...Afonso Fontes; Leandro F. Pereira; Álvaro Dias Purpose This study aims to investigate whether the four-day work week (4DWW) can function not merely as a human resource policy but as a strategic organizational resource capable of creating sustainable competitive advantage. Addressing a key gap...

... the effect of sustainability practices on a firm’s performance with competitive advantage (CA) and innovation (INN) as the mediating variable. Design/methodology/approach An exhaustive literature review was done to identify the constructs relationship for this study, and a questionnaire was used...

... original insights to the existing literature. M. Suresh can be contacted at: m_suresh@cb.amrita.edu 15 08 2023 28 12 2023 24 01 2024 27 01 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Competitive advantage Lean...

... and are enjoying a competitive advantage. The inductive approach, using the case method and interpretive structural modelling, is used to propose a comprehensive framework for defining the business case for sustainability that might help other organisations do well by doing good and create sustainable value...

... in two international hospitals in Iran. The results show that although the workplace spirituality (WS) can indirectly enhance the development of competitive advantages by affecting the level of organizational commitment; however, the direct relationship of WS and competitive advantage has a higher...

... in Lebanese businesses as well as sheds light on the importance of adopting such activities to enhance employee engagement that creates organizational competitive advantage as reached in the results. Employee engagement Competitive advantage Workplace fun Customer satisfaction Lebanese financial...

... revenues), human resources (measured as coaches’ salary and coaches’ experience) and organizational resources (specified as conference rankings and the number of sports). Kendall Tau correlation and binary logistic regression were used to examine the associative and predictive competitive advantages...

...Atri Sengupta; D.N. Venkatesh; Arun K. Sinha Purpose – The aims of the article are to not only review existing competency models and offer a comprehensive performance-linked competency model towards sustaining competitive advantage, but also validate the proposed model in an Indian textile...

...Caroline Rowland Purpose In a turbulent economic climate, characterised by pressures to improve productivity and reduce costs, performance management has a more central role in helping to ensure competitive advantage. A focus on teamwork has become an almost universal feature of performance...

...John Peters; Kate Snowden; Lei‐Yu Wu; Chun‐Ju Wang; Chun‐Yao Tseng; Ming‐Cheng Wu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework to link founding team and start‐up competitive advantage in the context of the Taiwanese technology‐based ventures. Design/methodology/approach...

... to superior firm innovation capability and product competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on results from a large‐scale survey. The empirical data used in the study comprises of 245 high technology firms in Taiwan. This study applies the confirmatory factor analysis to examine...

... that dynamic capabilities are a source of competitive advantage. If they do not appreciate the importance of dynamic capabilities they can get trapped in a vicious circle. Research limitations/implications This research focuses especially on small firms, and it is unlikely that the findings can be applied...