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Supply chain leagility in professional services: how to apply decoupling point concept in healthcare delivery system

Rahimnia, Fariborz; Moghadasian, Mahdi - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 15 (2010) 1, pp. 80-91

Purpose – This paper aims to show how leagility can be applied in professional services, especially hospitals. Design/methodology/approach – The case study approach was used to consider the concept of leagility in professional services. Therefore, it studies a specialized hospital in Iran as...

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Knowledge pays: evidence from a law firm

Forstenlechner, Ingo; Lettice, Fiona; Bourne, Mike - In: Journal of Knowledge Management 13 (2009) 1, pp. 56-68

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an empirical study to analyse the impact of the introduction of knowledge management (KM) practices on the financial performance of a multinational law firm and to refine the KM Balanced Scorecard being used by the organisation....

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Loose coupling as an inhibitor of internal customer knowledge transfer: findings from an empirical study in B‐to‐B professional services

Nätti, Satu; Ojasalo, Jukka - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 23 (2008) 3, pp. 213-223

Purpose – The knowledge of inhibitors of internal customer knowledge transfer in b‐to‐b professional service organizations is still in its infancy. Previous literature on professional service organizations has focused on knowledge processes on a general level without paying closer...

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Media analysis: what is it worth?

Dowling, Grahame; Weeks, Warren - In: Journal of Business Strategy 32 (2011) 1, pp. 26-33

Purpose – Now more than ever, businesses need to understand what the media is saying about them. The authors describe three types of media analysis: salience and sentiment analysis; theme and contradiction analysis; and problem and solution analysis, the first two of which are routinely...

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Interorganizational cooperation: the structural aspect of nurturing trust

Tubin, Dorit; Levin‐Rozalis, Miri - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 21 (2008) 7, pp. 704-722

Purpose – Interorganizational cooperation (IOC) is like harnessing a swan, a crab, and a pike to a single wagon and still expecting it to go. One issue that appears significant under such conditions is building trust and inscribing it into the structure of IOC. The purpose of this study is to...

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Well paid but undervalued and overworked : The highs and lows of being a junior lawyer in a leading law firm

Forstenlechner, Ingo; Lettice, Fiona - In: Employee Relations 30 (2008) 6, pp. 640-652

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine what motivates junior lawyers to join a “Top 5” law firm, to understand their job and career expectations and whether or not these are being met during their employment in the firm. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was delivered...

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Lakdinu Electronics Company: a teaching case on relevant costs in an outsourcing decision

Kanthi Herath, Siriyama - In: Journal of Management Development 25 (2006) 3, pp. 285-294

Purpose – To increase students' knowledge of differential analysis and its application in an outsourcing decision … different purposes is essential for business decision making. Any outsourcing decision should encompass both quantitative and … outsourcing decision. Originality/value – The article creates a practical approach for instructors to explain the use of …

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An analysis of knowledge outsourcing at Eduware

Lam, Wing; Chua, Alton Y.K. - In: Aslib Proceedings 61 (2009) 5, pp. 424-435

Purpose – This paper introduces the notion of knowledge outsourcing (KO) where external knowledge providers (KP …

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Insights from a logistics partnership

House, Robert G.; Stank, Theodore P. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 1, pp. 16-20

Highlights insights gained from five years of operating experience in a logistics partnership between a large US retailer and a provider of international logistical service. The insights gained from this partnership show that a third‐party logistics provider can help a firm achieve substantial...

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Minding other people’s business: perspectives on outsourcing at Bradford & Bingley

Hancock, John; Oates, Steven - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 2, pp. 58-60

Illustrates the scope of the benefits resulting from a strategic partnership approach to outsourcing, as opposed to the …‐generating core business while outsourcing its peripheral functions to Alistair McIntosh Limited. …

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