Sole Survivors: How Exceptional Companies Survive and Thrive at the Edge (Oak Tree, 1999)
Contents
- Introduction
- Ch. 1: From a Production-led to a Market-led Organisation Barker , England
- Ch. 2: Better Work Organisation, Better Production Dubarry , Ireland
- Ch. 3: Co-operation Among Enemies: A Source of Advantage Pomarfin , Finland
- Ch. 4: Developing & Exporting Youth Fashion Products George Cox , England
- Ch. 5: From Crisis to Survival: The Role of the Consultant Nokian , Finland
- Ch. 6: Sophisticated Products Need a Sophisticated Organisation Arbesko , Sweden
- Ch. 7: Survival at the Edge Lundhags , Sweden
- Ch. 8: Chaos or Coherence: Producing Ladies’ Fashion Hamken , Finland
- Ch. 9: Children’s Goods: The Ultimate Test Start-rite , England
- Ch. 10: Review of Nine
- Ch. 11: Performance and Survival
- Ch. 12: Framework for Analysis
- Where to Next? Governments, Companies & Europe
Topics:
- Company: Survival, Analytical Framework, Case Studies, Performance, Emotional Life, Community, Organisation
- Learning, Training, Competitiveness, Consultants, Organisational Structure
- Fashion, Finance, Footwear, Factory Production, Family ownership, Decision-making, Customers, Consumers
- HR/Personnel, Industrial Relations, Informal Organisation, Innovation
- Management Styles, Market, Marketing, Trade Unions, Turnover
- Organisational Change: JIT, WCM, Continuous Improvement… Quality
- Relationships/Networks, Retail, R&D, PR, Sales, SATRA, SMEs, Styles
- Success Factors, Technology, Teams
- [See index for further details]
