SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from September 2001

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from September 2001

From the editor-in-chief.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
September 22, 2001... The five articles in this issue address technology and risk management, supply chain management, virtual venturing, the role of handwriting analysis in hiring, and the normative approach to business leadership. In the first article, Michael E....

Applications of technology and risk management.
September 22, 2001... Introduction: Change, Technology, and Risk Management One of the inherent difficulties with production and operations management, operations research, and program management and control is that nothing ever remains the same -- everything...

From raw materials to customers: Supply chain management in the service industry.
September 22, 2001... Supply chain management (SCM) is a familiar concept in manufacturing, but service industries are just now recognizing the value of successfully implementing it. Although certain concepts should be applied while successfully managing a supply...

Virtual venturing and entry barriers: Redefining the strategic landscape.
September 22, 2001... Introduction Firms wishing to enter markets dominated by established firms frequently must overcome a variety of competitive barriers including economies of scale, capital requirements, access to distribution channels, product...

The write stuff: What the evidence says about using handwriting analysis in hiring.
September 22, 2001... Introduction In 1994, Stanford business professor Jeffrey Pfeffer wrote what has since become a widely read book on the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and organizational success called Competitive Advantage...

The hidden force: A critique of normative approaches to business leadership.
September 22, 2001... Capitalist reality is first and last a process of change. Competition . . . strikes not at the margins of. . . firms but at their foundations and their very lives. Joseph A. Schumpeter Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy He who...