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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Strategic Fit"”.
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Improving Capabilities and Strategic Fit in Governmental Agencies
The notion of Strategic Fit has been and remains to be one of the most important arguements in the fields of business strategy and strategic management. This research study examines the key concept of ‘strategic fit’ and its associated theories and seeks to investigate the causes that have created …
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The Strategic Fit Between Board of Directors Characteristics and the External Environment, and its Effect on Firm Reputation
… corporate reputation. Second, I examine how fit with an ideal profile of board characteristics -- including board expertise, board social capital, and board demographic diversity -- impacts firm reputation. Finally, using a contingency perspective, I look at how the importance of fit with the …
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Bevásárlóközpontok sikerének kulcsa.A bevásárlóközpont alkotóelemei és stratégiai illeszkedésük = The Key of Success in Shopping Centers. Composing Elements of Shopping Centers and their Strategic Fit
Dissszertációm középpontjában a bevásárlóközpontok, a „fogyasztás katedrálisai” (Sikos és Hoffmann, 2004) állnak. Ezek, a modern értelemben vett kereskedelmi létesítmények, még alig 20-30 éves múltra tekintenek egész Közép-Kelet Európában. Ennek következtében eddig még nagyon kevés tudományos …
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The importance of the appropriate segmentation approach and strategic fit between users and clubs in the health club industry: A theoretical framework and an empirical examination
… would be able to identify segments that create fit between consumers and club types. The theoretical background of the study was primarily based upon Michael Porter's (1980, 1985) generic strategies.
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Application of commercial best practices for new technology development within the constraints of defense contract funded R&D
… are identified from the literature, including strategic fit, organizational structure, financial considerations, and use of Stage-GateTM type processes. Constraints, conflicts, and issues which arise in the defense contract funded R&D world but not in the commercial world are explored, …
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New perspectives on the international diversification of multinational enterprises
… paths for emerging economy firms to achieve strategic fit (in the form of desired internationalisation performance) through configurations of the TMT's structure, international diversification strategy, and environmental condition. Within fuzzy-set analysis, the empirical results support my …
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New perspectives on the international diversification of multinational enterprises
… paths for emerging economy firms to achieve strategic fit (in the form of desired internationalisation performance) through configurations of the TMT's structure, international diversification strategy, and environmental condition. Within fuzzy-set analysis, the empirical results support my …
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Mobile Business as Strategic Tools in the US Airline Industry
… in the context of the US airline industry as a strategic tool to create a sustainable competitive advantage through the implementation of an effective mobile business model. The analysis is based on the assumption that mobile airline strategies have to create a strategic fit with the business …
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Factors Influencing Organisational Transformation and the mediation of Transformational Leadership for the Real Estate companies in Bangladesh
… this study aimed to identify if there is a fit model of organisational transformation with the factors that influence organisational transformation with the mediating effect of transformational leadership. The independent variables which are identified as the factors influencing …
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M&A Non-Consummation - A Strategic Option?
… M&A non-consummation decisions (NCDs) as strategic options. A review of published research in strategic management journals reveals that this topic has yet to undergo rigorous academic examination. Putting the M&A non-consummation phenomenon under a strategic management lens, this study …
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Strategic outsourcing of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
… included to explain how companies can better profit from technological innovations such as MEMS. An analysis of ABB's decision to outsource MEMS is described with multiple frameworks including a vertical integration versus outsourcing model as well as a traditional make or buy decision assessment …
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The effect of pre- and post-merger factors on the performance of mergers in Libyan government banks
… Libyan banking mergers, and the influence of strategic fit, organisational cultural fit, speed of integration, and effectiveness of integration on the performance of mergers among Libyan government banks. The main conceptual framework was based on three different schools of thoughts: strategic …
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Determinants of Competitive Advantage in Textiles and Apparel Industry in Tanzania: Application of Structural Equation Modelling
… Porter‘s Diamond Model, produces significant CFA fit indices. The major findings are that, both the micro and the macro models are confirmed to be determinants of competitive advantage in Tanzania, as predicted by the theory. Furthermore, the results demonstrate linkage among the determinants. The …
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An interpretive approach to analysing the role and value of information systems in Jordanian financial organisations
… investments in ISs in order to maximise benefits has become a prime concern, especially for private corporations. No formula of equilibrium exists that could link the injected amounts and accrued returns. The relationship is simply not straightforward. This thesis is based upon empirical work …
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Two Essays on the Degree of Globalization of a Firm: Measurement, Antecedents, and Consequences
… my application of the RBV with the concept of strategic fit as profile deviation, I further hypothesized that firms would perform better with a higher degree of fit between a firm’s actual and predicted DOG. I reasoned that firms that under-globalized relative to their capabilities would suffer …
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Glass ceilings - a study into the barriers faced by aspiring professional black women in the South African Built Environment
… includes issues such as the development of a strategic fit between the aspiring black women and the strategic and financial goals of the built environment.
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How an Organization's Environmental Orientation Impacts Environmental Performance and its Resultant Financial Performance through Green Computing Hiring Practices: An Empirical Investigation of the Natural Resource-Based View of the Firm
<p>This dissertation uses the logic embodied in Strategic Fit Theory, the Natural Resource-Based View of the Firm (NRBV), strategic human resource management, and other relevant literature streams to empirically demonstrate how the environmental orientation of a firm's strategy impacts their …
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Using the Strategic Alignment Model to explore alignment issues between business and IT in a large, financial service organisation in South Africa
In 1993, Henderson and Venkatraman proposed a Strategic Alignment Model (SAM) to stimulate thinking about the issue of business and IT alignment from different perspectives. Their model consists of four components across the two dimensions of strategic fit and functional integration, and calls for …
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A framework for integration of Mining Charter III for inclusive procurement, supplier and enterprise development by mining organisations in Mpumalanga province
… Management practitioners are expected to ensure strategic fit and alignment between the Mining Charter III and the corporate strategy. The in-depth scholarly review evidenced gaps in the literature and practice that, even though some mining organisations have embraced supply chain management …
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Cybersecurity Strategy and Strategic Decision-making: An Examination from Dynamic Capability and Judgment-based View Perspectives
… cybersecurity strategy-making research in the strategic management discipline is exceedingly rare, while research streams in cybersecurity research are heavily focused on the technical aspects of it with little discussion of strategy. With respect to the strategic management literature, while …
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