...Lai-Ying Leong; Jun-Jie Hew; Voon-Hsien Lee; Garry Wei-Han Tan; Keng-Boon Ooi; Nripendra P. Rana Purpose Though Blockchain has been studied in numerous contexts, the understanding of the impacts of Blockchain in achieving competitive advantages remains unexplored. Many industries, organizations...

...José A.D. Machuca; Juan A. Marin-Garcia; Rafaela Alfalla-Luque Purpose This paper analyzes whether the Triple-A supply chain (SC)–competitive advantage (CA) relationship is influenced by the country context and considers the case of emerging vs developed countries. Any differences...

..., exchange and codification capabilities. These capabilities can be regarded as moderators of the relationship between IT and competitive advantage. This moderating role of IT in competitive positioning is illustrated by examples from previous empirical publications. Research limitations/implications...

... capacity plays an important role for firms to secure a competitive advantage. The synergy of the two capabilities (flexibility and control), which have conflicting characteristics, contributes to the enhancement of cloud absorptive capacity and leads to a firm’s knowledge accumulation and performance...

... with increasingly severe challenges in the future, the results of this study contribute to existing literature by demonstrating that MO can sustain competitive advantages. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Taiwan Employees behaviour Competitive advantage Market orientation Organizational...

...Stuart Maguire; Udechukwu Ojiako; Al Said Purpose Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems if successfully implemented bring about competitive advantages. On the other hand, project failure could, in an extreme case, cause an organisation to go out of business. Mapped against existing literature...

... with these technologies face for gaining competitive advantages for their businesses. Originality/value The study findings are intended to assist business managers to effectively understand the issues and emerging technologies behind advanced analytics implementation. Ranjit Bose can be contacted at: bose...

...Abouzar Zangoueinezhad; Asghar Moshabaki Purpose This paper aims to explore the role of structural‐organizational capital (or intelligence) in gathering, producing and transmitting competitive intelligence (CI) to enhance organization competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach...

... of the respective criterion. The results are summed up to get the overall priority of each alternative. Josu Takala can be contacted at: josu.takala@uwasa.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Competitive advantage Operations management Strategic manufacturing Globalization Analytical...

...Fujun Lai; Xiande Zhao; Qiang Wang Purpose This paper seeks to examine the impact of information technology (IT) on the competitive advantages of third‐party logistics (3PL) firms in China. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire‐based mail survey was conducted in mainland China. Spline...

..., and organizational capability factors influence firms to acquire competencies and competitive advantages through technology alliance. Design/methodology/approach A six‐page, 94‐item survey questionnaire was developed and mailed to top‐level managers of the semiconductor firms in Taiwan. A total of 63 valid...

...Francisco Javier Lloréns Montes; Antonia Ruiz Moreno; Luis Miguel Molina Many organizations are adopting quality and innovation as practices that allow them to achieve competitive advantage owing to an increase in competitiveness. The goal of this paper is to examine whether quality can be regarded...

... were found to be data resources, competitive advantage, end‐user computing, and aligning the IS organization. The common thread among all top issues is a focus external to the IS organization, either enterprise‐wide issues or issues that transcend the boundary of the firm. A factor analysis of the data...

... to achieve competitive advantage. Only very well‐informed firms can make their choices easily and effectively. The main purposes of this paper are to: 1. 1discuss some concepts regarding technological forecasting techniques (TFTs); and competitive intelligence (CI); and 2. 2present some...

.... . Jemmeson , P. (1997), “ Using the Internet for competitive advantage ”, Industrial Management & Data Systems , Vol. 97 No.4, pp. 139 ‐ 42 . Lynch , G. (1997), “ Intranet ‐ just another bandwagon? ”, Industrial Management & Data Systems , Vol. 97 No. 4 , pp. 150 ‐ 2...

... on how companies conduct their business and will drastically change the cost structure of the different activities in the value chain. Competitive advantage Costs Electronic data interchange Value chain There have been many recent articles on the application and usefulness...

... Competitive advantage Decision‐support systems Marketing As the marketing environment becomes more complex and competitive the need for tools to assist the marketing decision maker could not be greater. “Decision support systems” (DSS) can be used to improve the quality and timeliness of marketing...

...Peter Jemmeson Examines the possible use of the Internet as a business tool to gain competitive advantage. After a brief introduction to the Internet it defines Internet driven competitive advantage. Discusses the most commonly used Internet tools with relation to practical examples...

... of expert systems, individual managers must be shown benefits that impact their performance and career. The competitive advantage of technologies such as expert systems is highly situational, being dependent on the conditions of the industry and users[ 24 ]. Further, the difficulty in understanding...

... implementation because a company cannot sustain a competitive advantage without constantly updating the knowledge base with current information. ESs have shifted the focus of training from the traditional, passive“What do you want the trainees to know?” to the active “What do you want the trainees...