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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"resource-based theory"”.
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Sourcing strategies and competitive advantage : an empirical analysis utilising resource based theory
… framework for the study was grounded in the resource-based view. A survey was undertaken of twelve sourcing strategies within six organisations. The organisations varied in size and were from different industries. Furthermore, the sourcing strategies comprised six reactive and six proactive …
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Resource Deployment Strategies Following Initial Public Offering: Connecting Resource -Based, Upper Echelons, and Agency Perspectives
… two research questions: why do firms differ in resource deployment strategies and what are the performance outcomes of different resource deployment strategies? Using a longitudinal (1990--1998) data set of high-tech, entrepreneurial firms in the medical and surgical instruments industry, this …
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A Strategic Management Framework for Australian Construction Small-Medium Enterprises in Times of Crisis (COVID-19)
… long-standing structural vulnerabilities across resources, stakeholder relationships and risk management. Integrating the Balanced Scorecard with Resource-Based Theory and Stakeholder Management Theory, the study proposes an adaptive Annual Strategic Health Check and conceptual mapping process to …
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A resource-based view of the firm : integrating the role of IT as a strategic resource - an empirical study of South African personal financial services (Assurance) firms, 1999-2003
… to understand competitive advantage. However, Resource-Based Theory (RBT) probes into the inner workings of a firm, suggesting that a firm's IT assets and resources are the basis of a firm's "rare" core competencies to compete successfully. Using RBT and research in the economics, strategy, and …
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The Impact of School Infrastructure on Learners Academic Performance in the Foundation Phase
… Foundation Phase. This study was underpinned by Resource-Based Theory. A qualitative research approach was employed in this study. This study used the interpretivism paradigm. The population for this study included all foundation phase teachers, foundation phase Heads of Departments (HoDs), and …
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Exploring the impact of Big Data analytics capability on port performance: The mediating role of sustainability
… to reduce environmental pollution and use resources more efficiently, improving the sustainability of ports. Resource-based theory provides a useful theoretical framework to investigate these issues, including the impact on port performance. There is some evidence that port sustainability …
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A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROJECT’S TEMPORARY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CONSTRUCTION ORGANISATIONS
… framework adapted from transaction economics and resource-based theory to identify and explicate factors influencing contractor's selection of collaborative integrative strategy. The research method for data collection in the dominant quantitative second stage used a postal survey of 107 …
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Exploration of the unique firm resources described by Indian apparel export firms for their competitive advantages
… explored the key competitive advantages and resources of the Indian apparel export firms. According to Porter's (1990) theory of competitive advantage of nations, a nation succeeds in a particular industry if it possesses a competitive advantage relative to the best worldwide competitors. In …
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The challenges of evaluating business benefits of Information Systems Investments
… attempt to resolve these correlation challenges, Resource-based Theory was applied to distil drivers of business value of IS investments at process, rather than organisational level. The study employs a qualitative single case study method to promote a shared understanding of the challenges thus …
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Organizational capabilities, knowledge, and innovation : strategies for developing the capability to mobilize and create knowledge for innovation
… three bodies of literature -the literature on resource-based theory of the firm, team-level studies of innovation, and organization-level studies of innovation to provide an integrated view of how companies develop the capability to innovate and how this relates to their performance. The …
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The Determinants of E-recruitment and its effect on HRM Capabilities and the Firm’s Performance: Evidence from Saudi Arabia Context
… performance through the mediating role of human resources management capabilities based on the resource based view theory. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between the internal determinants of e-recruitment (technology quality, service quality, and security assurance) and the …
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Institution-Based Resource: Concept and Cases
In this paper, we draw insights from resource-based theory, institutional theory, and Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural consecration and symbolic capital to propose a concept of Institution-Based Resource (IBR) as a novel source of sustainable competitive advantage. We define an IBR as a valuable and …
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An Integrated Sustainable Business Growth Model for Malaysia’s Telco Industry through the Effect of Multigenerational Workforce Management and Digital Transformation
… measurements of financial performance, customer based, and employee’s satisfaction without incurring additional burden to the company such as debt, loan, or equity. This model will be part of the contribution to the industry, it allowed management of Telco to understand the needs of their own …
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An evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of hotels and lodges in Windhoek, Namibia
… The study was theoretically guided by the theory of constraints, resource-based theory and the dynamic capability theory. The study adopted the positivism philosophy and quantitative approach to enable the researcher to make use of scientific evidence, including statistics that show how …
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The Impact of Subjective Factors on Performance Evaluation: The Applied Case of Outsourced Call Centres in Egypt Based on Neural Networks Approach
The operations efficiency, service quality and resources productivity, are the core aspects of the call centres competitive advantage in massive market competition. Thus, subjective evaluation is the leniency, perception and bias in performance evaluation which impact the efficiency of the …
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Evaluation of HIV test and treat strategy in Windhoek, Namibia: Development of an operational framework
… to serve as treatment and as prevention based on scientific evidence that supports the use of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) treatment for the prevention of HIV. The study aims to develop an operational framework based on the assessment and identification of pitfalls in the current HIV Test …
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An empirical investigation of client perceived value for professional B2B services in an international context
… services marketing, international marketing, resource-based theory, contingency theory as well as an exploratory research amongst eight dyadic case studies. The objectives were to identify the key variables that contribute to client perceived performance and value; to fine tune the key …
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Northeast Asian containerised maritime logistics: supply chain collaboration, collaborative advantage and performance
… method. A theoretical model is built based on thorough literature reviews of supply chain management and maritime studies, in-depth discussions with experts, item review and Q-sorting techniques to signify ambiguity or misunderstanding with the scales and to suggest modifications. The …
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Do Stakeholders Connect Corporate Social Responsibility to Firm Performance? Testing Stakeholder Influence Capacity Theory
… tests stakeholder influence capacity theory predicting corporate social responsibility affects firm performance by first influencing the behavior of a firm's stakeholders. In a series of chapters, the dissertation reviews research at the intersection of corporate social responsibility …
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Territorial capital and firm performance: evidence from Italian regions
… as a mix of tangible and intangible local resources accumulated in a certain place, incorporates several notions which have been extensively studied within the field of economic geography but provides a distinctive emphasis upon the coexistence and combination of these resources as a …
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