Essays about: "competitive advantages strategic management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words competitive advantages strategic management.

  1. 1. Managing operations resources and processes for competitive advantage : A study on the performance of Swedish pharmaceutical companies during the COVID-19 pandemic

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Mohsin Raza; Jesper Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Operations; strategy; pharmaceutical; pandemic; attributes; digitalization;

    Abstract : The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused immense challenges to businesses and people’s lives. For the pharmaceutical industry, these challenges entail changes in demand, supply chain, consumption trends, as well as a shift towards telemedicine and changes in R&D priorities. READ MORE

  3. 2. The interplay between technocratic and socio-ideological controls in managing strategic tension - A case study of a large retail company

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Knut Wiwen-Nilsson; Fred Falkenberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Management control systems; Strategic tensions; Technocratic controls; Socio-ideological controls; Complementary and substituting controls;

    Abstract : This paper investigates how management controls may be used to manage strategic tensions. By conducting an exploratory single case study on a Swedish listed company operating in the fashion and retail industry, this paper shows how the interplay between technocratic and socio-ideological controls manifests in a variety of ways to manage empirically observed strategic tensions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Perceiving resistance to strategic organizational change : A barrier to success or an opportunity for improved decision-making?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mathias Karlsson; Alexander Westermark; [2021]
    Keywords : Resistance to organizational change; Strategic organizational change; Leadership; Kotter’s 8-step process for leading change; Change management;

    Abstract : Background: To keep up with competitors and the ever-changing business environment, organizations constantly adapt and adjust their strategies. Strategic organizational change is the implementation of change to increase corporate performance and find new competitive advantages. Studies are showing how the majority of change processes fail. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sharing Isn't Caring? : A Qualitative Study Focused on How Industry Incumbents Can Successfully Compete with Sharing Economy Businesses

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Philip Aspebo; Luisa Kriegel; [2021]
    Keywords : sharing economy; business model; competitive advantage; competitive strategies; business model; business model innovation; disruptive innovation; innovation management; strategic management; strategy development; incumbent firms; hospitality industry; hospitality management;

    Abstract : Sharing economy businesses have increasingly began to inhibit the competitive landscape of many different industries. Their growth can be primary connected to general digitalization developments. At its core, the sharing economy concept is built around efficiently using excess resources. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sustainability within the relationship between the trading house and its suppliers - A case study of a Swedish trading house and its supplier’s relationship

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Patrik Meier; Ludvig Tranell; [2020-06-30]
    Keywords : Swedish Trading House; Trading House-Supplier Relationship; Pulp and Paper Industry; Corporate Sustainability; Competitive Advantage;

    Abstract : The nature of trading houses is ever changing which indicates an adaptive industry. Prior research has focused on this changing nature and evolution of trading houses but there is a research gap when it comes to trading houses and their relation to sustainability. READ MORE