The logistics implications of the emerging business model
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Working PaperAbstract
In what may eventually be called the fastest recovery from a recession in modern business we should be considering the lessons emerging from the 2008/9 financial crisis which witnessed the demise of corporate giants and unprecedented government responses. We have seen all three ...
See moreIn what may eventually be called the fastest recovery from a recession in modern business we should be considering the lessons emerging from the 2008/9 financial crisis which witnessed the demise of corporate giants and unprecedented government responses. We have seen all three ‘business directions’ (strategy, structure, and implementation) undergo change. Historically dominant companies have migrated from industries in which they were acknowledged leaders and have been replaced by organisations that were hitherto unknown in circumstances that take us beyond Friedmen’s (2006) ‘Flat World’ towards one that is perhaps becoming ‘concave’ – in which connectivity and interaction become even easier.
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See moreIn what may eventually be called the fastest recovery from a recession in modern business we should be considering the lessons emerging from the 2008/9 financial crisis which witnessed the demise of corporate giants and unprecedented government responses. We have seen all three ‘business directions’ (strategy, structure, and implementation) undergo change. Historically dominant companies have migrated from industries in which they were acknowledged leaders and have been replaced by organisations that were hitherto unknown in circumstances that take us beyond Friedmen’s (2006) ‘Flat World’ towards one that is perhaps becoming ‘concave’ – in which connectivity and interaction become even easier.
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Date
2010-05-01Department, Discipline or Centre
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