This study is centered on inter-functional coordination in relation to organizational commitment in the hotel industry. Inter-functional coordination is defined in this study as the communication and sharing of information and resources, and integration and collaboration of different functional areas/departments. Organizational commitment is a psychological state that characterizes the employee...

This paper discusses a typology and evaluations of inter-firm relationships in the telecommunications industry. The authors define inter-firm relationships as a broad range of relationships including strategic alliances, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or other equity-based relationships. Forming relationships and selecting partners are the two most important issues for manag...

This study measures the competitiveness of Indian manufacturing industries by covering 650 firms from 11 using composite index approach. Firms are classified into two broad groups based on labor-capital intensity and ownership. The found that capital-intensive more competitive than labor-intensive industries. With regards to ownership firms, finds foreign-owned domestic firms. also divides samp...

We employ a value chain analysis approach to examine the forces shaping the industry structure, entry and inter-firm governance modes. Forty largest global and regional companies in the ethanol manufacturing stage have been classified according to their pre-entry industry of origin. Firms with pre-entry history in feedstock supply have shown higher resilient to market shock especially compared ...

It is well known that mergers often occur in waves, and this paper develops a new mechanism for merger waves: expectations over industry shocks. We develop a simple test of this explanation and use it to explore the role of expectations in the context of the 1990s hospital merger wave. Managed care such as Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) started to become popular in the late 1980s and u...

Economic impact analysis using inter-industry models provides a method to evaluate the effects of a project or proposed policy change. This paper briefly summarises the applicability, structure and limitations of three techniques frequently used in economic impact analysis: • using simple Input-Output analysis (I-O); • Input-Output Econometric modelling (IOE); and • Computable General Equilibri...

With the advance of e-commerce and the outsourcing industry, there has emerged an urgent demand for inter-disciplinary talent that not only grasps e-commerce process analysis, but is also familiar with software development. The authors of this article have analysed existing problems in training for traditional software-related specialties. Also considered were ways to break down the barriers th...

There has been an increasing interest in the use of inter-organisational groups to address regional implications in sustainable development. These groups bring together local knowledge and expertise and span boundaries between government and industry organisations. Our focus is in understanding how knowledge is shared in such inter-organisational groups. Utilising interviews, observations and s...