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Decoupling environmental certification programmes from core operations: firm performance reported by small and medium sized enterprises
Djupdal, Kari - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 4, pp. 484-501
Increasingly, firms engage in environmental certification programmes to reconcile external constituents and ensure financial viability. Some firms decouple the formal programme from core operations to obtain the signalling benefits of certification without investing scarce resources and time on...
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Sustaining competitive advantage by adopting logistics and supply chain management software: a research agenda grounded in resource advantage theory
Swanson, R. David - In: International Journal of Logistics Economics and … 5 (2013) 2, pp. 81-93
The objective of this study is to advance theoretical understanding as it pertains to sustaining a competitive advantage through the adoption of LSCM software. Firms must go beyond traditional production and manufacturing improvements to compete successfully. The key to success in today's market...
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Importer commitment drivers and their impact on performance: a resource-based perspective
Saleh, Md. Abu; Ali, M. Yunus; Julian, Craig C. - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 6 (2013) 2, pp. 123-140
empirical study conducted in an Asian emerging economy on the commitment relationships of SME importers with their foreign …
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Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen der Informations- und Kommunikationswirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Maaß, Frank; Schröder, Christian; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2013
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den IKT-Sektor in Nordrhein-Westfalen anhand von Sonderauswertungen der amtlichen Statistik des Umsatzsteuerpanels sowie der Daten einer eigenen Unternehmensbefragung. Dabei erweist sich dieses Bundesland als Standort mit einem weitgehend prosperierenden...
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Theory of the Firm and Strategic Management
M. Storchevoy. - In: VOPROSY ECONOMIKI 1 (2013)
The paper considers the approaches to the theory of the firm developed by strategic management scholars: positioning theory, resource-based view, dynamic capabilities approach, knowledge-based view, strategic theory of the firm, as well as open innovations theory. The author shows how the ideas...
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Dynamic Capabilities and Base of the Pyramid Business Strategies
Tashman, Pete; Marano, Valentina - In: Journal of Business Ethics 89 (2009) 4, pp. 495-514
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The Long-Term Sustenance of Sustainability Practices in MNCs: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective of the Role of R&D and Internationalization
Chakrabarty, Subrata; Wang, Liang - In: Journal of Business Ethics 110 (2012) 2, pp. 205-217
What allows MNCs to maintain their sustainability practices over the long-term? This is an important but under-examined question. To address this question, we investigate both the development and sustenance of sustainability practices. We use the dynamic capabilities perspective, rooted in...
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Inside the Black-box: Analysing the Generation of Core Competencies and Dynamic Capabilities by Exploring Collective Minds. An Oganisational Learning Perspective
Wilkens, Uta; Menzel, Daniela; Pawlowsky, Peter - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 15 (2004) 1, pp. 8-26
The paper combines resource-based thinking with perspectives from theories of organisational learning and knowledge … capabilities are of major concern in the presented analysis. A synthesis with learning theories further leads to the basic … environment are critical for generating core competencies. Moreover, learning theories show how to approach the causal …
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Dynamic capabilities for strategic green advantage: green electricity purchasing in North American firms, SMEs, NGOs and agencies
Gliedt, Travis; Parker, Paul - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 3, pp. 171-195
North American businesses, social economy organisations and government agencies are tackling the challenges of declining non-renewable energy resources and climate change by voluntarily purchasing green electricity (GE). This study uses a survey of 213 organisations that voluntarily purchase GE...
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Absorptive Capacity in High-Technology Markets: The Competitive Advantage of the Haves
Narasimhan, Om; Rajiv, Surendra; Dutta, Shantanu - In: Marketing Science 25 (2006) 5, pp. 510-524
The rapid rate of knowledge obsolescence in many high-technology markets makes it imperative for firms to renew their technological bases constantly. Given its critical importance, excellence in renewal of technological base would serve as a . Drawing on past literature, we identify this dynamic...
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