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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Strategic intent"”.
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Strategic Intent and Creative Outcomes
… aim of this thesis is to examine the impact of strategic intents on a firm’s creative outcomes. Strategic intents are understood as overarching ambitions in a firm that directs creativity and innovation. The resultant creation is largely assumed to be positive. However recent studies point out …
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Strategic intent and the management of infrastructure systems
… (Dobbs et al., 2013). This thesis investigates strategic intent and the management of infrastructure systems; how factors such as organisational structure and business practice affect outcomes and the ways in which those systems — not projects — are managed. To date, performance has largely been …
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Evaluating the Strategic Intent and Competitive Dynamics of China’s Satellite Communications Constellations
This thesis examines the strategic, technical, and economic feasibility of China’s two flagship low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite megaconstellation programs, Guowang and Qianfan, in the context of the rapidly evolving global satellite communication (Satcom) market. Against the backdrop of SpaceX’s …
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Intentional Internationalization of Higher Education: A Strategic Institutional Response To Globalization
… of this study suggests that organizational intentionality might be a useful strategy for systemic internationalization planning. The purpose of this mixed-methods study, therefore, was to determine how organizational intentionality has impacted successful internationalization at public …
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Information Technology and Governance: Substitution and Complementary Effects
From a strategic management perspective, this dissertation provides transaction costs and resource-based explanations for the boundary decision and for sustainable competitive advantage of the firm. The strategic intent of searching for improved governance in acquiring and processing valuable …
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Strategy-V : adaptive model and experimental validation of strategy and implementation for teamwork
… implementation deviation from the original strategic intent due to the three project constraints associated with teamwork. To bridge the gap between strategy and implementation, the Strategy-V Model is proposed as an adaptive framework to semantically inject Agile activities and interactions …
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An integrative framework for architecting supply chains
… of analysis based on the understanding of the strategic intent of the firm, the characteristics of the environment in which the firm will operate, and the capabilities of the firm is proposed. Building on analysis frameworks by Shapiro and Fine, the analysis attempts to align the …
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Assessing low-fare entry in airline markets : impacts of revenue management and network flows
… and provide even less information on their strategic intent, which is critical in identifying predation. This research also demonstrates the relationships between aggregate measures of performance and previously overlooked factors including relative entrant capacity, competitive pricing and …
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A study of renewable energy investment practice in United Kingdom and Nigeria
… of development, showing a marked difference in strategic intent. These findings extend the viability discussion to a more macroscopic level placing relevance on the developer’s interest. The indicator associations and prioritization show policy makers where to focus policy initiatives that will …
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Deal rationales for technology M&A : an analysis of the two year value generated
… (M&A) give buyers looking to achieve strategic goals an alternative to organic growth. Technology companies have often pursued M&A as a means to acquire new technology, as an alternative to organic technology development. Strategic motives such as broadening scope, achieving cost …
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Use of Strategic Intentionality in Becoming Military Friendly
… </em>The literature investigation suggested that strategic intentionality may serve as an important framework for evaluating the implementation of military friendly initiatives.</p> <p>The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the role that strategic intentionality plays in the …
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Strategic internal communication in international non-governmental organisations
… for suitability within the INGO context. Strategic internal communication has been identified as driving organisational performance. Internal communication can be defined as strategic when its purpose is to align internal stakeholders with the organisation’s strategic intent. By …
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Conundrums of food governance in South African metropoles
… tried to make food systems visible and galvanise strategic intent to govern them. Food systems governance discourse (FSGD) lies at the heart of these efforts. It interprets food systems issues as a wicked problem requiring adaptive governance. How does food systems problematisation inform …
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How leadership is shaping multinationals and the need for managers to have a global mindset approach : managerial cognition and the influence on the internalisation process of an emerging market firm
… required to continuously adapt and realign their strategic intent to a global landscape that presents numerous challenges needing to be navigated with precision and extreme caution. This is even more prevalent to organisations that are seeking to expand their business activities outside their home …
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The Supervisory Assemblage: A Singular Doctoral Experience
… nomadic writing does not preclude strategic intent. Hence, the thesis records the process of my learning but equally functions as a crucial resource for additional and post-doctoral writing. It was conceived as a ‘body without organs’ – a surface of inscription for affective …
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Exploring employee perceptions of organizational change effectiveness within a United States Navy command : a qualitative single case study.
… and its difficulty adapting to evolving strategic demands. The consequences of inadequate change management extend across mission readiness, morale, and national security. This study addressed the need to understand how U.S. Navy employees perceive the effectiveness of organizational …
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Exploring the Logics of Openness and Appropriability in Innovation - Investigating how Firms Manage Value Processes
… requiring different capabilities aligned with strategic intent and integration needs. Theoretically, the thesis clarifies that openness is a strategic configuration shaped by intent and internal integration. It reveals appropriability as dynamic and ecosystem-dependent, enacted through …
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The South African coal mining industry as a driver of green growth and a low carbon economy? A study on Sustainable Development Goals 7 & 13
… climate action plans, with one company showing strategic intent to diversify its core business into renewable energy production, while three others are implementing some form of renewable energy deployment onsite. There are thus definite signs of active engagement with the specific SDGs, but not …
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Misaligned needs: A study of CSR from an NGO and corporate perspective
… between the two. This paper questions the strategic alignment of CSR between business and NGOs and argues that something needs to change to form a cohesive and mutually sustainable model of engagement. A combination of phenomenology and Grounded Theory were used as the methodological …
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Engineering for Change with Roadmapping. A Framework and Practical Process for Supporting University-Industry Collaborative Innovation on Sustainable Development
… systems-based framework and process to build strategic alignment within and between organisations, including U-I partnerships. Key strengths attributed to roadmapping are conversion of implicit, diverse, expert knowledge into explicit and integrated temporal visualisations of strategic intent. …
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