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TStrategy and strategic management are two concepts that must not be mixed up. The process of strategic management includes, among others, the foundation and drafting of a strategy. Furthermore, strategy also represents an efficient means to adapt and answer to the requests of the external...
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external and internal environment of an organization. Therefore, in the new organizational context, the role of strategy has …
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significant impact on SME performance in times of crisis and post-crisis recovery? Using the two types of factors, we develop a … conceptual model explaining their role for SME performance. We suggest that globalization-specific factors determine SME … performance, and that the configurations of the two types of factors differ in times of crisis and post-crisis recovery. Research …
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, this remains a problem, not enough conceptually defined and operationalised. This paper presents the state of knowledge … regarding customer orientation as a marketing component, the level of influence of the main factors of change upon marketing … of international crisis which shows an obvious lack of interest in studying and modelating customer orientation. The …
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Is pricing of ICT-intense offerings following classical paths of pricing, or are they losing ground? Is pricing in telecom based on costing, customer value or something else? Who participates in creating the offerings that meet the end customers? And how is revenue distributed among...
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IS/IT investments are seen has having an enormous potential impact on the competitive position of the firm, on its performance, and demand an active and motivated participation of several stakeholder groups. The shortfall of evidence concerning the productivity of IT became known as the...
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Despite its centrality to the topic, very little attention has been paid to the topic of price changes. Indeed, for the most part, organisations operate under the myth of costless price changes. This article broadens the definition of the costs of changing price and then presents strategic...
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The analysis of the keys to competitiveness in the tourism sector has an unquestionable justification for its importance in the Spanish economy and its global growth prospects. The need for a better understanding of the keys to the competitiveness of the tourism firm is also fuelled by the...
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We identify a puzzling management practice gap in China. In the South, a one standard deviation increase in firms' management competency is associated with a 7.5 percent improvement in sales productivity and a 29.2 increase in profitability. But such associations are muted for firms located in...
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future pricing processes, and an understanding of the role that supply chains play in price change strategy. The framework … whether or not to make a particular price change at all, and at the strategic level to determine what price adjustment …
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