...William Y. Degbey; Elina Pelto Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the forms of change that horizontal and vertical mergers and acquisitions (M&As) may evoke in acquired firms’ customer networks. M&As have increasingly become a dominant mechanistic growth path,pursued...

...Gerry Johnson The propositions and arguments from a study of the management of strategic change are summarised, and the argument that an understanding of the cultural and cognitive realities of strategic management is central to the process is put forward. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Change...

...Richard Whipp The research sees the nature of management as a critical aspect of competitiveness. It outlines an approach to strategic change and competitiveness which highlights both the linkages involved and the central role of management. Management Research News Volume 11 No. 1/2 27...

...Michael Cross An assessment of the first six years of a ten‐year research programme of the costs and benefits derived from making organisational and job content changes in engineering maintenance. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Change Company performance Engineering industry 20 Engineering...

...Gill Ursell An empirical and theoretical investigation into the factors responsible for the changes in the fortunes of British Labour in relation to State and capital. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Change Labour United Kingdom 32 State, Capital and Labour Changing Patterns of Power...

...Anthony E. Smith Research into how management and non‐manual unions at workplace level met the challenges posed by the economic recession and technical change. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Change Industrial relations White collar unions 6 Technical Change Non-Manual Unions and Management...

...Richard K. Brown A paper drawn on research in the shipbuilding industry and on a number of projects concerned with attitudes to employment and the changing nature of labour markets and of patterns of employment. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Careers Change Labour market 40 Careers...

...David A. Preece The research project is centred on examining how new technology comes to be used in certain ways and for certain purposes, by focusing on the pre‐installation stages. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Change Management Technological innovation 50 Management Research News Volume...

...Angela Abell The role of the library in any field is changing and developing. The impetus for change must come from the librarian rather than the employer, whose view of change may be rather narrow. Increasingly the industrial library's role will be close involvement in the organisation's business...