The Emergence of the Fast Fashion Business Model and Imposed Quick Response Challenges for Chinese Fabric Manufacturers Jennie Hope Peterson‚ Jimmy Chang‚ Yiu-Hing Wong‚ and Carl A. Lawrence Abstract This chapter explores and develops fast fashion in the current retailing industry and its impacts on how the Chinese textile manufacturing industry has adjusted to remain competitive. Fast fashion evolved at the turn of the twenty-first century into a business approach characterized by fresh fashions
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Cisco Systems‚ Inc. International Business Case Study Executive Summary Cisco Systems is a global market leader and innovator of computer communications and networking solutions. Established in the 1980’s‚ the company rapidly developed into the world’s greatest manufacturer of internet routers and was/is a foremost provider of commercial communication network devices. The aim of this case study report is to create an understanding of Cisco’s historical international business activities as
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Total Quality Management: Empirical‚ Conceptual‚ and Practical Issues J. Richard Hackman Harvard University Ruth Wageman Columbia University In recent years‚ total quality management (TOM) has become something of a social movement in the United States. This commentary returns to the writings of the movement ’s founders-W. Edwards Deming‚ Joseph Juran‚ and Kaoru Ishikawa-to assess the coherence‚ distinctiveness‚ and likely perseverance of this provocative management philosophy. We identify
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Institutional linkages and organizational mortality. Administrative Science Quarterly‚ 36: 187-218. Galbraith‚ J. 1973. Designing complex organizations. Behrman‚ J. N.‚ & Grosse‚ R. 1990. International business and governments: Issues and institutions Gersick‚ C. 1990. Revolutionary change theories: A multilevel exploration of the punctuated equilibrium paradigm. Academy of Management Review‚ 31: 9-41. Berger‚ P.‚ & Luckman‚ T. 1967. The social construction of reality Ghoshal‚ S.‚ & Bartlett‚ C. 1990.
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‘Building a learning organization’. Harvard Business Review‚ July–August‚ 78–91. Gellerman‚ W.‚ Frankel‚ M. S. and Ladenson‚ R. F. (1990). Values and Ethics in Organizational and Human Systems Development: Responding to Dilemmas in Professional Life Gersick‚ C. J. G. (1991). ‘Revolutionary change theories: a multilevel exploration of the punctuated equilibrium paradigm’ Gilchrist‚ A. (2000). ‘The well-connected community: networking to the edge of chaos’. Community Development Journal‚ 3‚ 3‚ 264–75.
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Journal of Management Studies 41:6 September 2004 0022-2380 Kurt Lewin and the Planned Approach to Change: A Re-appraisal Bernard Burnes Manchester School of Management The work of Kurt Lewin dominated the theory and practice of change management for over 40 years. However‚ in the past 20 years‚ Lewin’s approach to change‚ particularly the 3-Step model‚ has attracted major criticisms. The key ones are that his work: assumed organizations operate in a stable state; was only suitable
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* Academy o/Monogemen/Review. 1986‚ Vol. 11. No. 3. 656-665. Organizational Culture: Can It Be a Source of Sustained Competitive Advantage? JAY B. BARNEY University of California‚ Los Angeles Three attributes that a iirm ’s culture must have to generate sustained competitive advantages are isolated. Previous iindings suggest that the cultures oí some iirms have these attributes; thus‚ these cultures are a source oí such advantages. The normative implications oí the analysis are discussed. Firms
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Download Document 10/8/13 11:57 AM Title: Governing the family-owned enterprise: an interview with Finland’s Krister Ahlstrom Author(s): Joan Magretta Source: Harvard Business Review. 76.1 (January-February 1998): p112. Document Type: Article Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1998 Harvard Business School Press http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu Full Text: IS A COMPANY’S PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY TO ITS shareholders or its stakeholders? What is the proper role of a company’s board‚ and who should serve on
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Subject Code: MGMT2001 Tutorial Day/Time: Monday 6:15 pm Subject Name: Organisational Behaviour Tutor Name: Chinh Ba Nguyen Assignment Name or Number: Team Assignment Due Date: Monday 7th of May‚ 8am Student ID Number 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 538255 379352 566987 587214 Student Name Min Woo Choi Hong Zhu Jing Yang Jacob Carew 1|Page 2|Page CONTENTS Part A: analysis …………………………………………………………………………….……….6 Group Development…………………………………………………………………….……….6 Group Process……………………………………………………………………
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