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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"strategy formation"”.
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The process of strategy formation in high-growth SMEs
This dissertation explores the topic of strategy formation in high-growth SMEs. High-growth SMEs represent the growth and job creation engine of an economy; however, little has been understood on how strategy forms and develops in high-growth SMEs. The focus on large organisations has led to a …
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The role of co-production in strategy formation: a study of business support for small enterprises in Dorset.
… support intermediaries, and the effect on strategy formation. There is a significant amount of literature in the distinct areas of co-production; strategy; and business support, however much of the extant co-production literature focusses on public services, and there is a gap in literature …
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Strategic Management in Nonprofit Mental Health Service Organizations: Understanding Processes and Impact on Performance
… have been encouraged to adopt formal strategy formation processes, such as highly-structured strategic planning models. However, there are no demonstrated "best practices" or conclusive evidence of the utility of formal strategy formation within the nonprofit sector. The stakes of …
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An examination of the relationship between financial slack and organizational strategy: a study in two industries
… on the nature of the relationship between strategy and structure. One school argues that the fit between context and structure determines straté9Y„ while opponents contend that management values determine strategy which, in turn, shapes structure. Litschert and Bonham (1977) have attempted …
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SPECIALIZUOTOS STATYBOS VEIKLOS ĮMONIŲ KONKURENCINĖS STRATEGIJOS FORMAVIMAS /
… conception of the competitive advantage of the strategy is presented including its importance and meaning, the ways of competitive advantage are emphasized and theoretical aspects of the models of competitive strategy are explained. In the second analytical part of the thesis the research on the …
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Effects of Altering Group Goal Content on Group Outcomes
… best condition regarding such group processes as strategy formation. Also as predicted, a significant performance-collective efficacy relationship was fround only in the performance goal condition. No significant performance or development differences were found. Continued research, however, is …
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The governance dynamics of the emergent European administrative order: Explaining the strategy process of EU Agencies
… under-investigated phenomenon of the process of strategy formation in EU agencies, thus contributing to both the field of public management (about the strategy process in semi-autonomous organisations) and the field of EU studies (about the impact on European governance of the organisational …
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Production flexibility : an empirical analysis of engine build-up at the Boeing Company
Strategy formation and implementation is critical to the growth and success of companies. Typically, modification of corporate level strategy necessitates division level changes as well. These changes are eventually implemented at the department level and depending on the magnitude of the change, …
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STRATEGY MAKING IN PRACTICE: THE CASE OF CRETAN HOTEL MANAGERS
… investigates how managers contribute to the strategy of their firm, specifically focusing on an occupational group of hotel managers. Following the call of the Strategy-as-Practice (S-a-P) research community for heightened awareness of the managers' role and contribution to strategy, and …
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A Model for Marketing Agricultural Programs [in] Private Colleges and Universities
… in a liberal arts institution.</p> <p>Method. Information about marketing educational programs was reviewed in the literature and knowledge of current marketing practices of liberal arts colleges with agriculture programs was assembled by conducting site visits at seven colleges selected for the …
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The relationship between geographic proximity and strategic posture: a longitudinal study of the U.S. fiberoptics industry
… implications of geographic location for firm strategy and for the competitive climate in emerging higher technology industries. Hypotheses are generated based on concepts from institutional theory, transaction costs economics, economic geography, and strategic management. Specifically, tests …
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Evolving Threats and Defenses in Machine Learning: Focus on Model Inversion and Beyond
… language models (LLMs). By combining global strategy formation with local adaptive learning, our proposed red-teaming agent systematically identifies vulnerabilities, thus enhancing robustness against adaptive adversarial scenarios. Finally, addressing the critical issue of hallucination in …
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Participation in and employee attitude toward organizational change : a case study on strategic change at George Pearson Centre
… methods of inquiry. Firstly, B.C. Rehab's strategy development process is identified and examined through perusal of B.C. Rehab documents. Secondly, a self-administered mail questionnaire surveys employees' attitudes toward the strategic change effort and their participation in the …
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Multiple Roles: The Conflicted Realities of Community College Mission Statements
… statement serves to clarify goals and guide the formation of strategies. However, little empirical evidence exists validating that mission statements actually improve the performance of organizations, even though regional accrediting commissions in higher education include mission statement and …
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Evaluating the impact of government energy R&D investments through a multi-attribute utility-based decision tool
… in order to expand its use for long-range strategy formation, an evolution of this second generation model is explored through the application of recent theoretical methodologies. The resulting decision tool is intended to play an informative role within a comprehensive portfolio review by …
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Case Grammar And Functional Relations In Aboutness Recognition And Relevance Decision-making In The Bibliographic Retrieval Environment
One of the most perplexing problems in Information Science has been definition of central concepts such as 'relevance' and 'information' at a theoretical level which incorporates and accounts for all known attributes of the concepts and the principles which underlie their particular application in …
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Negotiation of migratory and educational strategies of Polish families in Athens
… children’s education for the process of family strategy formation. Characteristic of the Polish community in Athens seems to be liquidity of their strategies: their educational and migratory projects were often changing and being modified. Migratory and educational strategies seem to emerge as a …
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Competitive determinants of technology diffusion in the wood household furniture industry
… have been cited as an important competitive strategy for successful firms. This study assessed the wood household furniture industry for its current level of technology adoption, examined the impact of competitive variables on technology adoption and strategy formation, as well as, …
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The Pursuit of Transformation: How a Governmental Public Health System Characterizes and Operationalizes Transformational Change
… funding, and uncertainty about what true transformation requires in practice. Despite numerous frameworks and substantial national investment, progress has been slowed by the absence of a shared vision, operational clarity, and a practice‑grounded understanding of what success in systems …
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