Performance measures, managerial practices and manufacturing technologies in Japanese manufacturing firms: state-of-the-art
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.015917 | Ahmed Abdel-Maksoud, Takayuki Asada, Masaru Nakagawa | Evidence permeates the literature on the increasing use of non-financial performance measures in organisations. However, academics and researchers should be interested in considering the factors that affect managers| decisions to use non-fi... | 1 - 16 |
Factors adversely influencing retail patronage: an empirical investigation in the USA
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.015917 | Michael J. Dotson, Dinesh S. Dave | Researchers have shown that there is a relationship between the retail environment and revenue in retail and service outlet stores, satisfaction and product selections and evaluations. A consumer|s retail experience is affected by their emo... | 17 - 29 |
Would various benchmark measurements affect abnormal return performances of IPO? Evidence from Taiwan|s IPO market
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.015917 | Ming-Yuan Leon Li | This paper tries to answer the question: would the initial/long-run returns IPO significantly differ when various alternative measurements of market portfolio are adopted? Briefly, this study states that various methodologies for market ret... | 30 - 38 |
High-tech based ventures| survival after environmental jolts in Korea: the role of tangible versus intangible resource buffers
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.015917 | Sooduck Chang, Hyunsuk Lee, Donna Kelley | While newer and smaller firms, compared to older ones, are seen as unable to acquire enough of the critical resources needed to survive, this research suggests that differential resource accumulation can predict survival or failure after en... | 39 - 56 |
Measuring performance of Indian banks: an application Data Envelopment Analysis
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.015917 | Roma Mitra Debnath, Ravi Shankar | A stable and efficient banking sector is an essential precondition to increase the economic level of a country. This paper tries to model and evaluate the efficiency of 50 Indian banks by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). DEA is capabl... | 57 - 85 |
The impacts of performance measurement on the quality of working life
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.015917 | Juhani Ukko, Jarkko Tenhunen, Hannu Rantanen | The design, implementation and use of Performance Measurement (PM) systems have been studied extensively. However, the literature shows little evidence on what kind of impacts PM practises have had on, for example, the performance of the op... | 86 - 98 |
Scale and efficiency in the provision of local government services
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.015917 | Mark Burridge | This paper investigates the size of local authority fixed and variable costs and the extent of economies of scale and scope in the provision of local services. A flexible modelling framework is used which combines elements of both short and... | 99 - 107 |
The strategic management of operations system performance
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.015917 | Edson Pinheiro de Lima, Sergio E. Gouvea da Costa, Jannis J. Angelis | The enterprises| operations systems environments, characterised by their complexity and dynamics, are challenging the strategic management models. This paper presents the development of a theoretical framework, organised as a set of design ... | 108 - 132 |
