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Managing the global supply chain: A SME perspective1 (2006)
Journal Article
Tan, E. N., Smith, G., & Saad, M. (2006). Managing the global supply chain: A SME perspective1. Production Planning and Control, 17(3), 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537280500285417

This paper aims to highlight the underlying factors that contribute to the effective management of a global supply chain from the perspective of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Global competition has placed considerable pressure on SMEs t... Read More about Managing the global supply chain: A SME perspective1.

Perceptual determinants of nonprofit giving behavior (2006)
Journal Article
West, D. C., Ford, J. B., & Sargeant, A. (2006). Perceptual determinants of nonprofit giving behavior. Journal of Business Research, 59(2), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.04.006

This paper provides the first empirically based marketing model of the perceptions of givers and the resulting impact on donations. Within nonprofit marketing there is a considerable amount of extant research to support the view that both extrinsic a... Read More about Perceptual determinants of nonprofit giving behavior.

Mapping and assessing the key management issues influencing UK public healthcare purchaser-provider cooperation (2006)
Journal Article
Rod, M., Carruthers, J., & Ashill, N. J. (2006). Mapping and assessing the key management issues influencing UK public healthcare purchaser-provider cooperation. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 9(1), 86-102. https://doi.org/10.1108/13522750610640576

Purpose - The purpose is to examine the bases of positive relations between suppliers and purchasers of healthcare services. In doing so, the paper examines the nature of cooperation between the providers of healthcare services (hospitals) and those... Read More about Mapping and assessing the key management issues influencing UK public healthcare purchaser-provider cooperation.

Intercultural team maturity model: Unity, diversity, capability (2006)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P., & Walker, S. (2006). Intercultural team maturity model: Unity, diversity, capability

“I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.”, Mahatma Gandhi. When project team members of diverse cultures act and react together... Read More about Intercultural team maturity model: Unity, diversity, capability.

Application of lean visual process management tools (2006)
Journal Article
Parry, G., & Turner, C. (2006). Application of lean visual process management tools. Production Planning and Control, 17(1), 77-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537280500414991

Visual process management tools have been developed by lean practitioners as communication aids and are used to help drive operations and processes in real time. Three case studies from aerospace companies describe the physical visual tools that have... Read More about Application of lean visual process management tools.

Measuring performance in competitive strategy research (2006)
Journal Article
Parnell, J. A., O'Regan, N., & Ghobadian, A. (2006). Measuring performance in competitive strategy research. International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 7(4), 408-417. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2006.010246

When testing for strategy-performance linkages, attention is often given more to the measurement of strategy than to the measurement of performance. However, the selection of performance measures can dramatically influence the findings and conclusion... Read More about Measuring performance in competitive strategy research.

Lower costs driving SME competitive advantage (2006)
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O'Regan, N., Dixon, B., & Ahmad, S. J. (2006). Lower costs driving SME competitive advantage. International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, 1(4), 407-420

Modernisation or casualisation? Numerical flexibility in public services (2006)
Journal Article
Conley, H. (2006). Modernisation or casualisation? Numerical flexibility in public services. Capital and Class, 30(2), 31-57. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680608900102

‘Flexibility’ is a key feature of the government's modernisation agenda. The government does not define the kind of flexibility it aims to promote in its modernisation agenda; but data indicates that numerical flexibility, in the form of temporary wo... Read More about Modernisation or casualisation? Numerical flexibility in public services.

Negative Capability and the Capacity to Think in the Present Moment: Some Implications for Leadership Practice (2006)
Journal Article
Simpson, P., & French, R. (2006). Negative Capability and the Capacity to Think in the Present Moment: Some Implications for Leadership Practice. Leadership, 2(2), 245-255. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715006062937

Two themes that are prevalent in the literature on leadership practice are planning for the future and learning from the past. In this ‘Leading Questions’ piece, we raise the question of whether, in addition, attention needs to be given to a third el... Read More about Negative Capability and the Capacity to Think in the Present Moment: Some Implications for Leadership Practice.

In search of the drivers of high growth in manufacturing SMEs (2006)
Journal Article
O'Regan, N., Ghobadian, A., & Gallear, D. (2006). In search of the drivers of high growth in manufacturing SMEs. Technovation, 26(1), 30-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2005.05.004

Though considerable attention in the extant literature has been devoted to growth and performance of firms, there is a dearth of research on high growth firms. Furthermore, the majority of literature in this area focuses on large firms while research... Read More about In search of the drivers of high growth in manufacturing SMEs.