SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from March 2006

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from March 2006

From the Editor-in-Chief.(Editorial)
March 22, 2006... This issue includes six articles addressing the supply chain, e-business strategy, self-directed learning in five countries, proactive reification, common problems of early growth small businesses, and employee receptivity to international...

The produce-process matrix revisited: integrating supply chain trade-offs.
March 22, 2006... Introduction The product-process matrix, developed by Hayes and Wheelwright in 1979 was designed to show the trade-offs in operations and marketing by linking product plans and process choices. The model is based on traditional trade-offs...

The role of knowledge and capability evaluation in e-Business strategy: an integrative approach and case illustration.
March 22, 2006... Introduction For most firms, ignoring e-business means losing an opportunity to gain competitive advantage in the digital age (Czerniawska and Potter, 1998). Yet, e-business initiatives are often perceived as risky and challenging,...

Culture, self-directed learning readiness, and per capita income in five countries.
March 22, 2006... Increasing global competition and the growth in international business, juxtaposed with constant and increasing rates of change, place new demands on management to implement effective models of human resource development across cultures. Within...

Proactive reification: shifting market structure and enrepreneurship.
March 22, 2006... Introduction Beer and Impact, Texas West Texas was parched and dry in many ways in 1960. The temperature was 106 degrees Fahrenheit by June (NOAA, 2005), and liquor sales were illegal in the almost 15,000 square mile area surrounding...

Determining the common problems of early growth small businesses in Eastern North Carolina.
March 22, 2006... Introduction Small businesses play a prominent role in the national economy by providing job growth, technological innovation, economic diversity, increased local spending, and greater regional loyalty (Luke, Ventriss, Reed and Reed,...

Here we go again: how a family's cross-cultural and repatriation adjustment: relates to the employee's receptivity to future international assignments.
March 22, 2006... Expatriates play an important role in the global strategies of many organizations by filling a skill gap in a foreign business operation, transferring management expertise or corporate culture, starting up new operations, and coordinating...