Human resource practices are important to enable a company to gain competitive advantage (Barney & Wright, 1998) and enjoy global sustainability (Gollan, 2005). Effective implementation of strategic human resource management is essential and significant in shaping the success of a business (Hoque, 1999) as well as in building human capital or people management as a competitive advantage. Many M...


 Purpose: This study's objective is to assess this relationship in the context of banking industry Iraq. The human resources management practices (HRMPs)
 Theoretical framework: study included recruiting and selection, training development, performance appraisal, compensation reward testing HRMPs.
 Design/methodology/approach: study; We analysed by used a quantitative approach, ...

For organizations to remain competitive, they must now adapt sustainability requirements, which have become performance criteria for supplier selection most original Equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In this sense, environmental is included as a competitive priority throughout the supply chain. Therefore, study aims verify, through two case studies, priorities of first-tier suppliers from automot...

C O P Y R IG H T © 2 00 0 H A R V A R D B U S IN E S S SC H O O L P U B LI SH IN G C O R P O R A T IO N . A LL R IG H T S R E SE R V E D . The myriad activities that go into creating, producing, selling, and delivering a product or service are the basic units of competitive advantage. Operational effectiveness means performing these activities better— that is, faster, or with fewer inputs and d...

OBJECTIVE Male bodybuilders (MBB) exhibit more severe body dissatisfaction, bulimic eating behaviour, and negative psychological characteristics, compared with male athletic and nonathletic control subjects, but few studies have directly compared MBB and men with eating disorders. This study compared men with bulimia nervosa (MBN), competitive male bodybuilders (CMBB), and recreational male bod...