The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0048-3486.htm The role of strategic groups in understanding strategic human resource management Judie M. Gannon Oxford School of Hospitality Management‚ Faculty of Business‚ Oxford Brookes University‚ Oxford‚ UK The role of strategic groups 513 Liz Doherty Business School‚ Sheffield Hallam University‚ Sheffield‚ UK‚ and Angela Roper School of Hospitality & Tourism Management‚ University
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customers toward the products (e.g.‚ current market shares of the products). Maps generated by this software are spatial representations in Euclidean space that have the following characteristics: (1) The pairwise distances between product alternatives directly indicate the “perceived similarities” between any pair of products‚ i.e.‚ how close or far apart the products are in the minds of customers. (2) A vector on the map (shown by a blue or red line) indicates both magnitude and direction in the
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History: Reliance group was founded by Dhirubhai Ambani in 1966 as a polyester firm. Dhirubhai started the equity cult in India. Reliance later entered into financial services‚ petroleum refining‚ power sector. By 2002 Reliance had grown into a U$15 billion conglomerate. After the death of Dhirubhai Ambani on 6 July 2002‚ Reliance was headed by his sons. The group was formed after the two feuding brothers Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani‚ split Reliance Industries. Anil Ambani got the responsibility
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competition is in the car industry. As the Japanese gained market share in America‚ U.S. car makers required the Japanese to self-impose quotas on cars exported to the United States. This encouraged Japanese firms not only to establish their plants in the United States but also to build bigger and more luxurious cars to compete against the higher-priced U.S. cars- and the expensive European cars such as the Mercedes and the BMW. One such Japanese car is the Lexus‚ by Toyota. This car is aimed at customers
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EXAMPLES OF LITERATURE MAPS Refer to Creswell Figure 2.1 Literature Map - Security Architecture Literature Map Topic Classification Literature citation Project Management Industry Trends Project Management Terminology Keil M.‚ Ra A.‚ Mann J. E. C.‚ Zhang G. P.‚ (2003) Project Management Institute PMBOK (2000) Ross M.‚ (2005) Project Escalation and Abandonment Factors Keil M.‚ Rai A.‚ Mann J. E. C.‚ Zhang G. P‚ (2003) Pan G. S. C.‚ (2005)‚ Leadership and Vision Christenson
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Strategic Groups * “the group of firms in an industry following the same strategy along the same strategic dimensions” (Porter‚ 1980) * “a set of firms competing within an industry on the basis of similar scope and resource commitments” (Cool & Schendel‚ 1968) Competitive strategy = a choice of which strategic group to compete in = the choice of the easiest group to ‘get into’ Strategic groups are organisations within an industry with similar strategic characteristics‚ following similar
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Strategic Analysis of the Global Automotive Industry This report provides an analysis and evaluation of common and major global trends and identifies the common business opportunities and their impact on the global automotive industry. Globalization gave the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) not only the opportunity to expand to the new markets‚ but it also increased the risk of failure. Since globalization increased competition and gave the choice to consumers‚ automotive industry
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The global pharmaceutical industry – in the land of shrinking giants. 1. Introduction The case describes the evolution of the industry and its unusual strategic environment. Attention is drawn to environmental pressures from regulators and payers. Key forces driving the industry are discussed‚ including addressing unmet medical need‚ the importance of innovation and time to market‚ and globalisation. The case illustrates how an increasingly hostile environment‚ combined with a decline in R&D
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Mobile Phone Industry Analysis: There are three main categories of mobile phones: simple phones (low-cost devices providing basic function of a phone and address book‚ feature phones (mid-priced phones with multimedia features such as camera or digital music)‚ and smartphones (high-priced gadgets allowing most functions of a PC in your palm). Structural Trends Business strategy only involved either the vertical or horizontal models. In the vertical model‚ the company controlled all aspects
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Perceptual Maps Having a strategic marketing plan needs direct input to insure the success that a product or service will have growth in the market. Perceptual mapping is one of the best ways to map out the product’s life cycle and the impact that it will have in the market. Perceptual maps are illustrations of data that have been compiled from the markets rating scales‚ and to develop a correct perceptual map these scales have to be fundamentally sound for the product and the consumers. When
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