Showing papers in "European Management Journal in 1988"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the main motives driving corporations to servitization, and point out that its cumulative effects are changing the competitive dynamics in which managers will have to operate.

TL;DR: In this paper, three common usages of the word "leadership" are discussed: influence on individuals, influence on others, and influence on specific jobs or tasks, through "micro" and "meta" leadership.

TL;DR: Bessant and Haywood as mentioned in this paper reviewed some experience with one example of such technology-flexible manufacturing systems - drawing particularly on research in the UK, the Federal Republic of Germany and Sweden.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the decision of importers based in developed countries to purchase their goods from developing countries, and the factors which influence this decision were classified into price-related, non-price related and mixed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess current trends in relation to the last 20 years and detect several new features: the changing nature of the aggressor, the urge to merge in foreign markets, and the tendency for companies to integrate within existing industry boundaries rather than diversifying into new sectors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss marketing justifications for international countertrade and also offer some explanations for the recent upsurge in countertrade, and support the theory that the market for international marketing expertise is imperfect, and the imbalance of international marketing know-how can be used to advantage by two or more parties through a CT arrangement.

TL;DR: Papalexandris as mentioned in this paper argued that the core of the problem is managerial performance, and that it could be improved by careful attention to the ways in which managerial resources are acquired and developed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the main causes of losing entrepreneurial sparkle in companies and their proven remedies, showing that most companies lose the entrepreneurial spirit that made them successful in the first place.

TL;DR: It is argued that the racing tide of development of information technology is not matched by its social and user acceptance and application, and innovation in novel telecommunications must take careful account of social and cultural adaptation rates in national and international institutions and markets.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of computers in marketing management is examined, examining some current literature on computers and marketing decision support systems (MDSS), and the results of a survey to gauge the extent to which computers are being used by marketing management in Europe, and explore the potential for accelerating the process of integrating computer technology into marketing manager's job.

TL;DR: This paper pointed out that, away from the hype, a good deal of the Single European Market (SEM) programme has been in place for some time and that attitudes and institutions in business must be developed to achieve the destiny of European integration.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors have suggested that different contexts possess different key success factors; and that the more similar two contexts are, the more closely related their key factors will be.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the transformation produced by the shaker-and-mover comes from success in performing the macro leadership role of path-finding and culture-building.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the importance of corporate identity design in corporate strategy, and particularly in the development of line managers, and the future lies in identifying design more clearly and quantifying its effects.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored differing meanings of the term and concept of positioning in marketing and concluded that there are two different types of positions -market and product - and two different territories in which the positions are being observed or measured: the market place and the consumer's mind.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of manufacturing strategies of large companies in the three most important European countries is made, and the most important conclusion is that there are only slight differences between the three countries, one can see some difference in emphasis.

TL;DR: The European manager has a rich source of techniques and tools for IT, arising through collaboration, in the European Community's ESPRIT Programme in the years to come, but for the manager to make better use of his own information and knowledge needs and requirements and to really increase business performance, he will need more than just technology - he will needs a single European Market.

TL;DR: In this article, Timo Koski sets the stage by defining more clearly what is meant by high technology, and points out that it is by no means synonymous with the electronics industry, and relates corporate management, corporate strategy and competitive advantage to the information technology industry in Finland.

TL;DR: It is warned that basic research is likely to continue to decline in Europe as frontier technological research (in the medium term) and applications-oriented work (even shorter term) become the focus of attention, particularly by corporations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the author charts the best route for companies seeking alliances in the "new" Europe -that is the "single European Market" in which competition will be greatly increased as a result of the "1992" Directives.

TL;DR: A survey carried out among managers at Ashridge Management College as mentioned in this paper showed that there are indeed many potential advantages to be gained by using IT, provided that managers take appropriate steps, and that the advantages and difficulties of IT can be identified.

TL;DR: In a survey of over 1,500 top and middle managers, chief executives were found seriously wanting in critical areas that have been defined as key parts of the leadership equation for decades.