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Siketina, Natalya Hennadievna. "Adaptation industrial enterprises to changed competitive environment." Thesis, Science initiative "Universum", 2018. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/39997.

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Competitive environment results in positive changes in market agents' relations. At the same time, it is characterized by constant, often unpredictable, changes in the conditions of their existence, which, for one, positively affects production activity, while others have a negative impact on efficiency, often leading them to bankruptcy. These features of the competitive environment require the identification of the mechanism of adaptation of enterprises to its changes, namely, the reengineering of the internal environment of the enterprise, in accordance with the variability of external econo

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Sikorska, Małgorzata, György Kocziszky, and P. G. Pererva. "Compliance service at guest services enterprises." Thesis, Полтавський університет економіки і торгівлі, 2017. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/33437.

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The modern enterprise is obliged to carry out a legitimate and civilized business, therefore management, understanding the importance and necessity of compliance units, provides them with sufficient manpower and adequate rights to receive information and documents. In practice, the need for compliance control is determined by corporate strategy.

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Adkins, Michael Louis. "The internet : strategic implications for competitive advantage /." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14041327.

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Hammad, Younis. "Competitive advantage of small and medium size enterprises in Palestine." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/403.

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The main core of this study is to assess the current state of the Palestinian Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) sector and determine its potential and opportunities open to this sector for playing a central role in the development process, as well as to examine the reasons behind the limited presence of SMEs' in the Palestinian territory. This thesis explores and examines via qualitative and quantitative research methods, the competitive advantages and distinctive competencies that determine success in firms established in Palestine before and after the Oslo Agreement. The study embrace

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Makumbila, Louis Boy. "Supplier development for competitive advantage in manufacturing small medium enterprises." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/18102.

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Competitive advantage is crucial for a business to be sustainable, yet many small- and medium-sized enterprises are not engaging in supplier development in order to achieve a competitive advantage. This empirical study was conducted on a sample of 64 small- and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing industry in Kempton Park, Gauteng. The factors that influence engagement in supplier development were analysed to assess whether supplier development can lead to competitive advantage and other benefits. The findings indicate that supplier development can create and improve competitive advan

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Janse, van Rensburg Ulrich. "Do local firms have a competitive advantage over multinational enterprises?" Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30608.

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This study describes the factors that drive competitiveness between local firms and multinational enterprises (MNE) in a retail consumer market of an emerging country. It also seeks to identify the approaches and strategies the competitors consider and adopt to maintain the advantage in the consumer market.The objective of this study is to identify the factors local firms and MNE’s will consider when competing with each other. The study also wants to identify the preferred mode of entry of MNE’s.The study will be a quantitative study where relationships between competitors and their performanc

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Nagy, Szabolcs, and P. G. Pererva. "The formation of competitive advantages of intellectual technology." Thesis, Інститут науково-дослідницький Люблінського парку науково-технологічного, 2018. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/39468.

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Naumchyk, K. H., and L. P. Artemenko. "Introduction of competitive intelligence for enterprises in terms of European integration." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/42431.

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At this stage of development and progress, is no longer enough to pay attention or many times to get the victory over its competitors. Unfortunately, even if one competitor is overcome (which may be only temporary), others will appear. Many large companies now are in need of new capacities, innovations, new human resources and so on.

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Zhao, Shaoyu. "Social networks, business strategy, and competitive advantage of private enterprises in China." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42329/.

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This study focuses on how the social networks of entrepreneurs shape the business strategies adopted by the Chinese private enterprises and the role of social networks in sustaining competitive advantage. Using data collected from 418 surveys and 53 interviews with private entrepreneurs in Guangdong Province in 2013, this study investigates how entrepreneurs embedded in different business-to-business (B2B) networks and business-to-government (B2G) networks perceive the role of social networks in the design and implementation of business strategies. This study also explores the types of politic

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Mostert, Daniël Gerhardus. "Competitive analysis : a tool to enhance the process of strategy formulation /." Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1122.

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Cornell, Brent T. "Open Innovation Strategies for Overcoming Competitive Challenges Facing Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises." Thesis, University of Maryland University College, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3567900.

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<p>The purpose of this dissertation is to explore how small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) can leverage open innovation to increase their economic viability and success in this modern, globalized post-industrial society marked by constant change and intense competition. To date, most open innovation research has focused exclusively on large companies, while neglecting the specific competitive challenges and strategies of SMEs. This dissertation evaluates the open innovation landscape from the vantage point of SMEs because these firms play a significant role in economies around the globe. Inn

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Huang, Chun-Hua. "Competitive advantage, corporate strategy, and the internationalisation of Chinese state-owned manufacturing enterprises." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1993. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21391.

