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SUMMARYRecent experience of unsuccessful implementation of integrated advanced manufacturing technology suggests that much of the problem is due to a lack of innovation in organizational in parallel with the technological dimension. Discussion of this issue argues the need for some kind of ‘organizational learning’ to obtain the full benefits of AMT. This paper reviews the topic of organizational learning in technology and explores its relevance to the problem of AMT implementation through the case example of computer‐aided production management sy

ISSN:1045-3172    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8551.1993.tb00060.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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SUMMARYThis article examines the problems of information asymmetry associated with the market provision of managerial services. Such problems are heightened by those characteristics which differentiate services from goods. Two unique, and central, characteristics of services, are intangibility and perishability. These create special problems for the market provision of services. In particular they make for difficulties in assessing quality; whereas the producer may know product quality, the buyer often does not. The asymmetry between sellers and buyers is of two types: Adverse selection and moral hazard. Adverse selection occurs when the buyer cannot observe the relevant characteristics of the seller or the conditions under which they work. The problem of moral hazard is the buyer's inability to observe the action taken by the sellers. If these difficulties are not overcome, the market could collapse as companies withdraw and internalize service provision. However, each market has a number of in‐built mechanisms which remedy the harmful effects associated with information‐related problems. The institutional arrangements which predominate in particular markets are dependent upon the trust‐producing mechanisms within those markets. Consequently, market responses to information asymmetries are far from uniform. The argument is illustrated using the example of the executive recruitment industry. In this respect the paper is a highly focused study of those mechanisms which overcome information asymmetries in one service m

ISSN:1045-3172    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8551.1993.tb00061.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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SUMMARYMajor investment decisions are an important factor shaping strategic change in complex organisations. Traditionally, they have been primarily regarded as the domain of financial theory, with a few notable exceptions. This paper explores how the apparent gulf between strategic and financial appraisal of major investment decisions can be bridged. The approach taken in this research study was to explore linkages between strategic and financial appraisal from managers' own perspectives. These perspectives were examined through a learning process. This enabled managers to reflect and debate on their experiences and issues ‐ upon both strategic and financial theory(s). Unlike many prior studies, this research took a qualitative approach to data analysis and interpretation. This yielded a range of insights ‐ some of these amplified findings in earlier research studies; others suggested a more radical shift in thinking on strategic/financial appraisal linkages towards a closer fusion of the two discipli

ISSN:1045-3172    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8551.1993.tb00062.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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SUMMARYThe product life cycle (PLC) has represented a central element of marketing theory for four decades. Following its development in the 1950s, and its subsequent popularization in the 1960s, it has remained a stable feature of marketing teaching; despite evidence of its limited applicability and the growing awareness, amongst leading academics at least, of its flawed nature. This paper critically re‐examines its practical value in the light of the 20‐year history of 929 brands spread across 150 fast‐moving consumer goods (FMCG) markets in the UK. The main conclusion is that the ‘life cycle’ of the brand leaders is indeed more stable, and much longer, than some of the previous work might have suggested; and that the PLC would have predicted. As a credible aid to marketing decisions the brand life cycle is, therefore, of little value in the majority of FMCG markets ‐ and cannot justify its long‐held position as a theory that has general practical applicability across the whole field

ISSN:1045-3172    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8551.1993.tb00063.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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Books reviewed in this article:V. WALSH, R. ROY, M. BRUCE, and S. POTTERWinning by DesignROBERT K. CONYNE and JAMES M. O'NEILLOrganisational Consultation: A CasebookM. ALVESSON AND H. WILLMOTTCritical Management Studies

ISSN:1045-3172    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8551.1993.tb00064.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY