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To win without fighting: an integrative framework
Ma, Hao - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 1, pp. 72-84
“To win without fighting” is perhaps the supreme ideal in strategic management. This article coalesces extant strategy literature under the overarching theme of “to win without fighting” as a style of strategy. It draws on managerial wisdom gained from the structural approach, the...
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Competing in times of evolution and revolution
Jenkins, Wyn - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 1, pp. 26-37
analysis of firms and their markets. The structures of markets and the impact of innovation and environment on these structures …
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The “strategy frame” and the four Es of strategy drivers
Salem Khalifa, Azaddin - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 6, pp. 894-917
Purpose – There is vast literature and widely different views on strategy. This necessitates an organizing framework that smoothly integrates and places different conceptualizations of strategy in the proper perspective. The purpose of this paper is to clear possible confusion about the...
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Creation and preemption for competitive advantage
Ma, Hao - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 3, pp. 259-267
Competitive advantage arises from the differential among firms along any dimension of firm attributes and characteristics that allows one firm to better create customer value than do others. Generic sources of competitive advantage include ownership of assets or position; access to distribution...
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Innovation speed and radicalness: are they inversely related?
Banu Goktan, A.; Miles, Grant - In: Management Decision 49 (2011) 4, pp. 533-547
Purpose – The objective in this study is to examine the relationship between innovation speed, and radical product and …. Findings – The results revealed a significant positive relationship between innovation speed and both radical product and … accuracy of results. This study empirically tested inter‐innovation relationships within the high‐tech industry. Practical …
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How open innovation affects the drivers of competitive advantage
Reed, Richard; Storrud‐Barnes, Susan; Jessup, Len - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 1, pp. 58-73
Purpose – This paper aims to explore how community‐controlled open innovation affects cost‐ and differentiation … models of competitive‐advantage remain relevant, open innovation means that the main drivers of performance are changed. Open … innovation means that there are implications for firms' ability to profit from intellectual property that they do not own. The …
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Innovating: towards an integrated learning model
Chaharbaghi, Kazem; Newman, Victor - In: Management Decision 34 (1996) 4, pp. 5-13
By treating work as socially constructed and innovating as integrated learning, organizations can create new knowledge, models and tools and acquire new experiences to achieve the result they desire in support of their survival and growth. Provides a framework for innovating, and demonstrates...
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Customer orientation and performance: a study of SMEs
Appiah‐Adu, Kwaku; Singh, Satyendra - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 6, pp. 385-394
the possible effects of innovation orientation, market dynamism and competitive intensity on the degree of customer … effect of customer orientation on SME performance. There are also findings on the varied influences of innovation orientation …
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Competitive advantage through anticipation, innovation and relationships
Kandampully, Jay; Duddy, Ria - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 1, pp. 51-56
While service quality has proved an essential ingredient in convincing customers to choose one organisation over another, many organisations have realised that maintaining excellence on a consistent basis is imperative if they are to gain customer loyalty. This long‐term perspective has...
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Hierarchical strategies and strategic fit in the keep‐or‐sell decision
Lichtenthaler, Ulrich - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 3, pp. 340-359
implications for research into strategic fit, hierarchical strategies, knowledge management and open innovation. Achieving fit …
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