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Change-Dominant Characteristic of the 21st Century and Essential Factor for Organizational Success
2013
Abstract This paper aims to bring to the forefront change, because it is known that this dominant characteristic of the third millennium has a major impact on the business world, on organizations and on management. In this context, the organizations of the future are changing organizations, they are organizations whose managers have understood the necessity of implementing change and have accepted without reserve the reality that progress requires change.
Business agreements objectives and decisions: a field research
2013
PurposeMany research studies in operations management (OM) and strategic management (SM) investigate how different kinds of firm decisions regarding business relationships can positively affect a firm's operations performance, resource endowment, and competitive position. Very few studies exist, however, that have attempted to illuminate the actual behaviors of managers when making strategic decisions about their intercompany relationships; rather, most existing studies focus on normative theory. The purpose of this paper is to explore linkages between the “set” of strategic objectives that managers are willing to pursue, the “set” of networking decisions they make, and the “set” of busines…