, social responsibility committees, and attorneys on boards were not significantly related to corporate illegal behavior. The control variables of size, industry profitability, firm profitability, and industry concentration were all significantly related to environmental violations. The findings involving board structure cast doubt on the efficacy of …

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Global Strategic Analysis: Framework And Approaches, Howard Thomas, Timothy Pollock, Philip Gorman Feb 1999

Global Strategic Analysis: Framework And Approaches, Howard Thomas, Timothy Pollock, Philip Gorman

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Geographic, economic, cognitive, and social forces can influence the ways in which the inimitable resources of firms and their competitors are defined and evaluated in a globally competitive environment. We trace how academic research on strategy has attempted to address how firms identify their core competencies and competitive resource advantages at both the firm and national level. We then discuss the ways in which managers can attempt to identify a competitive reference group as a benchmark for evaluating their company's relative strengths and weaknesses. Finally, we develop an integrated conceptual framework that can be used to inform managerial strategic analysis …

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1999 Transactions, American Dental Association Jan 1999

1999 Transactions, American Dental Association

ADA Transactions

This item is part of the Transactions of the ADA, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT). It is from the Transactions section, one of three subtitles that make up the full publication. Generally, the ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. Pages from the Annual Reports and the Transactions are numbered consecutively (e.g. Annual Reports volume ends pg. 500 and Transactions volume starts at pg. 501). NOTE: All three subtitles are collectively known as the Transactions of the ADA or, alternatively, the ADA Transactions. Transactions refers …

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1999 Annual Reports And Resolutions, American Dental Association Jan 1999

1999 Annual Reports And Resolutions, American Dental Association

ADA Transactions

This item is part of the Annual Reports and Resolutions subtitle of the ADA Transactions, a serial publication of the annual activities of the ADA House of Delegates (HOD)/Board of Trustees (BOT) made up of three separate subtitles: Annual Reports and Resolutions, Supplements, and Transactions. Generally, the ADA Transactions are published in multiple volumes throughout the year. Older versions include reports from all departments as subsections, while more recent versions include only those of councils, commissions, and committees.

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Singapore Investments In China: Implications From Projects During Early 1980s & Early 1990s, Rajah Vellan Komaran Jan 1999

Singapore Investments In China: Implications From Projects During Early 1980s & Early 1990s, Rajah Vellan Komaran

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

It is well known that foreign investments by the industrialized world are driven by the private sector leveraging its technological, management and marketing skills, and that those by developing countries arise because of geographic proximity, social and economic homogeneity, and cultural familiarity. In the case of Singapore, a uniques characteristics is the direct participation by government-related corporations and their affiliates, and persuasion by statutory bodies such as the Economic Development Board and Trade Development Board for the corporate sector

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East Vs. West: Strategic Marketing Management Meets The Asian Networks, George T. Haley, Chin Tiong Tan Jan 1999

East Vs. West: Strategic Marketing Management Meets The Asian Networks, George T. Haley, Chin Tiong Tan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Strategic management in Asia is different. Decision-making differs from that taught in Western, and even Asian, schools of business. In the last decade, the influence of Japanese management systems on Western management practice has become evident. Though the Japanese economy is the world's second largest, and Japan's population substantial, neither compares with the combined economies and combined populations of non-Japanese Asia. The influence of the most aggressive elements of the non-Japanese Asian business communities, the Overseas Chinese and Overseas Indian Networks cannot help to be felt on Western management practice. This article explains why this difference in decision-making styles exists, …

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Garbage In, Garbage Out. A Report On Per Capita Income And The Independent Effect On The Method Of New Jersey Municipal Trash Removal, Stephen F. Will Jan 1999

Garbage In, Garbage Out. A Report On Per Capita Income And The Independent Effect On The Method Of New Jersey Municipal Trash Removal, Stephen F. Will

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The National Shipping Companies In Eritrea : Difficulties And Prospects For Development Through Effective Management, Ghebregziabher Yohannes Simon Dec 1998

The National Shipping Companies In Eritrea : Difficulties And Prospects For Development Through Effective Management, Ghebregziabher Yohannes Simon

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Towards Transforming Apapa Port To The Status Of Hub For The West African Region, Nda-Magaji Yitnoe Dec 1998

