Chapter 1. GTEC Service, Consulting and Training -- Chapter 2. The Purchasing Manager’s Challenges in Asia -- Chapter 3. Asian Supplier Productivity Diagnosis -- Chapter 4. Supplier Development in Asia in 5 Steps -- Chapter 5. The Purchasing Organization of The Future -- Chapter 6. Cost Break...

This paper aims to develop a proposal for implementing the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in a large Portuguese company that operates in the textile sector, intending to promote its subsequent implementation. Through a qualitative research approach, a case study was carried out, using interviews,...

The firm is the central actor for the effectuation of innovation and technological change. The large industrial laboratories of the previous century have given way to more organizationally and geographically diffuse sources of technology, placing even greater emphasis on the coordination skills...