Alan Rugman
Random House Business Books, £22.50
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Fiona Elliott and Janet Morpeth
Management Books 2000, £12.99
Smaller companies need costed case studies, rather than the e-commerce hard sell, argues Michael Quayle
Collaborative planning is still regarded with suspicion by most logistics companies, despite it being seen by many as vital for remaining competitive, writes Liam O’Brien.
Around £285 million-worth of grants for competitiveness-boosting IT projects are being made available to organisations by the European Union.
Abuse of power in the fast-developing e-commerce market could have a wide-ranging impact if left unchecked, telecommunications watchdog Oftel and the Office of Fair Trading have warned.
Seven per cent of Japanese companies in the UK are paying their suppliers in euros and 9 per cent are receiving payments from customers in euros, according to new research by Japan’s External Trade Organisation. It also found that sterling accounts for 60 per cent of payments from suppliers and 72 per cent of revenues.
Chief executives are not getting the message that the Internet is more than a tool with which to build awareness of their company, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey.
Utilities companies have been urged to focus their e-business activities on added-value services. Datamonitor's study of 1,200 major energy users and 20 utilities companies across Europe found that they typically limit e-business offerings to online tariffs, e-mail marketing and e-mail correspondence.
A construction consortium has voiced concerns to the Treasury over the costs incurred by the timescale and complexity of private finance initiative (PFI) schemes. The Major Contractors Group, which represents 23 of the biggest construction firms, wants to see PFI contracts streamlined and standardised, and uniform building specifications.