Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Preface 1 The corporate firm in a spatial context PIET PELLENBARG AND EGBERT WEVER ix xiii xv 1 2 Networks of firms in Flanders‚ Belgium: characteristics and territorial impacts DOMINIQUE VANNESTE AND PETER CABUS 23 61 3 Global production and trade systems: the Volvo case INGE IVARSSON AND CLAES G. ALVSTAM 4 The organization of the production process: the case of Smartville H. PETER DÖRRENBÄCHER AND CHRISTIAN SCHULZ 83
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differentiation Regional international flight New routes Threats Entrance of other LCCs Accident‚ terrorist attack‚ and disaster and affect customer confidence Aviation regulation and government policy Increase in operation cost in producing value-added services System disruption due to heavily reliance on online sales Other airlines start cut costs to compete High fuel price Government policy Security charges‚ landing charges‚ airport departure Key challenges Increasing competition
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About thE movie The Firm is a 1993 legal thriller directed by Sydney Pollack‚ and starring Tom Cruise‚ Jeanne Tripplehorn‚ Gene Hackman‚ Ed Harris‚ Holly Hunter‚ Hal Holbrook‚ and David Strathairn. The film is based on the 1991 novel The Firm by author John Grisham. Plot Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is a young man with a promising future in law. About to graduate from Harvard Law School‚ he is approached by Bendini‚ Lambert & Locke‚ ’The Firm’‚ and made an offer he cannot refuse. He and his
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Innovation‚ Blue Ocean Strategy‚ Business Ethic‚ and Strategy Implementation F BA401-BI 421 F ก 1 PART 1 • Innovation • Blue Ocean Strategy 2 New Concept • Blue ocean • Pinpoint Porter’s Competitive problem – Low cost – Low cost – Risk in focusing strategy 3 3 86% 62% 62% 39% 4 Value Innovation Cost Eliminate Reduce Value Value Innovation Innovation Raise Create Value ก ก F ก F ก 5 6 High High Premium Wines Premium Wines Budget Wines Budget Wines Budget
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect International Journal of Project Management 32 (2014) 327 – 340 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijproman Project risk management methodology for small firms Sara Marcelino-Sádaba a‚⁎‚ Amaya Pérez-Ezcurdia a ‚ Angel M. Echeverría Lazcano b ‚ Pedro Villanueva a a Dept. Projects and Rural Engineering‚ Public University of Navarre‚ Spain b Zabala Innovation Consulting‚ S.A.‚ Spain Received 15 January 2013; received in revised form 17 May 2013; accepted
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Strategic Thinking and Strategic Leadership Abstract The purpose of the study is to evaluate and discuss the concepts of strategic thinking and strategic leadership to gain competitive advantage for organizations. For this‚ every aspect related to strategy is discussed. The study starts with introducing the concept of strategy‚ strategic thinking‚ strategy analysis‚ strategic leadership‚ strategic implementation and learning organization. Thus‚ the challenge to managers is to decide on strategies
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RUNNING HEAD: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC COMPETITIVENESS 1 Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness XXXXXXXX Strayer University BUS 499 Business Administration Capstone XXXXXXXX April 18‚ 2013 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC COMPETITIVENESS 2 With offices in more than 30 countries‚ Red Hat‚ founded in 1993‚ is the world’s leading provider of open source solutions‚ using a community-powered approach
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4. Firm Strategy‚ Structure and Rivalry Closing the circle of the factors that determine the existence of a competitive advantage‚ it is necessary to take into account the context in which firms are created‚ organized and managed and the nature of domestic competition. Goals‚ strategies‚ and ways of organizing companies in the industry are widely influenced by national conditions. Achieving national interest depends on the extent to which these options according to the source of competitive advantage
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Firm Reputation and Horizontal Integration∗ Hongbin Cai† Ichiro Obara‡ March 14‚ 2008. Abstract We study effects of horizontal integration on firm reputation. In an environment where customers observe only imperfect signals about firms’ effort/quality choices‚ firms cannot maintain good reputation and earn quality premium forever. Even when firms choose high quality‚ there is always a possibility that a bad signal is observed. Thus‚ firms must give up their quality premium‚ at least temporarily
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Readings/Assignments 1 Introduction to Strategy Objective: Assess how firms create value and how they go about building and sustaining competitive advantage in different markets. Competencies: Quantitative Literacy Critical Thinking Week 1 October 3 – October 9‚ 2012 Required Reading • Collis‚ D.J.‚ & Montgomery‚ C.A. (1995‚ July/August). Competing on resources: Strategy in the 1990s. Harvard Business Review‚ 73 (4). (Custom Textbook (2012)‚ Managing Strategy in the Global Marketplace. Chapter
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