Strategic competitiveness

The purpose of this paper is to study the characteristics of competitiveness in firms’ sectors of the Greek manufacturing industry, based on firm level accounting and qualitative data attempting to identify key issues regarding Greek SMEs. An unbalanced data set of 407 Greek manufacturing SMEs is implemented, covering the period of 2003-2011 with the use of a multivariate regression model (EGLS) with explanatory variables characterizing firms’ operational activity.

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This thesis develops a contingency-based model for competitive advantage, tested over time on a sample of rapidly growing small-to-medium enterprises. Incorporating two independent studies, the project addresses interactions between specific elements of strategic orientation, strategic behaviour, firm performance, while examining the moderating role of environmental turbulence.

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The objectives of the study are therefore: (1) to apply the concept of the dynamic capability perspective to the IT–competitive advantage research in order to explicate the strategic role of IT in attaining competitive advantage; and (2) to examine the antecedent capabilities and competences that may lead towards developing adaptive IT capability.

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The aim of the current study is to examine the role of competitive advantage and commodity strategic supply chain in the textile industry of Indonesia. Additionally, the mediating role of export performance was examined to expedite textile industry performance.

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The most important result of the study was the necessity to evaluate the fundamental competencies; periodically then continuously in order to alter the imperative assets which are the pillars of core competencies including the requirements and conditions regarding strategic thinking and leadership competencies.

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The role will drive campaign strategy and execution to fuel product sales. Working closely with cross-functional team members, this role has both strategic and tactical responsibility for supporting the achievement of revenue and income objectives. Develop and implement lifecycle maintenance campaigns for key products, including analyzing market research and sales analytics, ideating messaging, developing sales tools, identifying competitive threats and taking action to mitigate; and creating best in class marketing/PR initiatives to drive sales...

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The main objective of the Thesis is to analyze the Case Company and to construct strategic suggestions to stay competitive. The focus is on exploitation of capabilities and opportunities. Additionally, the Thesis investigates whether the efficiency of utilized resources could be improved further. The strategic suggestions and opportunities for improvement are meant to be beneficial also for the parent company. Analysis results include organizational strengths and weaknesses, industry specific and social opportunities, and threats.

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Chapter 13 - Corporate entrepreneurship and innovation. Studying this chapter should provide you with the strategic management knowledge needed to: Define strategic entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship; define entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial opportunities and explain their importance; define invention, innovation, and imitation and describe the relationship among them; describe entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial mind-set;...

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Chapter 12 - Strategic leadership. After reading the material in this chapter, you should be able to: Define strategic leadership and describe the importance of top-level managers, define top management teams and explain their effects on firm performance, describe the managerial succession process using internal and external managerial labor markets,...

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Vietnamese government to protect local firm from competition of foreign retailers. Based on the data that is collected from investigation from consumers, experts’ opinion and other sources from secondary data as well as the previous study of the author, this study has examined strategic situation of the local supermarkets in Vietnam and generated TOWS analysis to formulate solid strategies for local supermarkets in order to leverage their competitive advantages in Vietnam

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When you finish this chapter, you should: Know why company objectives are important in guiding strategic market planning, see how the resources of a firm affect the search for opportunities, know the variables that shape the environment of strategic market planning, know how the different kinds of competitive situations affect strategic planning.

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Bài giảng Chapter 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness với các vấn đề chính như: Strategic Competitiveness; Sustained Competitive Advantage; Above-Average Returns;... Hy vọng tài liệu là nguồn thông tin hữu ích cho quá trình học tập và nghiên cứu của các bạn.

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Lesson 2 – Core concepts and analytical tools has outline 2.1. Evaluating a company’s externa environment, 2.2. Evaluating a company’s resources, cost position and competitiveness.

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Lesson 3 – Crafting a strategy has outline 3.1 The five generic competitive strategies, 3.2 Supplementing the chosen competitive strategy – other importatn strategy choices, 3.3 Strategies for competing in international markets, 3.4 corporate strategy: diversification and the multibusiness company.

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Lesson 4 – Executing a strategy has outline 4.1 Superior strategy execution – another path to competitive advantage. Gain command of what managers must do to build an organization capable of good strategy execution; Learn why resource allocation should always be based on strategic priorities; Understand why policies and procedures should be designed to facilitate good strategy execution.

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From where is S brand growth coming? Determine the sources of volume due to: brand switching increased/decreased category consumption lost/new category buyers Did S Product Line contribute to overall category growth? What are the switching dynamics between “S” and other leading brands in the Category? With which competitive brands does “S” show the greatest interaction? What implications did volume switching and altered category consumption have on consumer purchase dynamics for “S”? What are the sources of volume for the other leading Category brands? Particularly Ke...

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A WEB-APPLICATION TOOL FOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS STRATEGIC MANAG AND COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE MONITORIN Several identifiable factors may bias the coefficient on the peer group-Tiebout choice interaction in specifications like (7). I discuss two here; each can produce an upward bias in 1 ϕ . The first source of bias is statistical. There are several reasons to suspect measurement error in the peer group variable:

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ĐẶC ĐIỂM MA TRẬN SPACE (STRATEGIC POSITION ACTION EVALUATION MATRIX – MA TRẬN VỊ TRÍ CHIẾN LƯỢC VÀ ĐÁNH GIÁ HOẠT ĐỘNG) Ma trận SPACE có thể được sử dụng trong giai đoạn 2 của quá trình hoạch định chiến lược. Ma trận này giúp doanh nghiệp lựa chọn chiến lược tấn công (Aggressive) thận trọng/ bảo thủ (Conservative) phòng thủ (Defenive) hay cạnh tranh (Competitive)

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In the past three decades, due to significant liberalization and privatization the entire telecommunications industry has become a dynamic service industry subject to increasing competition with huge growth potential. (Graack, 1996). In recent years, in some Asian countries the number of mobile subscribers even passed the number of fixed-line subscribers (Fink, Matto, & Rathindran, 2003). Hence, the strategic behavior of telecommunications companies has attracted so much attention in recent years, both in the academic literature and in the popular press.

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After studying this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Outline the steps in the strategic management process. 2. Explain and give examples of each type of companywide and competitive strategy. 3. Explain what a strategy-oriented human resource management system is and why it is important. 4. Illustrate and explain each of the seven steps in the HR Scorecard approach to creating human resource management systems.

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