...Alex Akuffo Otopah; Ernest Edem Tulasi; Ofosu Amofah; Irene Tiwaa Asare-Yeboa Purpose The study investigated the mediating effect of competitive strategy and adaptive capability in the relationship between digital transformation and performance of small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs...

...Matthew T. Oglesby; John A. Parnell; Diane C. Kutz Purpose This study analyzes strategic flexibility with a two-dimensional approach (structural and decisional flexibility). It also investigates the relationships among competitive strategy, structural flexibility, decisional flexibility...

..., such as globalization, managers wonder whether strategic frameworks are still applicable. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ principal component analysis (PCA) to measure competitive strategy and analyze a sample of 6,037 firm-years among 651 firms between 2000 and 2019. Findings While the authors...

...Sidhartha Das; Cem Canel Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose a framework depicting the dynamic links between a firm’s external environment, competitive strategy, manufacturing strategy, competitive advantage and firm performance. This is followed by articulating expected differences...

... at the largest grocery store chains. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Small enterprises Retailing Competitive strategy Big box chains Large enterprises Business development Finally, a small retailer can also compete against a big‐box retailer by offering better service (Griffith...

... Patents Multipoint competition Patent thickets Patent fences Spheres of influence Resource similarity Innovation Competitive strategy There has been what Ziedonis (2004) called an “unprecedented surge in patenting within the United States.” In 1963 the number of applications for utility...

... it can result in differences in resource allocations and performance. Hence: Howard Thomas can be contacted at: howard.thomas@wbs.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Modelling Cognition Resources Resource management Business performance Competitive strategy...

... it. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Competitive strategy Business development Rod Aldridge OBE was Executive Chairman of Capita, plc until 2006, having led the company since its formation in 1984. He was founder Chairman of the CBI Public Services Strategy Board. He is patron...

... in the strategic management literature encourages this study to try to fill this gap. The research also shows the importance of extensions in building strategic management theory. Business planning Competitive strategy Management effectiveness United Arab Emirates Arabian Peninsula The researcher...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Resource management Corporate strategy Competitive strategy Performance management One of the critical tasks in strategic analysis is for managers to understand the relationship between the resources they control and the performance of the firm...

...‐executive directors would say that they have now, over the years, come to understand why I sought that discipline, why I stressed that degree of governance. Leadership Decision making Competitive strategy As McNulty and Pettigrew (1999) point out, “to understand strategy, we need to know...

... of their national champions, such as Airbus, Suez, Elf, etc. Competitive strategy International business International organizations South East Asia The focus of this paper is an empirical analysis of the international competitiveness of the largest firms on Asia. We define this set of firms...

...Olivier Furrer; D. Sudharshan; Howard Thomas; Maria Tereza Alexandre Purpose This paper, anchored in the resource‐based view of the firm, attempts to develop linkages between firm‐level resources, Porter's competitive strategy space and firm performance and explores them in the context of a new...