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Research on the internationalisation of the firm has focused mainly upon identifying the competitive advantage 'which enabled it to invest overseas, as well as the motives and methods of foreign entry. Strategic issues have been largely ignored in both the theoretical and empirical research. Most empirical research is based upon macro (country) and/or meso (industry) data. There have been few detailed company studies to explain the dynamic interactions between the evolution of a firm's external environment, competitive advantage, corporate strategy and its internationalisation. This thesis by

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Turyakira, Peter. "Corporate social responsibility: a competitive strategy for small and medium-sized enterprises in Uganda." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012648.

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In view of the important role small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) universally play as the backbone of national economies and the survival and competitiveness challenges that they face, the purpose of this study was to develop specific models of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for SMEs in Uganda as an avenue to enhance their competitiveness and foster economic development. The primary objective was to gain insight into the deployment of CSR in SMEs, including investigating CSR factors and their potential impact on competitiveness. This study integrates previous findings and theories

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Kuznetsova, Kristina. "Využití metod Competitive Intelligence pro společnost Intergraph s.r.o." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-204852.

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Thesis deals with the use of Competitive Intelligence methods for selected IT company. The main objective of this work is the use of competitive intelligence analysis within the company and the characteristics of the company's competitive environment. Another goal is to identify appropriate information sources to obtain information about the external business environment and tools for monitoring them. The theoretical part of this work comes from the professional literature and focuses on the characteristics of competitive intelligence, and the intelligence cycle, including a description of its

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Juhari, Ariff Syah. "Evaluation of competitive intelligence software for MSC-status small and medium-sized enterprises in Malaysia." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2009. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/13657.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia, particularly In the information and communications technology (lCT) sector, are faced with an increasingly volatile environment. The Malaysian business scene has opened up their markets to the world where smaller businesses find themselves competing with newly launched multinational subsidiary and subdivision companies, along with the large local firms. The Malaysian Government has launched several campaigns and support for smaller local businesses to be more competitive and to continuously compete at par with these larger companies. This

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Holter, Andreas Rong. "An exploration of transport purchasing for small and medium sized enterprises for improved competitive advantage." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2456.

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Божкова, Вікторія Вікторівна, Виктория Викторовна Божкова, Viktoriia Viktorivna Bozhkova, Любов В`ячеславівна Носонова, Любовь Вячеславовна Носонова, and Liubov Viacheslavivna Nosonova. "Theoretical and methodological approaches to competitive stability of engineering companies." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/66536.

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The background is determined in the way that every enterprise of building industry uses different methods to analyze its competitive level and constantly searches for options to be required with its production. Ensuring the sustainability of competitive enterprises of engineering industry in modern globalized markets means first of all using of tools and marketing tools.

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Babb, Kara C. "Research of China’s Private Enterprises and Brands on a Global Background." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306387641.

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Bellak, Christian. "Explaining foreign ownership by comparative and competitive advantage. Empirical evidence." Inst. für Volkswirtschaftstheorie und -politik, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1999. http://epub.wu.ac.at/96/1/document.pdf.

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This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign ownership in manufacturing industries. Foreign ownership, according to the theory of international production, is the result of the combination of comparative and competitive advantage. An adequate examination of the ownership structure of an industry requires the ability to establish empirically the extent to which international competitiveness of firms rests on comparative and competitive advantage. Analysis is based on a sample of the 30 largest manufacturing firms in Austria. The distinction and definition of comparative

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Mostert, Daniel Gerhardus. "Competitive analysis : a tool to enhance the process of strategy formulation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3311.

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Thesis (MPhil (Information Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>It is well understood that the modern business environment has become a very complex and uncertain arena. The only way that the modern organization can survive under these circumstances, is by “crafting” a strategy that will differentiate itself from its competitors. The process of strategy formulation has been the victim of widespread criticism, from practitioners and academics, alike. Competitive analysis has been identified as a tool that can assist and facilitate strategy formulation. The objective of this assignme

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Nwachukwu, C. I. "Investigating the linkage between competitive strategy and human resource management practices in Nigeria medium-sized enterprises." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2016. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/4198/.

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Despite the growth of studies in contextual strategic human resource management (SHRM) investigating the linkage of competitive strategy (CS) and human resource management practices (HRMp), there have been minimal studies on the phenomenon in emerging economies such as Nigeria. Notably, the applicability of western models of SHRM in Nigeria has shown a lot of difficulties over time due to the peculiarity of the Nigerian context. This study therefore addresses the key question of a context-specific model of CS-HRMp linkage in Nigeria medium-sized enterprises (NMSEs). Due to the dearth of litera

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Pamulu, Muhammad Sapri. "Strategic management practices in the construction industry : a study of Indonesian enterprises." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2010. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41570/1/Muhammad_Pamulu_Thesis.pdf.

