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Team Building as A Strategy for Time-Based Competition
Information Systems Management, 1998Abstract How IT leaders respond to rapid and even random change will be a strategic differentiator well into the 21st century. the keys to success are to involve as many managers as possible with the help of a skilled facilitator and to uncover and surface the real issues and gaps in the organization that are keeping people from increasing their ...
Robert A. Zawacki, Howard Lackow
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TIME‐BASED COMPETITIVENESS: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE
Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, 2000Time is the top priority. We now live in real time. It's no longer life in the fast lane because every lane is fast. The computer has changed the way we view time. We expect everything to occur at Pentium speed! A time lag causes stress since it is viewed as an unnecessary waste.
Marilyn M. Helms, Lawrence P. Ettkin
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Time-Based Competition Is Not Enough
Research-Technology Management, 1996Companies willing to embrace complexity are screening managers for a different, bigger set of personal attributes. OVERVIEW: Heads of RD developing new products versus developing people and new technology are, in part, conflicting priorities. They compete for resources. Strong, autonomous new product teams may be fast, but it can be tough to coordinate
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Time‐Based Competition: Competitive Advantage Tool for A/E/C Firms
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 1993With the ever‐increasing competition in the architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) industry, more and more A/E/C firms are considering new business strategies to gain a competitive market advantage, while still taking care of the needs and requirements of their customers.
Makarand Hastak +2 more
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Time-based competition — the aspect of partner proximity
Decision Support Systems, 2013Globalisation has become extremely important in the business world. Companies internationalise, source and sell globally, and establish factories abroad. Time-based competition (being fast and reliable) becomes extremely difficult in such a global context.
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Time‐based competitiveness in Brazil: whys and hows
International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 1998The objective of the paper is to report research carried out over two years aiming at developing a framework to support the management of manufacturing organizations for whom reducing throughput time is strategically important, either because they compete based on short lead times or because they choose to pursue other objectives such as cost reduction
Rohr, S. S., Correa, H. L.
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Time‐based management creates a competitive advantage
Planning Review, 1990When the design and engineering functions in this Midwestern electronics firm learned to cooperate instead of operating independently, the company won the jackpot: a 50 percent speedup in development time, lower development costs, and dramatic improvements in product quality.
Daniel Valentino, Bill Christ
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A contingency view of time‐based competition for manufacturers
International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 1996The growing time‐based competition (TBC) literature coincides with an increased emphasis on time in manufacturing organizations. In a 1993 survey, 93 per cent of US and European managers identified reliable delivery times as having above average importance, while overall delivery speed was cited by 88 per cent and 89 per cent, respectively. At the same
Cecil Bozarth, Steve Chapman
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The synergisitic impact of time-based technologies on manufacturing competitive priorities
International Journal of Technology Management, 2015The continually deforming business landscape is forcing manufacturing firms to rethink their manufacturing strategies in terms of the appropriate combination of time–based technologies to use. Strategic agility and smart manufacturing will continue to prevail in this and the upcoming decade.
Mohamed A. Youssef, Eyad M. Youssef
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THE EVOLUTION OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: HAS VIRTUAL MARKETING REPLACED TIME‐BASED COMPETITION?
Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, 2000Businesses succeed or fail based on competitive advantage. Over the course of business history a number of innovative business practices have earned the distinction of being “milestones” in competitive advantage. Examples of such groundbreaking competitive developments include portfolio strategies in product management and restructuring companies ...
Julie T. Johnson, James W. Busbin
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