this chapter focuses on the competitive advantage of China.

We address the issue of promoting synergies in divisionalized, diversified firms from the perspectives of the resource-based view and recent work on corporate headquarters, thus connecting the analysis of sustained competitive advantage with organizational issues. We begin by clarifying the...

The competitive strategy and advantage of building contractors is examined. In Hong Kong, just a few contractors have dominated the market of public housing construction, where prefabrication is mandatory. Does prefabrication technology lead to business success? Based on quantitative analysis of...

Digital capital refers to the intangible assets gained through knowledge and relationships. The explosion of internet usage and funding initiatives in electronic banking has drawn the attention of researchers towards internet banking. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the...

Sustained competitive advantage depends heavily on the ability of organisations to internalise the benefits of innovative activities. While the vital importance of innovation in today's competitive climate has been widely proclaimed, our understanding of innovative behaviour in service...

To do well in any business you must develop a long-term strategy. Making consistent decisions in all aspects of a firm's operations is difficult without a well-defined and clearly integrated strategy. By far the most widely pursued corporate directional strategies are those designed to achieve...

This paper discusses the rationale behind the evolution of strategy from the sixties up until now. The authors construct their analysis around two established frameworks : strategic fit and strategic intent. They conclude that, in the present context, there is a need to overcome this duality....

The fundamental and applied research, the technologic transfer and more particularly, the innovation work – as a component part of the said research activity – stand for aspects to which economies have, lately, started to grant increased importance. The rapid changes in the characteristics...