The European energy sector has gone through a period of significant change since the 1980s. External factors such as regulation, market competition, and technological innovation, as well as internal factors such as ownership, corporate governance, and culture, have affected the strategic...

Les places de marché, en tant que système d’information inter-organisationnel, ne se limitent pas à une simple dimension transactionnelle. En effet, celles ayant survécu à la phase de consolidation ont progressivement élargi leurs fonctions et contribuent à une nouvelle dynamique...

In today’s global economy, many companies’ managers consider strategic alliances as a key strategic alternative. Even if it is true that strategic alliances can be a really powerful competitive tool, managers should pay attention to all potential risks before involving in a partnership. This...

The transformation of world?s main stock markets into enterprises acting in a competitive environment is in progress and its consequences are not all known. Three strategies are competing with each other: vertical integration of exchange and CSD; horizontal growth of the market share to an...

The improvement of the economic performances of Romanian enterprises facing crisis conditions could be achieved by means of promoting and implementing a range of managerial modernization methods. Among them we mention several factors pertaining to strategic management: redesigning the managerial...

In the knowledge-based economy, a company performs a set of activities focused on knowledge: identifying necessary knowledge, buying knowledge, learning, acquiring knowledge, creating knowledge, storing knowledge, sharing knowledge, using knowledge, protection of knowledge, capitalizing...

Strategic management in public organizations can use coerciveness as a key element of their strategy. Private organizations are more dependent on marketing or selling to potential customers. As publicness increases, marketing declines in importance and maintaining favorable coercive arrangements...

La remise en cause du processus budgétaire s’est intensifiée ces dernières années et a parfois conduit à la suppression du budget. Les premiers cas d’entreprise gérant sans budget peuvent être maintenant analysés afin de mieux comprendre les enjeux et le degré de nouveauté des...