All Outputs (1310)

Formal strategic planning: annual raindance or wheel of success? (2007)
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The findings from the research presented in this paper indicate that strategic planning is now an established management tool with over half of all small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) engaging in formal strategic planning. However, some SMEs fa... Read More about Formal strategic planning: annual raindance or wheel of success?.

Friendship and organization: Learning from the western friendship tradition (2007)
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This article describes and explores some key concepts from the classical, Western friendship tradition in order to see whether anything may be learned from them about the processes of organizing today. First, it looks at the difference between the mo... Read More about Friendship and organization: Learning from the western friendship tradition.

Managerialism and the post-war evolution of the French national business system (2007)
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Managerial revolutions - which witness the appropriation of corporate power by professional managers - come in different shapes and sizes. This article builds upon existing critiques of Chandler's universal theory of the managerial revolution through... Read More about Managerialism and the post-war evolution of the French national business system.

Retroduction as mixed-methods triangulation in economic research: Reorienting economics into social science (2007)
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This paper argues that mixed-methods triangulation can be understood as the manifestation of retroduction, the logic of inference espoused by critical realism. As such, it can provide the basis upon which different insights upon the same phenomenon c... Read More about Retroduction as mixed-methods triangulation in economic research: Reorienting economics into social science.

Roots marketing: the marketing research opportunity (2007)
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Primary care professionals and social marketing of health in neighbourhoods: A case study approach to identify, target and communicate with ‘at risk’ populations (2007)
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Aim: In this article the authors illustrate using a case study approach how primary care professionals can use the combination of geodemographic data with hospital episode statistics (HES) to predict the location of people yat risk’ of diabetes melli... Read More about Primary care professionals and social marketing of health in neighbourhoods: A case study approach to identify, target and communicate with ‘at risk’ populations.

Are penalty shootouts racist? (2007)
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Review of Altstiel, T. and Grow, J. (2006). Advertising Strategy: Creative Tactics from the Outside/In. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. (2007)
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Review of Lattimore, D. Baskin, O. Geiman, S. T. Toth, E. L. and Van Leuven, J. K. (2004). Public Relations. The profession and the practice. Boston: McGraw Hill. (2007)
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Does the marketing curriculum reflect the importance of services marketing to practitioners? (2007)
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Given the growth of the service sector and the increased importance of service marketing thinking for practitioners we are interested in learning how far this development is reflected within the marketing curriculum delivered within UK universities.... Read More about Does the marketing curriculum reflect the importance of services marketing to practitioners?.

Degrees of separation: Technological interactivity and account management (2007)
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Purpose - There has been an increasing application of remote technology to customer service. This research, from business-to-business financial services, seeks to gain insight and understanding into how the supplier/customer relationship and account... Read More about Degrees of separation: Technological interactivity and account management.

The determinants of trade credit demand: Survey evidence and empirical analysis (2007)
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A comparison of barcoding and RFID technologies in practice (2007)
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This research paper highlights inconsistencies in the way Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is compared to existing barcoding technology and the lack of empirical evidence to support one’s superiority over the other. Reference is drawn to the way... Read More about A comparison of barcoding and RFID technologies in practice.

Introduction to hierarchy of strategy: The state of play (2007)
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An empirical re-evaluation of consumer disadvantage (2007)
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Consumer disadvantage, concerned with inequality in the market place, is a topic that has attracted waves of interest for over 30 years. Despite recent, renewed interest among academics in marketing and related disciplines, it remains to be clearly c... Read More about An empirical re-evaluation of consumer disadvantage.

Project hindsight: Exploring necessity and possibility in cycles of structuration and co-evolution (2007)
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The successful management of strategic change requires an understanding of which moves are possible in specific contexts, and thus of how specific contexts variously require, forbid, or permit certain organizational or policy actions. Appreciation of... Read More about Project hindsight: Exploring necessity and possibility in cycles of structuration and co-evolution.

Front-line managers as agents in the HRM-performance causal chain: Theory, analysis and evidence (2007)
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Research on the link between HRM and organisational performance has neglected the role of front-line managers, yet it is these managers who are increasingly charged with the implementation of many HR practices. Using an employee survey in 12 'excelle... Read More about Front-line managers as agents in the HRM-performance causal chain: Theory, analysis and evidence.

Commercial media literacy: what does it do, to whom—and does it matter? (2007)
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Commercially sponsored media literacy initiatives aimed at educating children about the persuasive nature of advertising are evaluated against implicit theories underlying their use, criticisms of the motivation behind their implementation, and effec... Read More about Commercial media literacy: what does it do, to whom—and does it matter?.

Collective guilt as a force for change (2007)
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Systems psychodynamics scholars and practitioners believe that when people assemble for a task, two forms of mental activity occur simultaneously: The task-oriented work group and the anxiety-fueled basic assumption group. Much has been written about... Read More about Collective guilt as a force for change.

The role of universities in the evolution of the Triple Helix culture of innovation network: The case of Malaysia (2007)
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Using a qualitative and a case study approach, this paper examines the role of the Malaysian universities and their social relationships with government and industry in the light of the statist, laissez-faire and hybrid characters of the Triple Helix... Read More about The role of universities in the evolution of the Triple Helix culture of innovation network: The case of Malaysia.