The intelligent enterprise a new paradigm
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The future success of both manufacturing and service companies will depend less on managing physical assets and more on developing and using intellectual resources. Today, physical factors rarely give a firm a maintainable competitive edge: instead, firms need to develop depth in service activities which cannot be exceeded or duplicated, for example market awareness, know-how, skill sets or information-distribution systems. This means that strategic focus must be redefined to mean focusing on achieving a competitive edge in a firm's selected core service activities.
Publication Name: The Academy of Management Executive
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0896-3789
Year: 1992
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Managing corporate culture through reward systems
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An elaborate discussion of the strategies involved in managing corporate culture through reward systems is presented. By studying a sample of companies which have adopted the reward systems, the impacts of the system on cultural values are analyzed. The role of the system in corporate strategies is also examined.
Publication Name: The Academy of Management Executive
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0896-3789
Year: 2005
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The intelligent enterprise: a new paradigm
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It is pointed out that the efficacy of strategic planning in business is determined by the management of intellectual resources. Effective strategic planning does not depend on physical assets. The notion of disaggregating corporate activities into manageable service activities is discussed elaborately.
Publication Name: The Academy of Management Executive
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0896-3789
Year: 2005
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