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A field research on the relationship between strategic decision‐making speed and innovation performance in the case of Turkish large‐scale firms

Zehir, Cemal; Özşahin, Mehtap - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 5, pp. 709-724

‐making speed; examine the relationship between those factors and innovation performance; and clarify the relationship between … strategic decision‐making speed and innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted on 73 large …/value – This survey is one of the first to examine the strategic decision speed and innovation performance relationship, revealing …

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The pursuit of immortality: a new approach beyond the competitiveness paradigm

Xavier, M.J.; Ramachander, S. - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 7, pp. 480-490

Discusses the death of inter‐firm and intra‐firm competition as we know it and propose an approach beyond competition – “the pursuit of immortality”. Our digital age offers immense and unprecedented opportunities to bring forth the latent potential of organizations, by allowing...

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Spotlight on George Stalk

Powell, Sarah - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 9, pp. 1305-1310

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to record an interview with George Stalk of The Boston Consulting Group. Design/methodology/approach – The article cites illustrative examples of a selection of notably successful companies including Toyota, Dell, CarMax, Ford Customer Service...

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Effect of ITC on the international competitiveness of firms

Peña‐Vinces, Jesús C.; Cepeda‐Carrión, Gabriel; … - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 6, pp. 1045-1061

Purpose – This paper's aim is to evaluate the effect of the use of information technology and communications (ITC) on the international competitiveness of firms in developing countries. The study also seeks to evaluate other factors that allow or condition the use of ITC such as: human...

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Strategic and competitive success: towards a model of the comprehensively competent organization

Thompson, John; Richardson, Bill - In: Management Decision 34 (1996) 2, pp. 5-19

Draws together a number of themes from mainstream strategy literature and synthesizes them into a new model of the comprehensively competent organization. Argues that it is a key role of the strategic leader to ensure that his/her organization possesses a wide range of generic competences (to an...

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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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Reference theory: strategic groups and competitive benchmarking

Panagiotou, George - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 10, pp. 1595-1621

Purpose – The concept of strategic groups is a central theme in the field of strategic management, and over time it has been used by a considerable body of theoretical and empirical literature to examine different aspects of competitive strategy. However, to date, there has been little...

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