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Value chain examination of tertiary education institutions is centered on the dynamics of inter-connection within the education sector, most especially the way in which tertiary education providers such as universities, polytechnics, institutes and the likes are universally integrated, this entails conventional systems of economic, social analysis and much more. This research work is centered on the...
In a scenario in which organizations have an increasing amount of data, information and knowledge, which translates into the distinctive elements of an organization, it is increasingly necessary to combine technologies with the needs of companies to organize and structure different knowledge. Data, information and knowledge are fundamental and differentiating factors in achieving a competitive advantage,...
The increased growth of higher education institution (HEI) in Indonesia led to greater competition. On the other hand, the researchers say the use of information systems is assessed to be able to increase the competitive advantage for the organization. This research aimed to analyze the influence of IS adoption and IS capability toward IS innovation and IS strategic planning as well as its implication...
Today the strategic significance of information is fundamental to any organization. With the intensification of competition between companies in open markets and often saturated, companies must learn to know themselves and to the market through the collection and analysis of quality information. The strategic information is seen as a key resource for success in the business, which is provided by Business...
Competitive advantage is the phrase of the day and manufacturing firms only have three things to compete with: people, processes and technology. All firms have similar access to all of these. Therefore the only things that can differentiate a firm or give a firm the competitive advantage are how they extract value from their people's competencies and capabilities. Nonaka (1991) argues that the only...
Nowadays IT is not a new thing that can help corporate in many areas. It is believed that IT spending has influenced to business performance and has an impact to competitive advantage of a corporate. From the theory which stated that resources owned by business organizations have close relationship to the business competitive advantage as Resource Based View (RBV) theory proposes. To confirm this...
The aim of the article is to analyse the status of Sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility in the area of the European Union. The article shows the development of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility. There is highlighted the enterprise potential to address current social and environmental issues and achieve a competitive advantage. Sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility reflects...
This study compared the business strategies of the TFT-LCD companies in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea and found that the Japanese companies emphasized PDP technology and are trying to develop a substitute for TFT-LCD technology. In addition, the value added activities of Japan's TFT-LCD companies focused on developing the brands and the R&D activities of key TFT-LCD technologies and on shifting...
As people's deepening awareness of environmental problems and the intensified international competition, more and more enterprises implement a proactive environmental management. This article, from the external factors and internal factors, analyzed the motivation of companies voluntarily implementing environmental management system, which provide a decision-making for our enterprises strengthen environmental...
Information prospecting or mining has never been more crucial in organizational decision making and strategic competitive advantage Without information and communication technologies (ICTs), most companies, particularly the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) would not be able to survive the demands of the current volatile economic conditions Hence, this paper reports the findings from the assessment...
By analyzing the case study of disk drive suspensions, this study demonstrates that a company can establish a competitive advantage by strategically selecting product architecture during product development. In many previous studies, product architecture has been considered an exogenous condition that companies can adapt organizationally. However, I argue that the product architecture is, in fact,...
Generally, organisations continue to strive for sustainability and competitive advantage. This leads some of the organisations to employ various tactics and mechanisms in attempts to fulfill their aims and objectives, overtime. The challenges of sustainability and competitive advantage could also be attributed to organisations' reliance on technology which has increased significantly in recent years...
Information technologies enable organizations to successfully sense and manage market opportunities and threats in turbulent environments and therefore can enhance firm performance. On the other hand, IT can inhibit organizations from achieving high performance due to its inflexibility and the high cost of system implementation. This study explains the multifaceted roles of information technologies...
The objective of this thesis is to determine the value of software developers for the mobile value chain. To identify different strategies for mobile platforms integrating developers, two case studies are conducted: Apple and Google. Porter's approach of key activities is used to identify, how the two companies create a sustainable competitive advantage and which roles developers fulfill within the...
Among the most dynamic and spirited businesses in the contemporary world, software (SW) industry takes the lead. Being an engineering discipline, it requires intelligence of skilled workers and the practice of complex processes. The rapid change of technologies and user requirements leave the software development companies with a great risk on a ground where many are rivals. This atmosphere is less...
Low-cost competitive is not only the theory choice of China's economic development, but also the practical needs of enterprise management, even more as the important source of booming manufacturing sector. Facing on the normalization of labor cost, resource price, enterprise profit and the requirement of changing the economic development model in China, different level should choice different measures...
As for the relationship between market structure and technological innovation, it is an old industrial organizational paradigm. But most of the theories were developed under the context of developed countries and concerned mostly in the relationship between market structure and innovation. Therefore this paper tries to analyze the relationship among market structure, technological innovation and industrial...
This paper discusses the obtaining of enterprise competitive advantage based on the strategy of delivering customer value from the perspective of sustainable marketing. First of all, it provides an overview of customer value. Second, the paper explores the relationship between customer value and enterprise competitive advantage. Then it proposes the STV triangle model which stands for Strategy, Tactic...
This paper analyzes a special company — Inner Mongolia Yili Corp., as the competitive advantage case study supported by competitive advantage theory and financial analysis. It would be considered from different directions such as history and financial indexes compared with peer group companies. The process, using the data of comparison with competitors demonstrates different variables. The results...
Based on Xi'an high-tech development zone, 105 firms as samples, through the questionnaire survey data access, we validated by empirical analysis in technology innovation networks, the member enterprises absorbing ability have positive role in promoting enterprise competitive advantage and technology innovation achievements. At the same time, the competitive advantage of enterprises can promote technological...
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