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Drivers of changing supply chain capability expectations in the online retail sector: the role of sales transactions.
Alexander, Paul - 2010
five year UK-based study of this market space, whose logistics needs are in part provided by third party e … logistics context is also suggested. …
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Įmonės konkurencinio pranašumo formavimas skubių siuntų rinkoje
Keras, Kęstutis - 2009
complicated complex of different but interdependent elements involving marketing, production, logistics, distribution, promotion …
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Economic Competitiveness in the Global Textile Supply Chain: Examination of Logistics Cost Structures
Cesca, Lynsey Anne - 2006
topics were developed in accordance with the model proposed in Logistics, Strategy and Structure: A Conceptual Framework … the selected sample. Section II of the survey posed questions directly dealing with logistics costs, competitive advantage …, strategy and performance.With regard to logistics costs, the research sought to determine the most significant costs, as …
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An overview of the role of information technology in strategic management: Part 2
Galbreath, Jeremy - 2006
Strategic management of the firm includes the strategic management of information technology in the context of business relationships. Firms do not exist in isolation. Multiple constituents make up a relationship network that constitutes the vital resources needed to fulfil the mission of a...
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Accounting for performance variation: How important are intangible resources?
Galbreath, Jeremy; Galvin, Peter - 2006
The primary mission of strategic management research is to explain variations in the performance of firms. As researchers have sought to explain differentials in firm performance, they have looked to the factors that underlie competitive advantage. For many years, industry structure factors were...
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Innovation and learning for sustainable competitive advantage : preliminary findings
Matthews, Judy H.; Becker, Karen L. - 2009
Achieving and sustaining competitive advantage is a major challenge for firms in today’s dynamic global marketplace. The notion of sustained competitive advantage has been investigated through a number of paradigms, from the resource based view of the firm to dynamic capabilities. This paper...
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Building for competitive advantage in early stage start-ups : the role of entrepreneurial capabilities
Steffens, Paul R.; Burgers, Henri - 2009
Recent theoretical work has suggested “entrepreneurial capabilities” themselves may provide the resource foundations to deliver competitive advantage for entrepreneurial firms. This paper empirically examines how start-ups use such entrepreneurial capabilities to build competitive advantage....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438326
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Providing a better work environment for competitive advantage – conceptual considerations linking commitment and firm-specific human resources
Royer, Susanne; Bradley, Lisa M. - 2010
Managing for uncertain futures is a major concern in the area of strategic management with environmental stability fading and increasing global impacts on local decisions. One critical resource that has attained special interest lies in talented and qualified employees. It is a challenge to...
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An integrative framework of preemption strategies
Lee, Khai S.; Ng, Irene C. L. - 2007
This paper performs a review of the various pre-emption strategies prescribed in the economics literature. These are cost superiority, consumers' switching cost, channel exclusivity, environmental barriers of entry and credible commitment to react aggressively. Through our analysis, we develop...
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Managerial tools & internet the sources of competitive advantage of firms
Cicak, Mirjana; Dabic, Marina; Kiessling, Timothy S. - 2010
Knowledge of Production technology and information communication technology covers many aspects of the knowledge proeess in firm. Digital Manufacturing is one of the core strategies of the EuropeanManufacture vision and strategic agenda towards the knowledge based production. It is driven by the...
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