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Journal of Children's Services, vol. 3 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1746-6660

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Publication date: 29 November 2013

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Journal of Children's Services, vol. 8 no. 4
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ISSN: 1746-6660

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Publication date: 15 March 2013

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Journal of Children's Services, vol. 8 no. 1
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ISSN: 1746-6660

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Publication date: 1 July 1938

OUR various accounts of the Portsmouth Conference, and the official record of it which is now in the hands of readers shows that it may be regarded as a successful one. It was…

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OUR various accounts of the Portsmouth Conference, and the official record of it which is now in the hands of readers shows that it may be regarded as a successful one. It was specially notable for the absence of those bickerings and differences which must inevitably come to the surface at times. There may be something in the suggestion of one of our writers that the weather was a main factor. However that may be, there was uniform good temper, and we came away with the belief that a good week's work for librarianship had been done.

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New Library World, vol. 41 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 2 February 2010

Cecilia Maria Castelli and Alessandro Brun

The purpose of this paper is to assess the use of alignment practices between manufacturers and retailers; it focuses on the Italian fashion industry.

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The purpose of this paper is to assess the use of alignment practices between manufacturers and retailers; it focuses on the Italian fashion industry.

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A qualitative approach is adopted (case studies of fashion retailers in Italy), involving both documentary analysis and structured interviews with retail and store managers, with the aim of assessing the level of channel alignment between manufacturer and retailer.

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The paper gives an overview of the extent to which fashion retailers in Italy pursue channel alignment; it suggests a relationship between the degree of alignment and two relevant drivers (channel type and lifecycle phase).

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A descriptive analysis with exploratory purpose is provided. The overall research plan includes expanding the analysis and final testing through quantitative methods.

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The paper analyses the role of retail channel alignment in the fashion industry from an operational point of view; helps understanding the need for alignment with respect to channel type and lifecycle phase.

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International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, vol. 38 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0959-0552

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Publication date: 4 January 2011

Mikko Pynnönen, Paavo Ritala and Jukka Hallikas

Today, as services and products are becoming increasingly intertwined and the competition increasingly global, delivering customer value is not as simple as it used to be. In this

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Today, as services and products are becoming increasingly intertwined and the competition increasingly global, delivering customer value is not as simple as it used to be. In this article, we suggest that in contemporary business environment customer value is often systemic by nature. This means that managers need to assess their firm's offering through systems‐thinking perspective in order to find out what are the most effective ways to create value for the customer.

Design/methodology/approach

Evidence of systemic customer value is provided in the form of illustrative examples from Apple's and Google's offerings. Furthermore, we utilize a quality function deployment (QFD) tool to provide an example of modeling of the systemic value attributes.

Findings

This paper illustrates how such systemic customer value in the firm's offering can be modeled. This enables the tracking down of the functions that produce the most value in terms of meeting various customer needs. A firm that understands the systemic nature of customer value is better able to concentrate on improving the core functions of its offering, thus gaining competitive advantage and value‐based differentiation over its rivals.

Practical implications

The paper identifies three key issues and best practices concerning systemic value that are helpful for practitioners in improving their firms' offerings, i.e. connectivity, the importance of platforms, and the emerging role of free functions.

Originality/value

The novelty of this paper lies in its analysis of systemic value. Value creation for the customer is often approached from a rather narrow perspective, without understanding the systemic viewpoint.

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Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 32 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0275-6668

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Publication date: 1 February 1902

The people of this country are frequently described, more or less correctly, as “long suffering,” and there is possibly no question in regard to which they have suffered so much…

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The people of this country are frequently described, more or less correctly, as “long suffering,” and there is possibly no question in regard to which they have suffered so much and so long as that of the national food supply. Now and again some more thoughtful member of the Legislature addresses a question on the subject to some responsible Minister of the Crown, possibly on the sufficiency, or sometimes even on the purity of some article of food, and receives an answer which, as a general rule, is a mere feeble evasion of the particular point on which information is desired.

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British Food Journal, vol. 4 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 July 1930

WE write on the eve of an Annual Meeting of the Library Association. We expect many interesting things from it, for although it is not the first meeting under the new…

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WE write on the eve of an Annual Meeting of the Library Association. We expect many interesting things from it, for although it is not the first meeting under the new constitution, it is the first in which all the sections will be actively engaged. From a membership of eight hundred in 1927 we are, in 1930, within measurable distance of a membership of three thousand; and, although we have not reached that figure by a few hundreds—and those few will be the most difficult to obtain quickly—this is a really memorable achievement. There are certain necessary results of the Association's expansion. In the former days it was possible for every member, if he desired, to attend all the meetings; today parallel meetings are necessary in order to represent all interests, and members must make a selection amongst the good things offered. Large meetings are not entirely desirable; discussion of any effective sort is impossible in them; and the speakers are usually those who always speak, and who possess more nerve than the rest of us. This does not mean that they are not worth a hearing. Nevertheless, seeing that at least 1,000 will be at Cambridge, small sectional meetings in which no one who has anything to say need be afraid of saying it, are an ideal to which we are forced by the growth of our numbers.

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New Library World, vol. 33 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 September 1939

THESE are grave days, and perhaps especially grave for those who are workers in books, in art and in the things of the mind and spirit. They are days which may make, or may mar…

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THESE are grave days, and perhaps especially grave for those who are workers in books, in art and in the things of the mind and spirit. They are days which may make, or may mar, much that such people as the readers of THE LIBRARY WORLD have striven for through a century or more. In war the material things, money, food, clothes, cease to be ordinary problems; they become urgent; and all the graces of life, even education itself, are endangered. We have yet to experience the full impact, let alone the reactions, of the drastic war taxation recently imposed. Necessary it is, no doubt, but that will not lessen its effects.

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New Library World, vol. 42 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 12 February 2018

Göran Svensson, Carlos Ferro, Nils Hogevold, Carmen Padin and Juan Carlos Sosa Varela

The purpose of this paper is to test the structural properties of a stakeholder research model of focal company business sustainability and the associated consideration of…

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The purpose of this paper is to test the structural properties of a stakeholder research model of focal company business sustainability and the associated consideration of upstream, downstream, market and societal stakeholders.

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Based on two industrial business samples in Norway and Spain, partial least squares– structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was applied to empirically test a research model consisting of five stakeholder constructs.

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The model was tested in Norway and validated in Spain. An analysis of the path coefficients and levels of significance shows that all relationships in the research model were significant and meaningful.

Research limitations/implications

This paper develops a model that explains and predicts company considerations of other stakeholders in the business sustainability efforts within supply chains (both upstream and downstream) and also beyond in the market and society.

Practical implications

The results of this study can guide companies in structuring, planning and implementing business sustainability in their supply chains, the marketplace and the society. It can also provide a foundation for monitoring and follow-up assessment of corporate decision-making.

Originality/value

This study contributes to supply chain management (SCM) and stakeholder theory to establish a framework for business sustainability with respect to company stakeholders in supply chains.

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Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, vol. 23 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1359-8546

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