The paper analyses the relationship between sustainable development, regionalism and strategic orientation in one of the least developed Romanian regions, South-West Oltenia. Based on a questionnaire filled in by a sample of managers from the region, the perception on business strengths and...

To create a sustainable competitive advantage, the firm must adapt its strategy in accordance with changes in industry. The purpose of this survey is to reveal how top managers see major changes in strategic management over the next five years. Companies from the Tallinn OMX Market were chosen...

Since firms’ rationale to outsource parts of their IT function are mainly based on cost reduction, many vendors applied a high level of standardization in organizing the delivery of IT services to decrease their cost level. As the environment of firms changes frequently, it is of key...

The “dangerous obsession” of competitiveness into a more and more globalized world and knowledge-based economy brings with it new opportunities and threats for firm’s strategic management. By this paper we will stop at one of the major challenges firms are confronted with: the shift from...

In real economy any activity is growing up under uncertain and unsafe circumstances, providing a serious reason for the managers to develop the necessary means, in order to find the adequate solutions for each case and to diminish the negative impact upon the organisation. The risk and...

In the modern economy, competitiveness means information and know-how rather than capital and physical assets. Therefore, the key process for any competitive organization is to strategically use their information resources and knowledge assets by remembering and applying experience. An...

The paper discuss the use of study case in the teaching of strategic management and the translation of the method from United States to Romania. Some technical aspects of American experience in strategic management case researching are underlined, with a focalised approach on financial analysis...

The research is based on the empirical survey conducted among the members of Estonian Association of SMEs. The study involved goal setting, development and implementation of strategies, competitive advantages striven for, orientation toward growth, and factors hindering enterprisesí...

The concept of Institutional Leadership opens up some essential aspects of organizational leadership capability that could be defined as the collective ability of leadership to detect and cope with changes in the external environment by maintaining the primary goals of the organization. The aim...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the evolution of the higher education system in the transition period of Romania, by using a contingency approach combined with change dynamics. This post communist transition, which actually happened in all the European former communist countries,...