To compete successfully in the global market, firms are adopting ew technologies and manufacturing strategies. The Just‐in‐Time (JIT) philosophy and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) are two recent developments that can help these firms. The success of JIT depends on timely and effective...

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is rapidly becoming integrated in a wide range of businesses. EDI usage is expected to increase in the immediate future. This high growth in a potentially paperless environment presents a variety of security risks, such as disclosure of messages, tampering with...

As the use of inter‐organizational information systems such as electronic data interchange (EDI) increases, it becomes important to determine what impact, if any, their adoption has on different functions of an organization. Since the purchasing function is among one of the most affected by...

Evaluation of strategic alternatives is an important task for strategic managers. This is a difficult task due to inherent complexities of the evaluation process and lack of structures information. The evaluation process must consider external opportunities and threats, an internal strengths and...

The amount of information involved in strategic decision making and the computational limitations of human decision makers makes strategy selection a difficult task. Various approaches from sheer intuition to computerized decision systems have been proposed for strategy selection. In this paper...

Qualitatively identifies unique features of the research and development (R&D) work environment in productive organizations. Synthesizes strategies for the R&D manager and suggests the application of total quality management (TQM) principles as a template for effectively meeting research,...

Total quality management (TQM) represents a major philosophical revolution in the management of organizations. Compared with industries, academia has lagged behind in the adoption of the TQM principles. One of the most critical challenges to the business schools is to provide students with a...