I examine the role of second order capabilities on capabilities- competitive advantage relationship and its influence on sustainability of competitive advantage. The concept of capabilities life cycle has been used to explicate the proposed relationship. Discussion also involves impact of...

The aim of this study is present a framework for strategic planning. On this basis, the oil industry was selected as the spatial domain. In this study, in order to implement the strategic planning, since IT is an inevitable part of today's businesses, we focused on aligning business strategic...

The increased international competition amongst higher education institutions caused by rapid globalization now requires universities to evaluate, alter or devise new and innovative strategies which will enable them to boost their international activities. There is a need to gain a competitive...

Contemporary demographic processes forcing increasing attention to the problems of relationships and dependencies between the different age groups. The ageing of the population in each society leads to changes in the contacts between young people, adults and the elderly. It is reasonable to...

There is some ambivalence with regards to how to improve strategic management of organizations. On the one hand the example of big companies emphasizes the need for formalization and good organization of strategic management process. On the other hand the example of small companies draws...

Research background: Last decades may undoubtedly be deemed as the period of exceptional transformation which has global dimension. One of its elements is the reorganisation of traditional ways of business management. Therefore, agile approach is more and more often one of the key aspects of...

New public management emphasizes the organizational and behavioral aspects of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The main assumption is that, if governments constitute SOEs as "market" enterprises and allow their management to follow the logic of the "market," SOEs will become productive,...

The current article explores interesting, significant and recently identified nuances in disclosing the professed firm culture in the virtual realm. Its emphasis is set on two exotic instruments – organizational mantra and memorandum that senior managers in business organizations may use to...

In Turkey, a novel concept like Health 4.0 is a potential candidate seeking a solution. This paper aims to identify the scope of Health 4.0 via the perceptions gathered from appropriate vignettes with the focus of IoT stand and with the help of a qualitative approach in the first phase of the...

Sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) is a strategy that seeks to combine both financial return and social good. The need to create and preserve SRI represents a key argument in investment decision-making, which leads other firms and investors to make strategic decisions beyond financial...