This open access Pivot demonstrates how a variety of technologies act as innovation catalysts within the banking and financial services sector. Traditional banks and financial services are under increasing competition from global IT companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon and PayPal whilst...

This book identifies the driving forces behind globalization and proposes innovative ways for small and medium enterprises to confront them. More than ever, sustainable competitive advantage requires SMEs to continually adapt their strategy and confront new and current competition in the...

Lukas Morbe sheds light on important antecedents of international retailers‘ local performance including international strategies and their local implementation, local consumers‘ perceptions as well as the wider country- and format-specific environment. This topic is of exceptional relevance...

Sustainable Growth in Global Markets provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of market and business management outside the domestic market. The book focuses upon the ability to do business in international markets, examining the significance of leadership, building consumer value...

This book presents a collection of interrelated research advances in the field of technological entrepreneurship from the perspective of competition in emerging markets. Featuring contributions by scholars from different fields of interest, it provides a mix of theoretical developments, insights...

This book develops a unified framework to explain the phenomena of competitive advantage and firm value creation in dynamic environments. Through a new strategic value creation theory, it explores how a firm can measure and sustain its competitive advantage through management incentives, capital...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Software has changed the rules of the game. The world talks about the digitalization in industry and society - how the focus has shifted from producing tangible things towards software and services. This trend started many years ago, but is now...

Das essentials zeigt den Weg auf, wie Unternehmen sich mit zukunftsfähigen Geschäftsmodellen und einer werteorientierten Unternehmenskultur erfolgreich im Markt behaupten können. Der Ausgangspunkt hierfür ist die Entwicklung eines Nutzenversprechens, das langfristig trägt. Hierbei spielen...

Talente werden knapp auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Der demographische Wandel und der wirtschaftliche Aufschwung haben die Zahl der auf dem Arbeitsmarkt verfügbaren Fachkräfte stagnieren lassen - und diese Entwicklung verschärft sich, wenn die Generation der geburtenstarken Jahrgänge ab 2020 in Rente...

Der Markt fordert von Unternehmen immer schneller neue Produkte mit hoher Qualität zu niedrigen Preisen - eine Entwicklung, die sich weiter intensivieren wird. Wie kann Wertschöpfung unter diesen Bedingungen gelingen? Bisherige Strategie- und Managementverfahren bieten nicht immer eine...