... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Strategic management Business strategy Electronic commerce Physical platform Virtual platform Organizational capacity Slack resource Retail industry Accordingly, this study examines the relationships among slack and capacity, platform type...

... tend to resemble “prenuptial agreements”. The opportunity for relational rent (e.g. manifested in higher export revenues) grows if conventional contracts are superseded by contracts following strategic contracting principles. Strategic management Governance Partnering Intermediaries...

... as a marketing instrument. Originality/value The paper provides a useful multidimensional perspective on what the future may hold for trade shows. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Trade fairs Strategic management Decision making Trade shows have been essential sales...

... by the interviewees. Altogether 16 managers in the lining industry and ten managers in the rack and pinion industry were interviewed. Competitive strategy Co‐operation Industrial marketing Networks Strategic management Sweden Business networks An action‐reaction pattern arises as competitors...

...George T. Haley; Chin‐Tiong Tan Strategic management in Asia is different. Decision‐making differs from that taught in Western, and even Asian, schools of business. In the last decade, the influence of Japanese management systems on Western management practice has become evident. Though...

... New technology Organizational performance Strategic management Gaining and sustaining competitive advantage is the overarching objective of business marketing strategy. Leading work in strategic management (Porter, 1980, 1985) has defined three paths to sustainable competitive advantage...

... making Industrial purchasing Purchasing Strategic management The buyclass framework introduced by Robinson et al. (1967) provides a simple yet coherent model of industrial buying behavior. The popularity of this framework can be attributed to the parsimonious nature of its...

... strategic management objectives. The Strategic Marketing Planning Framework, presented in this article, consists of two major components: marketing policy investigation and an integration model. Marketing policy investigation is defined as a process of data collection consisting of an analysis...

... offered in the expanding industrial and business service market. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Customer service Service Servicing Strategic management STRATEGIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT Rick Roscitt I. Robert Parket The concept of the manufacturers' role in providing service for the products...