Towards Transforming Apapa Port To The Status Of Hub For The West African Region, Nda-Magaji Yitnoe

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Competitive Strategies For Container Ports : Analysis Of Competition And Competitors In The Hamburg-Le Havre Range?, Bernardo Flores Herrera Dec 1998

Competitive Strategies For Container Ports : Analysis Of Competition And Competitors In The Hamburg-Le Havre Range?, Bernardo Flores Herrera

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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The Liberian Shipping Registry : Strategies To Improve Flag State Implementation And Increase Market Competitiveness, Christian Gbogboda Herbert Dec 1998

The Liberian Shipping Registry : Strategies To Improve Flag State Implementation And Increase Market Competitiveness, Christian Gbogboda Herbert

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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An Integrated Approach To Achieving High Port Performance While Improving The Control Of Dangerous Goods In Thai Ports, Pitak Wattanapongpisal Dec 1998

An Integrated Approach To Achieving High Port Performance While Improving The Control Of Dangerous Goods In Thai Ports, Pitak Wattanapongpisal

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Asian Expatriate Development: A Comparative Study Of Japanese, Korean And Singaporean Expatriates, A. Ahad M. Osman-Gani, Wee Liang Tan Oct 1998

Asian Expatriate Development: A Comparative Study Of Japanese, Korean And Singaporean Expatriates, A. Ahad M. Osman-Gani, Wee Liang Tan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Owing to rapid internationalization of business activity, human resource development (HRD) has become increasingly important in recent years. This is especially true when domestic human resource management takes on international dimensions as it deals more with multicultural workforce. International HRD, much of it embodied in cross-cultural training, has been proposed by many scholars as a means of facilitating more effective interaction among managers, employees and customers from different national-cultural backgrounds. Despite the need for cross-cultural skills and the shortage of managers who possess these skills, most human resource decision-makers do nothing in terms of cross-cultural training for their employees. Studies …

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Defining Indian Brands, Mithileshwar Jha Oct 1998

Defining Indian Brands, Mithileshwar Jha

IIMB Management Review

Round Table features an exhaustive discussion on Indian Brands ? beginning with the definition of an 'Indian' brand and elaborating upon the origin, the home and the 'soul' of brands, the various aspects of building and managing Indian brands particularly in the face of competition from MNCs; brand extensions and how brands cope with the vagaries of the market. Several interesting issues on methodology and research were raised. In order to present a truly broad spectrum of views on brands and complement the Round Table discussion, Pradeep Kumar spoke to a cross section of marketers in various product and service …

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Indian Brands : Quo Vadis: The Round Table Discussion, Mithileshwar Jha Oct 1998

Indian Brands : Quo Vadis: The Round Table Discussion, Mithileshwar Jha

IIMB Management Review

Round Table features an exhaustive discussion on Indian Brands ? beginning with the definition of an 'Indian' brand and elaborating upon the origin, the home and the 'soul' of brands, the various aspects of building and managing Indian brands particularly in the face of competition from MNCs; brand extensions and how brands cope with the vagaries of the market. Several interesting issues on methodology and research were raised. In order to present a truly broad spectrum of views on brands and complement the Round Table discussion, Pradeep Kumar spoke to a cross section of marketers in various product and service …

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Views Of A Cross-Section Of Marketers, V Pradeep Kumar Oct 1998

Views Of A Cross-Section Of Marketers, V Pradeep Kumar

IIMB Management Review

Round Table features an exhaustive discussion on Indian Brands ? beginning with the definition of an 'Indian' brand and elaborating upon the origin, the home and the 'soul' of brands, the various aspects of building and managing Indian brands particularly in the face of competition from MNCs; brand extensions and how brands cope with the vagaries of the market. Several interesting issues on methodology and research were raised. In order to present a truly broad spectrum of views on brands and complement the Round Table discussion, Pradeep Kumar spoke to a cross section of marketers in various product and service …

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Paths Of Change : Strategic Choices For Organizations And Society: By Will Mcwhinney, London : Sage Publications, Sunita Singh Sengupta Oct 1998

Paths Of Change : Strategic Choices For Organizations And Society: By Will Mcwhinney, London : Sage Publications, Sunita Singh Sengupta

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

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