... privileged market positions (Barney and Clark, 2007 ; Dierickx and Cool, 1989 ; Wernerfelt, 1984) and are fundamental to achieving competitive advantage and superior economic performance (e.g. Barney, 1991 ; Hitt et al., 2016 ; Kryscynski et al., 2021 ; Peteraf, 1993). Firms...

... advantage for the organization. Design/methodology/approach A total of 176 Brazilian business-to-business (B2B) steel segment customers were analyzed using structural equation modeling and multigroup. Findings Sustainable operations influence green competitive advantage and environmental awareness...

... of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The study also depicts the effect of the adoption of AI technologies on competitive advantage and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach The study examines how the adoption of AI technologies impacts firms’ competitive advantage and performance. The study...

...Mohammad Asif Salam; Mohammed Abu Jahed Purpose This study aims to examine the link between corporate social responsibility orientation (CSRO) and competitive advantage (CA) in the context of emerging economies. More specifically, the mediating role of intangible resources, namely, trust...

...., 2015a , 2015b) and solve environmental problems (Bhatia, 2021 ; Cui et al., 2022). Organizational learning (OL) is a dynamic knowledge-based process and is one of the most important sources of sustainable competitive advantage (CA; Bhatia, 2021) that helps create, acquire, transfer...

... dialectic, have served as primary competing theories governing research studies in the domain of strategic management. However, the confluence of these theoretical perspectives has not been adequately explored to advance a shared view of competitive advantage. This study aims to explore the likelihood...

.... Additionally, results confirm a positive relationship between SCDE and SC competences that contribute to SC competitive advantage obtaining. Practical implications The results underscore the importance of analyzing the environment when undertaking digital projects. Key issues include SC culture...

... innovation is an important issue for manufacturers, relatively little research lends empirical support to the perspective that service innovation enhanced by collaborative competence may impact the competitive advantage of original equipment manufacturing (OEM) suppliers. This study aims to advance a service...

...Steven A. Schulz; Rod L. Flanigan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for a sustainability model to be used by industrial companies for establishing a competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach Literature is replete with sustainability models for business...

... (OP) and competitive advantage (CA). Originality/value – The theorization and schematization of the “triadic connect” (i.e. EO–IN–NE link) and outcomes (namely, OP and CA) is presented. Nelson Oly Ndubisi can be contacted at: olynel@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014...

...Thomas Brashear Alejandro; Rajshekhar (Raj) G. Javalgi; W. Benoy Joseph; Elad Granot; Andrew C. Gross Purpose Offshore outsourcing offers competitive advantages when goods and services are produced economically and with acceptable or superior quality by suppliers located outside a firm's home...

... Performance Competitive advantage Organizational performance Table I presents the relationships between inter-firm opportunism and its antecedents and consequences (please refer to Figure 1): number of effects, total sample size, corrected mean correlation coefficients, and standard error. We...

...Daniel D. Prior Purpose This paper aims to propose a new theoretical model based on the AAR framework (actor bonds, activity links and resource ties) to examine the effects of the identified buyer‐supplier relationship elements on four indicators of relative competitive advantage for the buyer...

... of all functions, promises may be made to customers that cannot be profitably fulfilled. For example, sales people may sell in volumes the plants can not profitably produce. As identified in The Service‐dominant Logic of Marketing, knowledge is the fundamental source of competitive advantage...

...Michael K. Rich Content © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Competitive advantage Marketing strategy Warfare Strategy Moves: 14 Complete Attack and Defense Strategies for Competitive Advantage Jorge A. Vasconcellos e Sá,Prentice-Hall Financial TimesNew York...

... with their own ECR experiences, it is shown how a strategic competitive advantage can be realized through the combination of both supplier and retailer views and expertise in category management practices. The article concludes with an examination of barriers to implementation of category management plans...

...Nikolaos Tzokas; Michael Saren An organization's ability to enjoy long‐term competitive advantage is closely related to its capacity for knowledge creation, dissemination and use. From a practical point‐of‐view the value of this statement could be increased if suggestions could be made to managers...

... to shake up complacent manufacturing and service groups with the news they are slipping behind. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Market intelligence Competitive advantage Competitor intelligence Slow and ill‐advised Why do firms lose touch with their markets? Why are they surprised by shifts...

... the business unit’s relative pricing power, we included the “Relative Price” variable, which simply assesses the business unit’s product prices in relation to their leading competitors. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Macroeconomics Risk Arbitrage Competitive advantage Disparity in income...

... in global competition, but the relative decline in its competitiveness demands a reexamination of its national competitive advantages. The paper analyzes the competitive advantages of Saudi Arabia with Porter’s model. Porter’s model generates various alternatives for a nation to gain a competitive advantage...