..., mismatch costs and reimbursement ratios – impact competitive healthcare market, patient preference improvement and benefit/profit enhancement across scenarios where public and private hospitals act as market pioneers or followers. Findings Our findings underscore the critical role of strategic IoT...

...Lulu Xia; Kai Li; Tao Zhou Purpose This paper aims to explore the impact of both peer-induced and distributional fairness concern on competitive mobile app service supply chain. Design/methodology/approach Based on game theory, this research constructs a mobile app supply chain consisting...

... capability and supply chain capability (SCC) and further tests the mediation effect of SCC between data capability and operational performance. The mediated effect of data capability is also moderated by competition. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyzes longitudinal data collected from 122...

... the competition intensity in power supply side, the smaller the revenue-sharing ratio from power purchaser. And for the same rangeability of competition intensity, the revenue-sharing ratio reduction of thermal power is less than that of the green power. The more the government subsidizing green power supplier...

... the social welfare). Particularly, the authors investigate how the existence of imperfectly informed consumers affects labeling criteria determination and competition among firms. Design/methodology/approach A game-theoretic modeling approach was adopted in this paper. A three-stage sequential game...

...Robert J. Vokurka The global competitive environment is increasing the competitiveness for individuals. Each of us needs to have our own individual quality program to increase our personal standards. A modified version of the Baldrige Award Criteria for Excellence is offered as a framework...

...Rosario Rosas‐Vega; Robert J. Vokurka In the 1980s, quality was the competitive priority that won orders in the marketplace. More recently, time‐based competition has emerged as the winning strategy, especially in fast‐cycle industries. Being the first to introduce a product into the market can...

... competitive advantages will be explored. Some critical issues of creating and maintaining Web sites will then be discussed. Questions that small businesses may have regarding this new marketing medium will then be addressed. A brief summary of some practical implementation strategies coupled with directions...

...) to effect organizational change and deliver competitive advantage. Argues that further developments are needed to move corporate communications beyond one‐way transmission of information to achieve a genuinely interactive medium for the effective facilitation of behavioural change. © MCB UP Limited 1996...

...Paul Herbig; John C. Milewicz; Robert Gulbro Marketing signals, whereupon marketing activities provide information beyond the activity itself, can be implemented in a variety of marketing activities including advertising, pricing, quality control, and competitive reactions. Examines marketing...

...Rod Powell Competitive edge will not come from cost alone in the European Single Market, nor in competition with the Far East. ICL provides a case study of an IT manufacturing company in transition. Realignment in the marketplace requires above all the successful management of change in people...

... Competition Management information Performance measurement Strategy 24 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS 9 1 , 1 A ccounting systems do not drive competition behaviour Cutting the Gordian Knot of Misguided report history to the external world rather than promote effective action inside the company...

... Subcontracting of manufacturing work in the electrical/ electronics industry was surveyed. It can provide competitive advantage and is increasingly used for production of multi‐element components, and by younger more go‐ahead electronics manufacturers who make a clear distinction between what...

...Eric Willis Increasing competition and the liberalisation of trade in Europe after 1992 means that British firms will face a difficult, if challenging, future. It will be essential to minimise fixed costs wherever possible. The failure to control such costs can result in bankruptcy. Ways...

...Michael Pettersson Continual improvement for competitive advantage is not the primary policy of organisations, either in theory or practice. A deductive rationale is presented for the emerging need to make “continual improvement for competitive advantage” the primary policy of any organisation...