...Xiaoyi Zhan; Yong Zhan; Guangjin Li Purpose This study aims to explore the impact of environmental, social, and governance ( ESG ) performance on enterprise competitiveness and integrates internal and external perspectives to analyze how supply chain stability and competitive strategy serve...

...Abdulkader Zairbani; Senthil Kumar Jaya Prakash Purpose This study aims to illustrate the improvement of competitive strategy (CS) and organizational performance during the last 30 years and demonstrate the enhancement of cost leadership strategy (CLS) and differentiation strategy (DS...

... with a hybrid approach; the study aims at understanding the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility in implementation of the 9 identified social sustainability practices. Benchmarking Decision support systems Competitive strategy In today’s competitive environment, characterized by high...

...Abdulkader Zairbani; Senthil Kumar Jaya Prakash Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an organizing lens for viewing the distinct contributions to knowledge production from those research communities addressing the impact of competitive strategy on company performance in general...

...Manjeet Kharub; Rahul S. Mor; Sudhir Rana Purpose This paper examines the mediating role of manufacturing strategies in the relationship between competitive strategies and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach This study gathered 250 responses from firms in a developing country's key...

...Saumyaranjan Sahoo Purpose The main purpose of this study is to understand how collective operational practices are adapted or stimulated by a firm's competitive strategy. Design/methodology/approach This study employed a data set drawn from 124 plant managers and directors of Indian...

... Competitiveness Competitive strategy Indian auto-component industry A vibrant automotive industry and its key supplier, the auto-component industry, are the hallmark of developed economies (Gartman, 2004). The contribution of this sector in the revival of Japanese economy post-Second World War is well...

... of completeness, we reproduces the definition of F and H. The function F: X₁→ℜ is defined by: (Equation 11) Competitive strategy Decision support systems Rationality Sequential information acquisition Utility theory The current paper...

... Total quality management Performance measurement Competitive strategy Customer services quality Supply chain management Business excellence Supply chain is a network consisting of customers, retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, suppliers and service providers (Hugos, 2003). The primary...

.... A brief profile of returned questionnaire is as follows (Table II). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Competitive strategy Factor analysis Operations management Survey Strategic evaluation Cluster analysis Strategies Supply chain risk The objective of SC management...

... Publishing Limited 2014 Performance Operations management Competitive strategy Emerging economy country Operations practices The alignment between business strategies and operations practices has received considerable attention since Skinner's (1969) seminal article. For example...

... strategies, airline companies traditionally followed differentiation and segmentation strategies, with little pressure to contain costs. Cost leadership as a competitive strategy is still a relatively new concept, given the long history of the airline industry and ensuing maturity stage in the product/market...

... performance, emphasizing the standards set by “experienced customers as best practices”. Benchmarking Competitive strategy Customers Customer‐driven benchmarking Best practice Sustainable marketing performance Experienced customer © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013...

... applications that provide the capacity to buy and sell products and information on the internet as well as other online services. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Communication technologies Supply chain management Competitive strategy Electronic commerce Electronic document delivery...

... competitive methods are preferred by each strategic group, a cluster analysis procedure was utilized. Benchmarking Generics Strategic choices Competitive strategy Small to medium‐sized enterprises Portugal Recent global changes have forced manufacturing organizations across the globe...

... to medium‐sized enterprises Competitive strategy Small and medium enterprises are considered backbone of economic growth in all countries. They contribute in providing job opportunities, act as supplier of goods and services to large organizations. SMEs are defined by a number of factors...

.... The combination of speech and NLP provides powerful technology for improving the interaction between humans and machines, and between humans using machines. Benchmarking Language Entrepreneurship Competitive strategy Finland Communication technologies Mapping the opportunity index against...

... implemented on the analytical as on the policy level. Art Kovačič can be contacted at: kovacica@ier.si © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Benchmarking Slovenia Business policy Competitive strategy After the EU enlargement, the high level of competitiveness is becoming more...

... the way towards further development of a benchmarking framework, which hopefully be suitable and useful for SMEs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Benchmarking Competitive strategy Small to medium‐sized enterprises Automotive industry Malaysia As indicated...

... are indicated. In the fifth step, the loan officer obtains the borrower's signatures and receives collateral; then the loan operation is closed and the loan proceeds. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Banking Performance measurement (quality) Competitive strategy Loans...