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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Miles and Snow"”.
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A Contemporary Examination of the Miles and Snow Strategic Typology Through the Lenses of Dynamic Capabilities and Ambidexterity
<p>This study’s focuses on the examination of the Miles and Snow typology through the lenses of dynamic capabilities with a particular emphasis on ambidexterity. While each element of the typology has received varying degrees of study in both the management and marketing literature, to date, no …
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A strategic typology for UK small and medium sized enterprises. An investigation of influential factors and the development of a predictive typology
The success of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is critical to Europe’s economic health, however, our understanding of SME strategic behaviour is predominantly based on large enterprise theory. This study uses the Miles and Snow (1978) typology to examine the strategic behaviour of 150 UK SMEs. …
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A strategic typology for UK small and medium sized enterprises. An investigation of influential factors and the development of a predictive typology
The success of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is critical to Europe’s economic health, however, our understanding of SME strategic behaviour is predominantly based on large enterprise theory. This study uses the Miles and Snow (1978) typology to examine the strategic behaviour of 150 UK SMEs. …
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The importance of aligning managerial characteristics to functional strategy in public sector organisations: An empirical study of Dubai government.
… managerial characteristics with strategic type and aspects of performance. In all cases, the focus has been on corporate strategy and, predominantly, in private sector organisations. This study combines these objectives and investigates alignment between managerial characteristics, strategy and …
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Towards a competitive convention bureau: a case of the Kwazulu-Natal Convention Bureau
… Convention Bureau's organisational strategy and its performance, as it has been losing market share in the South African business events market. The KZN Convention Bureau is an important player in South Africa's competitive business tourism industry as convention bureaus globally play a vital …
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On the classification of business strategy
An enquiry into the origins, content and subsequent treatment of certain major business strategy classification schemes by Miles and Snow, Michael Porter and Henry Mintzberg found little supporting theory within existing organisational and management science literature for a principled critique …
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Patterns of change in strategic orientation: a study of the U.S. oil industry from 1967 to 1986
… Prospector-like or Defender-like as devined by Miles and Snow (1978). Niche size is defined as the total revenue earned in a particular industry. An index of strategic orientation, the PD (Prospector/Defender) index, was computed for each of 16 firms in industry over a period of twenty years, …