...Srichandan Sahu; K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao Purpose To assess the state of supply chain management (SCM) research in India and to understand the research trends and methodologies used. The present study also aims to create a taxonomy of the subject areas researched in India. Design/methodology...

.... (2) Sales interface: direct customer order intake, shopping registration of individual readers; indirect via Associates. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Internet Business development Case studies Success Methodology Today, the Internet and electronic commerce (EC...

.... In this paper a need for a developmental evolution in benchmarking is also observed. A number of potential directions and enablers are defined based on current practice and emerging mechanisms for agility and benchmarking. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Agility Benchmarking Methodology Manufacturing...

...Aguinaldo Santos; James A. Powell; John Hinks This paper presents a methodological contribution to benchmarking studies of production practices. It presents some of the main findings gathered from a benchmarking study developed between UK and Brazilian construction sites. The study was carried out...

...Nina L Reynolds This paper looks at the methodology adopted for international marketing research by commercial marketing research agencies. It considers the actual practices used by providers of commercial international marketing research, and reveals that while most commercial researchers...

... in the association literature, Web page creation, survey printing, mailing of instruments, and data analysis/reporting. A sample timeline for phase two is shown in Table II . © MCB UP Limited 2000 Benchmarking Methodology Project management Although comparative data have been used for many...

...Sergio Beretta; Andrea Dossi; Hugh Grove In this article it is contended that methodological issues implicit in benchmarking studies have to be clearly appreciated by management in assessing the reliability of performance gaps and the identification of sound practices that can be successfully...

... Methodology Successful companies in every industry engage in a variety of practices, which lead to achievement of high level performance. Benchmarking is one of the most recent methodologies that has emerged in corporate attempts to gain and maintain competitive advantage. Benchmarking provides...

... base in research approaches, many of which result in inapplicable or irrelevant strategy formulations. Aims to provide a framework for researching strategy formulation and implementation which avoids full predefinition of research objectives and methodology, but which rather allows them to emerge...