...Sabine B. Reddy; Ram Reddy Using a case study in the temporary services industry, this paper illustrates the common concerns of large multinational corporations with their legacy information systems. The paper uses the popular concept of the organizational life cycle to demonstrate how and when...

... studies of five Japanese multinational companies in Singapore, explores their ability to use or adapt practices employed in Japan. Concludes that, on the whole, the companies successfully sought to modify features of the Singaporean environment to suit Japanese manufacturing methods, though they were...

... Manufacturing Multinationals Product development Product range Market segmentation Strategy More worrying to some, however, are the year‐on‐year comparisons at a micro level which show the growth in the number of trademarks, for example, which were registered for products with practically...

... potential problems in terms not only of accounting software techniques but also of the provision of meaningful management information," says Mark Lane. "The differences can make it difficult for multinational companies to assess the true performance of subsidiaries, managers or products located in different...

..., promised delivery date, quantity ordered and completed. It is efficient in use. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Computer systems Manufacturing industry Multinationals Production management 14 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS 90,2 A case study outlining a garment manufacturer's installation...

...Tigineh Mersha A case study is presented of a Dutch multinational′s introduction of a consumer product to rural Ethiopia based on the author′s direct experiences as an employee of the company. How the company stimulated the demand for sugar by effectively responding to the unique environmental...