Essays about: "Thesis ON SUSTAINING competitive advantage"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Thesis ON SUSTAINING competitive advantage.
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1. Do not let bad maintenance ruin your day : A case study of coordinating turnaround maintenance in a continuous flow process industry.
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för innovation, design och teknikAbstract : The uptime of machinery in continuous flow process industries such as steel manufacturing plants puts pressure on the maintenance function. This in turn contributes to sustaining reliable physical assets. As absence of reliable physical assets highly affects the competitive advantage. READ MORE
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2. Balancing Organizational Capabilities : A case study on how an innovation hub enables startups to balance exploration and exploitation capabilities
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : The world is changing. With more complex products and services available, shortened life cycles, and shifts in customers behavior due to the increased availability of information, companies needs to explore new capabilities and organizational practices to effectively preserve a competitive advantage through new innovations. READ MORE
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3. Developing Dynamic Capabilities in Emerging Markets : Comparative Multiple Case Studies of Cameroonian and Zambian SMEs
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : ABSTRACT Small and Medium Size Enterprise (SMEs) have long been recognised as the major drivers of economic activities due to their entrepreneurial traits of being innovative which lead to job creation, sustaining economic growth, export expansion, and efficient allocation of resources in line with their competitive goals and their respective country’s objectives. In their pursuit as major economic drivers in their respective economies, SMEs are barely exposed to hostile environments triggering fierce competition from Multinational Corporations. READ MORE
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4. Response strategies of traditional firms indisruptive times. : A case study on sustainable strategies of the hotel industry in response tothe sharing economy evolution.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)Abstract : Purpose - Traditional firms within mature markets are challenged, as they have to rely a lot on adaptation of new technologies in order to keep their service sales among consumers and survive in a highly competitive globalized environment. One of the examples of a mature industry is the hotel industry, in which sustainability is a vital necessity, however implementation efforts are slow. READ MORE
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5. R&D Investments in Family Firms : A Perspective of Swedish Family Firms
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : Problem: Several extant studies argue that family firm tend to invest less or even tend to avoidR&D investments, yet R&D investments are essential for sustaining competitive advantage of afirm as they facilitate innovation. Nevertheless, under certain circumstances family firms couldalso prefer R&D investments. READ MORE
