Breaking away from the past: strategies of successful Polish firms
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Leading Polish firms have implemented various strategies in order to move away successfully from the past and adapt to the new, market-based economy. Many of the strategies have common features, particularly the fact that managers made clear strategic choices rather than waiting for strategies to emerge. Successful companies also showed a bias for action, with rapid decisions and actions. However, after learning how to operate in a market economy, the firms followed different strategic directions. Source profiles Gazeta Wyborcza, Ambra S.A., PWE and Szczecin Shipyard.
Publication Name: European Management Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0263-2373
Year: 1996
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Thinking about quality and its links with strategic management
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The study of quality management has often focused on quality as a function of the production or marketing of the business, and not on it as a key component of business activity which warrants strategic management practice. Many issues concerning quality are raised when a strategic approach is adopted, such as the effectiveness of operations and production in terms of strategy implementation, and marketing theories based around competition.
Publication Name: European Management Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0263-2373
Year: 1996
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The rivalry matrix: understanding rivalry and competitive dynamics
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Research is presented concerning the development of a rivalry matrix which can be used to explore issues of competitive rivalry in business. Case studies which give examples of competitive dynamics are discussed.
Publication Name: European Management Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0263-2373
Year: 2000
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