... H1. TQM has a positive impact on CS in Palestinian manufacturing organizations. H2. TQM positively impacts CSR activities in Palestinian manufacturing organizations. Corporate strategy Customer requirements Environmental management Manufacturing Social responsibility...

...Maria Vincenza Ciasullo; Orlando Troisi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how a small to medium‐size enterprise (SME) in Campania (Italy) integrated sustainability into its corporate strategy, and how its sustainable corporate strategies reflect on intangible assets. Design...

... peculiar features far from “conventional managerial wisdom” but which do not compromise these firms' competitiveness. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Business enterprise Companies Corporate strategy Economic models In recent years the pursuit of a new enterprise model has...

... at: johan.lilja@miun.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Business enterprise Innovation Value chain Corporate strategy Customer orientation A new type of business offering is currently gaining much attention, a type which in some aspects appears to be distinct from the traditional...

... 2010 Strategic management Performance management Corporate strategy Critical success factors Strategy formulation is usually regarded as the exclusive domain of senior management because it rewards creativity – the most admired and valued of all intellectual pursuits (Raffoni, 2003...

... food sector in order to draw information about the revised ISO 9001:2000 standard. Fotis K. Vouzas can be contacted at: vouzas@uom.gr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 ISO 9000 series Food industry Corporate strategy Greece Quality of products and services is a major...

...Edward D. Arnheiter; Jean E. Greenland Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that management decision making and corporate strategy must start by questioning all prior assumptions and arguments, while focusing on simple fundamental truths. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

... environment Quality awareness Corporate strategy All of these efforts and choices must be oriented to “close the economic loop”, no more in the sense of cradle‐to‐grave, but in the sense of cradle‐to‐cradle, where competitiveness of companies will be achieved by primarily considering the needs...

... to it. Suggests four stages in achieving total quality and urges persistence even through periods of apparent stagnation. Offers ways of maintaining confidence in the TQM process. Corporate strategy Productivity Strategic evaluation TQM © MCB UP Limited 1991 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT MAINTAINING...