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AbstractThe relationship between formality of planning procedures and financial performance was examined for a sample of small U.S. banks. Small banks without formal planning systems performed equally with small, formal planners. Regardless of formality, each set of banks placed equal emphasis on all aspects of strategic decision‐making except formalized goals and objectives. Results suggest that managers responsible for strategic planning activity in smaller organizations do not appear to benefit from a highly formalized planning process, extensive written documentation, or the use of mission and goal identification as the beginning of a strategic planning proces

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040302

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis paper draws on an extensive array of theoretical and empirical studies covering a variety of industries in the U.S. and elsewhere in order: (a) to review common shortcomings found in evaluating technological innovations both before and after adoption, as well as in generating proposals for new innovations; and (b) to suggest means of improving each of these efforts.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040303

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractWhereas much is known about the relationships between strategy and structure, and between environment and structure, too little is known about a third link—the relationship between strategy‐making and environment. An empirical study was conducted upon two distinct samples of firms. We hypothesized that increases in environmental dynamism, hostility and heterogeneity should be related to specific changes in the amount of analysis and innovation which characterizes strategy‐making activity. Most of these relationships tended to be much stronger in successful than in unsuccessful samples of

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040304

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis paper expands the notion of extended rivalry as cross‐industry relations within the chain of production and distribution, and argues that firm power resides in the exclusivity and essentiality of the firm's function in the chain. A cross‐section of U.S. manufacturing firms representing components for finished goods, capital goods, and supplies or consumable products is examined. The analysis of the three industry groups by simultaneous equation estimation provides general support for the hypothesis that firm power, as expressed in inter‐industry transactions, and industry structure, is associated with firm profitab

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040305

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThere is a growing interest in understanding the way in which firms' marketing and manufacturing policies interact. The studies carried out so far have almost entirely concerned themselves with goods‐producing organizations. However this paper suggests that these studies also provide useful insights into the problems faced by service firms in organizing themselves efficiently. Furthermore it suggests that a distinctive problem faced by such firms is that adaption of their organizations may have a significant effect upon consumers' perceptions of the service they offer. The paper first outlines some investigators' views of the link between marketing and manufacturing and follows this by discussing the concept of ‘production’, ‘delivery’ and ‘consumption’ of services.A brief consideration of the pressures for change which particularly impinge upon service firms precedes a discussion of the problems, and apparent contradictions, whch are linked with the concepts of standardization and personalization of services. The paper concludes with three examples of the iss

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040306

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractA direct methodology for the evaluation of strategic planning systems is illustrated, and contrasted with the indirect evaluation methodologies that have previously been used. The direct methodology involves twelve distinct varieties of assessment of the goals, inputs, outputs, feedback mechanisms, and impacts of the planning system that are made in terms of the system's goals as well as various bodies of external standards.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040307

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractA method is presented for analysing the stock market's implicit assessment of relative strategic position in an industry. The market's overall perception of strategic position is obtained by comparing the value of future growth potential to that of the existing earnings stream for each company. More detail is extracted by using the quality and quantity of future growth, implicit in the relative value of future growth, as a measure of competitive position and product market outlook respectively. The method is applied to a sample of firms from the computer and data processing industry.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040308

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040309

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040311

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250040312

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY