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Pay for Performance: Implementation of Individual and Group Plans
Appelbaum, Steven H.; Shapiro, Barbara T. - In: Journal of Management Development 10 (1991) 7, pp. 30-40
A survey of over 1,000 companies conducted in 1990 indicated that two‐thirds will be giving merit‐only increases in 1991, which was a 60 per cent increase over two years ago. However, a current question: Is pay for performance used effectively? This article examines both individual and group...
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Cooperate “and” compete: coopetition strategy in retailer‐supplier relationships
Kim, Stephen; Kim, Namwoon; Pae, Jae H.; Yip, Leslie - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 28 (2013) 4, pp. 263-275
cooperation and competition in vertical channel relationships. Design/methodology/approach – This study employs a structured … competition as just another part of doing business with suppliers. Research limitations/implications – The outcome variables used … that is worse than that which results when they use cooperation or competition alone. The results of the current study …
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Do you REALLY know what the competition is doing?
Mackus, Darrell - In: Journal of Business Strategy 24 (2003) 1, pp. 8-10
Champions companies finding out what their opposition is doing through competitive intelligence departments, or a third‐party professional. Believes that if a company identifies, maps and analyses the opposition it will have a greater chance of success, which will then allow a plan to be...
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A conjectural variation approach for assessment of competition: a case on Indian commercial banks
Misra, Arun Kumar; Arrawatia, Rakesh - In: Journal of Advances in Management Research 10 (2013) 1, pp. 7-21
, gradual reform measures have been initiated to improve efficiency, productivity, competition and stability of the banking … sector. There is a requirement for a formal approach to examine level of competition in Indian banking sector after the … method using 2‐stage least square for assessing the degree of competition in the Indian banking system. Findings – The paper …
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Interaction: a new focus for supply chain vs supply chain competition
Antai, Imoh; Olson, Hans - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 43 (2013) 7, pp. 511-528
short of exploring the link between theory and corresponding practice of this evolving competition mode. Such a link is …Purpose – Although the supply chain (SC) competition concept has emerged during the past decade as the way firms will … compete in future, there is scant academic research on actual mechanisms through which such competition can occur. The purpose …
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Competition law and policy for the EU banking sector in a period of increased economic uncertainty
Kapsis, Ilias - In: International Journal of Law and Management 54 (2012) 4, pp. 284-301
on competition in the European Union (EU) banking sector. Design/methodology/approach – The article first discusses the … long term role of competition in the banking sector, commenting on policy developments prior to the crisis. Then the impact … to ensure that aided companies would not use the government support to distort competition seem to be working. However …
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An analysis of the telecommunication industry in the Sultanate of Oman using Michael Porter's competitive strategy model
Rajasekar, James; Al Raee, Mueid - In: Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 23 (2013) 3, pp. 234-259
Purpose – Michael Porter's Five Forces Model provides an ideal mechanism and framework to study the Oman telecommunications industry's competitive structure. The purpose of this paper is to use this model to identify the competitive forces that affect it the most. Design/methodology/approach...
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Foreign subsidiaries’ competitive strategy: the impact of corporate support and local competition
Pehrsson, Anders - In: European Business Review 29 (2017) 6, pp. 606-627
Purpose The study draws on the resource-based view and the contingency view of strategy. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to international strategy literature by extending the current understanding of foreign subsidiary’s competitive strategy in terms of cost leadership and product...
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Understanding logistics‐based competition in retail – a business model approach
Sandberg, Erik - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 41 (2013) 3, pp. 176-188
existing theory by developing the meaning of logistics‐based competition. The strategic role of logistics is described through … logistics‐based competition, i.e. how a logistics‐based business model is designed. Design/methodology/approach – The research … company when it comes to logistics‐based competition, where a committed top management team guarantees the importance of …
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Revisiting Adam Smith's theory of the falling rate of profit
Tsoulfidis, Lefteris; Paitaridis, Dimitris - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) 5, pp. 304-313
theory has usually been interpreted as a result of the intensification of competition in the markets of goods and services of … the rate of profit is by far more complex than usually presented and that the intensification of competition is the result …
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