statement moderates the mission's effect of firm performance. The proposed model combines numerous aspects of top management … mission statement literature toward a theoretical model. Findings – The impact of mission statements on firm performance long …/value – The concept of a moderator is original in the mission-performance debate. Concepts from several key articles have been …

While it is true that competitiveness is a performance result and such an approach should be taken into account, we … performance. Competitiveness is both a result and a cause and therefore it is a controversial issue that requires continuous …

practitioners develop better theoretical frameworks. Specifically, it is proposed that the link between HR and strategy depends on … the type of strategy pursued by the organization; organizational culture influences the status of HR and its integration … strategy; HR strategy or lack of it affects the HR function’s vertical and horizontal fits; these factors all influence the …

business performance. Finally furnishes two brief case studies in order to illustrate the strategic approach to competency …

learning. Notes that to achieve this, organizations must draw on a range of generic competences and develop an appropriate mix … involves all members of the organization together with its external stakeholders, and that strategy, structure and style may … their strategic competences remains an issue.  …

is not. This paper uses these often paradoxical issues to examine the complexity of strategy and explain why the search …

competences of firms. Today, there is near universal agreement that the competitiveness of firms rests on the (core) competences … of questions yet to be answered by research on competence‐based strategy.  …