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Intercultural team maturity model: Unity, diversity, capability (2006)
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“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.

Transformation of the European auto industry: the future of lean (2006)
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In search of the drivers of high growth in manufacturing SMEs (2006)
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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.

E-commerce in manufacturing firms: panacea or myth? (2006)
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Lower costs driving SME competitive advantage (2006)
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Switch leadership in projects: An empirical study reflecting the importance of transformational leadership on project success across twenty-eight nations (2005)
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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
Mahatma Gandhi
This paper documents an empirical analysis of leadership in project management practices on 153 projects across 28 nations. This is a two-phase research st... Read More about Switch leadership in projects: An empirical study reflecting the importance of transformational leadership on project success across twenty-eight nations.

Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms (2005)
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Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms (2005)
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Drawing upon relevant concepts in organizational social theory (becoming ontology and processual view of complexity), and adopting an interpretative approach to studying organizational phenomena, this paper aims to make a contribution to the understa... Read More about Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms.

Joined up lean (2005)
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Author's views on a a lean process methodology for core competence understanding are highlighted. UK companies have been employing lean principles to great effect. They have been supported and guided in their efforts by programmes such as the UK Lean... Read More about Joined up lean.

Strategic planning - A comparison of high and low technology manufacturing small firms (2005)
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This paper contends that firms can be classified according to the level of technology deployed in their products and processes into two main types: high and low technology firms. The paper further contends that the level of technology deployed will i... Read More about Strategic planning - A comparison of high and low technology manufacturing small firms.

High performance: Ownership and decision-making in SMEs (2005)
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Purpose - To date there is a dearth of research on strategic decision-making in manufacturing small and medium sized firms. This research paper focuses on the key drivers of decision-making and organisational performance: ownership, decision-making (... Read More about High performance: Ownership and decision-making in SMEs.

From technology transfer to the emergence of a triple helix culture: The experience of Algeria in innovation and technological capability development (2005)
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Based on the post-independence industrialization experience of Algeria, this paper explores the need for and the challenges and prospects of shifts of policies and strategies from central planning to decentralization and liberalization; from a heavy... Read More about From technology transfer to the emergence of a triple helix culture: The experience of Algeria in innovation and technological capability development.

Counting the cost: ERP (2005)
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Is enterprise resource planning compatible with lean manufacturing - can push be reconciled with pull? (2005)
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Core competence: an enterprise analysis (2005)
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The link between leadership, strategy and performance in manufacturing SMEs (2005)
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Drivers of performance in small and medium sized organizations: An empirical assessment (2004)
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Implementation and maintenance in a lean environment (2004)
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The political economy of management knowledge transfer: Some insights from experience in Serbia and Montenegro (2004)
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Leadership and strategy: making it happen (2004)
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