SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from June 2008

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from June 2008

Creating globally competitive and innovative products: China's next Olympic challenge.
June 22, 2008... Introduction "Do less, make fewer mistakes, do nothing, make no mistakes"--Traditional Chinese saying. Building innovativeness into the business culture is imperative in today's competitive environment. Recommendations for encouraging...

Information technology and electronic information: an ethical dilemma.(Report)
June 22, 2008... Background and Purpose Information technology (IT) ethics play a new and important role in the 21st century. However, concern over ethical uses of computer technology is not new. The historical basis is rich and well-documented, including...

Toward operational excellence in franchising: achieving synergy, adding value, and security competitive advantage by exploiting entrepreneurial traits and core competencies.(Report)
June 22, 2008... Introduction and Background Franchising is one of the rapidly growing industrial sectors in Western economies. According to Beshel, B. (2005), based on a survey in 2003 by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the U.S.-based International Franchise...

Bridging the gap from concept to prototype: a case study.
June 22, 2008... Introduction Product development in the corporate setting is vastly different from a small entrepreneurial venture. Generally, large organizations focus large amounts of development resources competing against incumbents in terms of...

Cost reductions, downsizing-related layoffs, and HR practices.
June 22, 2008... Introduction Organizational decimation, or downsizing, has been a pervasive managerial practice for the past three decades. If a firm finds itself in financial difficulties, the widely accepted corporate panacea has been to cut personnel....