Structuring Corporate Headquarters: An Investigation of Franchising

This article focuses on the structuring of the corporate headquarters in a franchise organization. Four essential issues that are related to franchisors organizational structure are discussed—homogeneity and heterogeneity of franchisors structure, company-owned and franchise arrangement, the dynamics between strategy and structure, and performing innovative and administrative functions simultaneously in the headquarters. Propositions are given for each issue. The results of qualitative analysis associated with each issue are discussed.     

港口供应链的构建及其管理初探

在全球供应链下,作为国际物流重要节点的港口也面临着激烈的竞争和挑战.在此情形下,本文将供应链管理的思想应用到港口生产营销中,整合国际海运物流渠道,构建集成化的港口供应链,以提升港口竞争力.     

房地产品牌战略的难点及误区

目前,房地产市场僧多粥少、竞争日益激烈,使得众多的房地产企业将品牌战略作为斩关夺隘的法宝,但在品牌的认识上和实施品牌战略的过程中,存在着相当的难点和误区,这对品牌的创立危害极大,只有深刻认识品牌的内涵,在对误区深刻认识的基础上,采取有效措施,才能最终成为真正的品牌。     

国际快递公司在华发展特点及启示

简要介绍了联邦快递、联合包裹、敦豪环球快递、荷兰天地快运四大国际快递公司在中国市场发展的特点及成功经验;指出我国目前物流快递业发展的诸多问题,提出有效应对措施与建议,提高我国快递企业的竞争力。     

知识经济的本质特征及对我国发展机遇的思考

本文在解析知识经济本质特征的基础上,分析了知识经济对我国发展带来的机遇和挑战,提出我国实施知识发展战略,应对知识经济挑战的必要性和具体途径,最后从增强吸收知识、获取知识、交流知识能力三方面提出了相关的政策建议。     

试论企业的终端营销攻略

本文分析了销售终端在企业经营战略中的重大意义，并主要以海尔为例对当今市场经济条件下企业销售终端的建立，提出了若干思路和建议。     

A strategic human resource perspective of firm competitive behavior

Embedded within firms are unique stores of intangible human assets that likely influence the way firms compete. We argue that the human and social capital of a firm, particularly at the upper echelon and board of director (BOD) levels, contribute to the firm's awareness of the competitive environment and its motivation and ability to undertake numerous, complex, and forceful competitive actions. We also suggest that the firm's executive compensation systems moderate the effects of these intangible human assets on firm competitive behavior. By examining how human capital, intra-firm social capital, and executive compensation influence firm competitive behavior, we advance a strategic HRM perspective of firm competitive behavior and outline several implications for future research.     

广西北部湾经济区发展战略探析

分析了广西北部湾经济区的发展现状,创造性地提出其发展要因,最后,基于发展要因提出经济区发展战略,以供决策参考。     

企业信息化中竞争策略的分析

在信息技术基础上 ,提出了企业资源计划 (ERP)、电子商务 (E—Business)和客户关系管理 (CRM) ,就其管理思和实际应用进行了深入的分析研究 ,得出了企业在全球化市场竞争中的有效策略是三者之间无缝连接的系统集成。     

Unlocking the potential of advanced manufacturing technologies

This research examines whether investments in advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) such as flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), computer aided design (CAD), computer aided manufacturing (CAM), robotics, etc., are more likely to lead to improved performance if they are supported by improvements in the manufacturing infrastructure of the company. This question is evaluated using data gathered from 202 manufacturing plants chosen from industries generally considered to have relatively high investments in technology.Multiple item scales are developed and adapted from sources in the literature to measure investments in technology, infrastructure, and the performance of the plant. Evidence supporting the reliability and validity of these scales is provided. Hierarchical regression is used to analyze the relationship between technology, infrastructure, and performance. The results suggest that there is an important interaction between the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies and investments in infrastructure. Firms that invest in both AMTs and infrastructure perform better than firms which only invest in one or the other. Separate analyses on sub-samples of firms with the highest and lowest investments in AMTs show that infrastructural investments have a stronger relationship with performance in the high investment group. Thus, the data indicate that infrastructural investments provide a key to unlocking the potential of advanced manufacturing technologies.