Toward a knowledge-based theory of the firm ROBERT M. GRANT ‚ 1996‚ SMJ Presentation of the article The different theories of the firm when applied to the field of strategic management help explain firm performance and the determinants of strategic choice from different perspectives. The knowledge-based view‚ through its focus upon knowledge as the most strategically important firm resource‚ is seen here as an extension of the resource-based view. The issues with which the KBV concerns itself
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1. Which are the archetypes does Verbeke distinguish? Draw the figures associated with these archetypes. Verbeke distguish between 4 types of archetypes and they are the following: Centralized exporter: Home country managed firm. Firm specific advantage in its final products. Standardized products manufactured at home. Only the transferable firm specific advantages are taken to the host country‚ meaning that they try to make exporting successful in international markets. No development of location
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INTRODUCTION Dell‚ Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way‚ Round Rock‚ Texas‚ and United States that develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder‚ Michael Dell‚ the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world‚ employing more than 103‚300 people worldwide. Dell is listed at number 41 in the Fortune 500 list. Dell has grown by both increasing its customer base and
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“Rational decision-making is an impossible ideal in strategy formulation and implementation due to incomplete information and organisational politics.” Strategy is formulated and implemented by organisations as a means of gaining competitive advantage and achieving organisational success. Frequent fast‚ widely supported‚ and high quality strategic decisions are the cornerstone of effective strategy (Eisenhardt‚ 1999 in Clegg et. Al‚ 2012). In today’s world of borderless business‚ ever-evolving
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Ethical Decision Making Ethical Dilemma Ben is cutting himself regularly. The school counselor has spoken with his parents for several weeks and has explained the severity of this child’s problem. Ben desperately needs help for a mental health professional. The parents refuse to take him for treatment and say they just want him to continue seeing the school counselor. Hypothetical Background Ben is nine years old. He is in the third grade at Children’s Nation Elementary School‚ a quality
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analysis stands for "Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ and Technological‚ Environmental and Legal analysis". It is a part of the external analysis when conducting a strategic analysis or doing market research and gives a certain overview of the different macroenvironmental factors that the company has to take into consideration. Political factors‚ or how and to what degree a government intervenes in the economy. Specifically‚ political factors include areas such as tax policy‚ labour law‚ environmental
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Running head: SHARED DECISION-MAKING AND COMMUNICATION Sharon Carter North Central University Assignment 10: Shared Decision-Making and Communication The use of technology has significantly improved the communication options within our society. The use of electronic mail and social networking sites are widely used to communicate personal and business related information within organizations to help fulfill their personal goals‚ missions and visions.
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Question 3 To better understand the performance of companies‚ four types of ratios are normally used: First‚ profitability ratios‚ which indicate the company’s ability to generate profits to satisfy and attract investors; second‚ liquidity ratios‚ which suggest the capability of company to meet its obligations timely; third‚ efficiency ratios‚ which assess the company’s operating efficiency; fourth‚ financial leverage ratio‚ which shows rationality of company’s financial structure. (Mautz and
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Decision making is the process by which members of an organization choose a specific course of action to respond to the opportunities and problems that confront them. Good decisions help an individual‚ group‚ or organization to be effective. Bad decisions hinder effectiveness and result in poor performance and negative attitudes at all organizational levels. Nonprogrammed decision making involves searching for extra information that is needed to make the right choice. Its also decision making in
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One of the decision making biases that managers may exhibit is overconfidence which is holding unrealistically positive views of one’s self and one’s performance. Overconfidence manifests itself either as excessive optimism about future firm performance or as an underestimate of the variance underlying future performance. Overconfidence tends to be a negative personality of an individual who has the tendency to overestimate the possibilities of his success. Overconfidence manager makes probability
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