Management Decision: Volume 29 Issue 1

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Defining Product Value in Industrial Markets

N. Mohan Reddy

The search for a better grasp of the what, why and how of productvalue is analogous to the quest for the Holy Grail. Just when you thinkthat you finally have a handle on it, the…

Seeing is Being: The Natural Way to Success

Harry Alder

Orthodox management science has underestimated the power ofcreative thinking and the use of mental imaging techniques in goalachievement. In the world of sport a range of…

Pricing for International Business Development

Richard A. Lancioni

Pricing is a primary factor in international business success.Conventional price definitions are too narrow and a wider definition,taking account of intangible as well as tangible…

Should Companies Support Causes: A Strategic Analysis

Alf H. Walle

If marketers are to devise campaigns and marketing mixes which areintended to influence those consumers who espouse social, political andenvironmental causes, they need an…

Second‐Generation Entrepreneurs: Passing the Baton in the Privately Held Company

Richard L. Osborne

The succession of second‐generation entrepreneurs to control of thefamily business created by their fathers is a challenging, oftenunsatisfactory process. A study of ten…

The Whys and Wherefores of New Technology Adoption

David A. Preece

Given the inherent flexibility of new technology, there is a rangeof possibilities for its utilisation in organisations. This implies, forexample, that alternatives for…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb054826. When citing the article, please…

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The “Alignment” Theory: Creating Strategic Fit

Norman H. Chorn

It should be recognised that any strategy or management style isappropriate only in a particular set of circumstances, therefore thesearch for universally applicable strategies…

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An Ethical Framework for Purchasing Decisions

Paula J. Haynes, Marilyn M. Helms

As the importance of the purchasing function in corporationsincreases, there has been a concurrent increase in the importance ofethics in the purchasing environment. The…

The Marketing Strategy Continuum: Towards a Marketing Concept for the 1990s

Christian Grönroos

In this article the marketing strategy continuum concept ispresented and a number of marketing and management consequences arediscussed. It demonstrates the need for a marketing…

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Cover of Management Decision

ISSN:

0025-1747

Online date, start – end:

1967

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Brandon Randolph-Seng (Editor-in-Chief)