... Competitive strategy Benetton Low-cost retailers Supplier relations Zara It all started with a yellow jumper. Back in the 1960s, Italian men typically wore dark-colored sweaters under a jacket. So when his friends asked if they could have a brightly colored jumper like the one his sister made...

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...M. Hales © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Manufacturing Organizations Procurement Sourcing Supplier relations Supply-chain management Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 28, Issue 3 Hales M., Zeranski O. and Disteldorf H...

...K. Zwolinski © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Distribution management Organizations Sourcing Supplier relations Supply chain management United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 27, Issue 2 Zwolinski K. Logistics...

...D. Meikle © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Marketing strategy Organizations Procurement Sourcing Supplier relations United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 26, Issue 11 Meikle D. Supply Management, May 2010...

... can remove this threat and, ultimately if indirectly, save money. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Budgetary control Financial reporting Supply‐chain management Supplier relations Recycling The economic crisis is focussing business minds very sharply on how to make...

...R. Ballard © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Construction industry Distribution management Organizations Sourcing Supplier relations Supply chain management United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 26, Issue 9 Ballard...

...G.L. Frazier © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Decision making Information strategy Supplier relations Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 26, Issue 1 Frazier G.L. , Maltz E. , Antia K.D. , Rindfleisch A. Journal...

...G. Ord Keywords: Decision making, Information strategy, Supplier relations © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Decision making Information strategy Supplier relations Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 26, Issue 1 Ord G...

..., focuses on business activity as a network of relationships that require continuous hands‐on management. The technique Deloitte developed is called the relationship portfolio (RP) and involves three linked processes: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Corporate strategy Supplier...

... of Booz Allen Hamilton and Professor Ranjay Gulati of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Organizational structure Customer orientation Product development Supplier relations Outsourcing Importance of networking Managers and business theorists have long talked...