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Showing 1 to 20 of 166 for “"Incumbents"”.
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A study of US government's satellite incumbents and follow-on competitions
In many high technology industries, incumbents routinely find themselves loosing to new entrants as well as established competitors in the battle for leadership across successive generations of new technology. However, the demise of the incumbent is most typically associated with the entry of …
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Data-Driven Business Model Strategy Development for Incumbents in B2B Markets
… evidence that the internal environment in which incumbents develop new business models has a strong relationship with their success, and there are consistent characteristics across successful examples. Focusing on culture, process, governance, and the use of the right metrics leads to more …
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Defying value-shift : how incumbents regain values in the industry with new technologies
Historically, incumbent assembly firms with unquestionable strong positions in such industries as the automobile, consumer electronics, computer and mobile phone industries, have lost power when new technology is introduced; at the same time, supplier firms have taken over the power and gained …
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Four Essays on Digital Transformation Strategies from the Perspectives of Capital Markets, Incumbents and Start-ups
… from the perspectives of capital markets, incumbents, and start-ups. It focuses on a better understanding of (1) digital innovations and their quantitative evaluation, (2) power disruptions in digitally servitized supply chains, (3) strategic measures and dynamics in digital B2B platform …
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Role of principals of vocational-technical centers in Virginia as perceived by incumbents, superintendents, and teachers
The study was conducted to determine congruence in the role of principals of vocational-technical centers in Virginia as perceived by principals, superintendents, and teachers. Twenty-three out of the 24 vocational-technical centers in the state were included in the study. There were 23 …
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A Comparison of Promotional Decisions for Employees With One or Multiple Positions in the Firm Using a Learning Approach
… employees are more likely to be promoted than incumbents are. Second, the length of time until a promotion is shorter for new hires than incumbents. Third, incumbents receive more favorable job evaluations than new hires. The third result is the only result that does not have empirical support …
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A descriptive analysis of planning structures and functions as perceived by superintendents and practiced and perceived by planning incumbents in medium student population school districts (15,000-25,000) in the United States
… and as practiced and perceived by planning incumbents in medium student population school districts (15,000-25,000) in the United States. The six objectives of the study were to ascertain selected descriptive characteristics within the selected school districts, including: 1. Characteristics …
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An Analysis of the Competitive Dynamics Behind the Disruptor’s Dilemma
… challenge: persuading a critical mass of incumbents to support the technology that might eventually disrupt them. We analyse this apparently perplexing phenomenon under the lens of a global coordination game of incomplete public and private information; and more precisely an adaptation of …
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Repression, Elections, and Competitiveness in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes
… used by these competitive authoritarian regime incumbents. This observation is further reinforced by the OLS regression results presented. The competitiveness of elections are the critical component that is resulting in increased civil liberties within these regimes. Given these results, it can …
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Decoupling market incumbency from organizational experience : a study of biotechnology's impact on the market for anti-cancer drugs
… research-intensive industries, the demise of incumbents is significantly determined by their lower productivity in researching the radically new technology (Henderson, 1993). Such differences in the research competence of incumbent vs. entrant firms are explained in the literature through …
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Strategies for managing business disruption due to grid computing
… businesses disruptive technologies displace incumbents time and again, sometimes to the extent that incumbents go bankrupt. In this thesis we would address the issue of what strategies are essential to prepare for and to manage disruptions for the affected businesses and industries. …
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A candidate's use of aggressive communication and the electorates' response: Predicting presidential election outcomes
… use significantly more verbal aggression than incumbents while five of the nine elections had the winner using less verbally aggressive messages than the loser. Results of this study support the theory that challengers are forced to go on the attack and use verbal aggression more often than …
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Relations Between Job Analysis Questionnaire Responses and Incumbent Characteristics
… information from a representative sample of incumbents. Unfortunately, research has been scarce and inconclusive in determining whether rater race and tenure is associated with job analysis task ratings. In this study a job analysis questionnaire was developed and administered to incumbents. …
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Economic voting in new democracies
… electorates respond to economic performance of incumbents in post-founding elections. Contextual variables, such as economic development, level of democracy, and democratic consolidation have a weak relationship with economic voting. Third, the institutional clarity of responsibility for …
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Women Political Candidates and the Paradoxes of Rhetorical Style: The Effects of Gender and Status on the Rhetorical Style of Barbara Boxer's, Carol Moseley -Braun's, and Patty Murray's 1992 and 1998 Senate Campaigns
… which arose mainly from their status as incumbents. The candidates constructed complex, androgynous campaign images in order to respond to stereotypes, repair their images, and emphasize those traits most valued by voters. Moreover, the candidates modified their images and responded …
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Corporate intrapreneurship : steps to building a sustainable startup mentality within an established organization
… prevalent in the context of entrants rather than incumbents. However, market leaders have been able to survive the disruption caused by market newcomers despite the irregularities of breakthrough innovations within incumbents. This paper will connect current research in corporate intrapreneurship …
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Scaling consumer fintech ventures : how firms seek to extend their initial technology advantage and capture value over time
… growth statistics have prompted financial sector incumbents to respond with their own investments in the sector. As a result of the rapid increase in competition, innovators who have created value have found challenges to capture and deliver this value to end users with sustainable business …
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Understanding Digital Inequality and the Role of Cooperatives
… cohesion. Chapter 4 compares investor-owned incumbents’ competitive responses to cooperative entry versus investor-owned firm entry. Formed and operating under the principle of prioritizing member benefits to profits, a cooperative entrant will be a larger threat than an investor-owned …
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Essays on Financing of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
… support startups competing against deep-pocketed incumbents. Employing textual analysis to identify a startup's potential competitors, I show that when competitors are cash-rich, VCs deploy a financing strategy characterized by less conditionality, as observed through larger, less frequent funding …
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