Browsing Working Papers by Author "Thomas, P. S."
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Focal faculties of the firm: using knowledge power for global leadership
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (2010-07-14)There is indubitably more to the sources of sustained competitive advantage of corporations than meets the eye. Among the most promising of these are the focal faculties of the firm, the areas of expertise ingrained in ... -
From the globalised Southwest effect in aviation to "democratised development"
Thomas, P. S.; Balakrishnan, K. (2010-01-16)In the national quest for competitive advantage two basic forces may be crucial. On the one hand, progressive corporations invest in inimitability (the so-called institutional effect). Simultaneously, in the interests of ... -
Fujitsu Ltd. : A case of global management in telecomputers
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1991-06-01)It is now almost axiomatic that the essence of corporate success lies in a felicitous combination of constancy of purpose and well coordinated operations. However, for global companies functioning in highly strategic ... -
Global airline competition under open skies policies and cabotage
Thomas, P. S.; Balakrishnan, K. (2009-12-12)Given the criticality of civil aviation policy for developing countries such as India and China and developed countries such as Japan, Britain and the United States, we review global airline competition to shed light on ... -
Institution building: Intrapreneurship in academe
Thomas, P. S. (2010-03-26)Somehow, manufacturing doesn t seem to grow naturally into a potential field of distinction for IIMA as other areas an uphill struggle. During the 1980s, the author found himself informally engaged in precisely such an ... -
Introducing the young Japanese executive: antecedents & outlook
Thomas, P. S.; Shukla, P. R.; Verma, Pramod (2010-03-15)The young Japanese executive is a product of his socio-economic environment specifically the Japanese educational system. Thus the paper first highlights the key features of the Japanese school and higher education system, ... -
JIT implementation: outlines of a strategy
Thomas, P. S.; Ramachandran, K. (2010-07-20)The logic of JIT represents the core of a new management paradigm that has been used to devastating effect by Japanese companies during the 1970s and 1980s. in this paper, intended primarily for practitioners and tea hers, ... -
Opportunity Creation and Threat Perception: Focal Faculties in the Aviation Context
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (2012-10-03)The new civil aviation policy may be controversial because it marks a historic shift from potential intra industry sources of foreign investment to Tran’s industry sources (as distinct from purely financial consortia). ... -
Public policy, focal faculties and innovative international competition:case of Indian civil aviation
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (2010-07-22)In the early 1990s the concept of the firmzs focal faculties came into vogue. It helped to explain the phenomenon of innovative international competition. In the new civil aviation policy of the Indian government we have ... -
Towards mega faculties: the case - based learning of core capability development and management
Thomas, P. S.; Madhavan, T. (2010-04-01)In this paper, we introduce the concept of mega faculties, corporate abilities to change focal faculties from time to time over the long term. Since it is a tentative concept we propose a case discussion based approach to ...