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Since the establishment of the first national strategic development plan in the early 1970s, the construction industry has played an important role in terms of the economic, social and cultural development of Indonesia. The industry’s contribution to Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased from 3.9% in 1973 to 7.7% in 2007. Business Monitoring International (2009) forecasts that Indonesia is home to one of the fastest-growing construction industries in Asia despite the average construction growth rate being expected to remain under 10% over the period 2006 – 2010. Similarly, Howlett

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Ziubanova, D. M., and V. I. Kovshik. "Modern methods of market size estimation." Thesis, НТУ "ХПІ", 2011. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/7867.

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Wan, Feng. "Converting country-specific advantages into firm-specific advantages : a new perspective on developing and sustaining competitive advantage in emerging markets." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648274.

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Lněnička, Jiří. "Využití metod Competitive Intelligence pro malé a střední podniky." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-124725.

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This thesis deals with the possibilities of using methods of Competitive Intelligence for Small and Medium Enterprises. The main objective is to analyze how a particular business entity can apply the Competitive Intelligence methods. Sub-targets were set to achieve the primary goal of this diploma, among which belong describing theoretical aspects of Competitive Intelligence, characteristics of business environment in the selected segment, analyzing possibilities of using methods of Competitive Intelligence in the segment and designing applicable methodology of its usage for particular entity.

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Soukup, Tomáš. "Využití metod Competitive Intelligence pro malé a střední podniky." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-85159.

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This diploma thesis deals with integration of Competitive Intelligence and Business Intelligence into one solution, which would provide small and medium enterprises with maximum amount of information to help them make the right decision. The primary goal of the diploma thesis is to define user's requirements for such system and find for these requirements suitable information resources. Secondary goal is to analyze new Microsoft service called Windows Azure Marketplace Datamarket and its information resources, which could possibly be beneficial for this thesis. Gained information will be used

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Smith, Jamie. "Competitive intelligence behaviour and attitude antecedents in French small and medium sized enterprises in a funded intervention environment." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/7973.

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This thesis examines the Competitive Intelligence behaviour and attitude antecedents of SME decision-makers in a funded environment in France. As a leader in CI national policy programmes, France draws attention to the imbalance between European nations on the tangible support afforded to SME communities. This two stage sequential mixed method study within the pragmatic paradigm evaluates Competitive Intelligence as a public policy to enhance SME sustainable competitiveness. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with the directors of 15 Competitive Intelligence programmes at French Chambe

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De, Beer Lloyd. "The development of a model of competencies for small, medium and microsized enterprises (SMME'S) to achieve competitive advantage in the East Cape Motor Industry Cluster." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/121.

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The research problem addressed in this study was to identify the generic strategies that small, medium and micro enterprises (SMME’s) are required to implement in order to achieve competitive advantage in the highly competitive global automotive market. Markets have merged into one huge global marketplace, increasing the competitive forces on all the participants in the automotive markets. Strategies to achieve competitive advantage has changed from the traditional domestic strategies to that of strategies required for global competitive advantage. This has created challenges for SMME’s to att

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Ali, Madadi Jani Siavash. "The Role of Knowledge in Internationalization of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-45564.

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Internationalization is one of the most complicated elements in Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) expansion. Researchers seem to agree more and more that none of the theories in this field can solely explain the dynamics of the internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises particularly small knowledge- and service-intensive firms. There are different theories and approaches toward the SMEs‘ internationalization; however there is one predictor in common among them: Firm‟s knowledge resources (Yli-Renko, Autio, & Tontti, 2002).Since the value-adding processes of firms are

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Adeniran, Tejumade Victoria. "An investigation of how South African Small and Medium Enterprises use ICT and dynamic capabilities to achieve competitive advantage." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10002.

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This study sets out to investigate how South African Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Dynamic Capabilities (DCs) to achieve competitive advantage in a changing business environment. The study explores the purposes for which South African SMEs use ICT in a changing environment, as well as the types of organisational capabilities or DCs that can significantly impact on competitive advantage within the SMEs. This study examines the contingent effect of firm size and age on the ICT capabilities, ICT utilisation, and absorptive and innovativ

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Alwuhaibi, Sami Abdallah. "A cultural perspective on the impact of family and society on the competitive advantage of organizations and nations." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2009. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-04032009-145755.

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Schmitt, Claudia Lunkes. "Incubadora como fator competitivo para empresas nascentes: o caso da incubadora tecnológica da Feevale." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2005. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/4544.

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The micro and small enterprises are taking a high importance position on the global scenario, influencing directly on the production of employment and income and on the regional development. Even being faster, flexible, innovator and willing to take risk they are more fragile, they don t have their own enough capital, little experience on management and difficulty on doing business. As a way to reduce the precocious high death rates of these enterprises and also to bring to the community the innovations created in the academy, arose the incubators that offer an environment specially planned to

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Modimodale, Lloyd. "ICT and SMEs competitiveness in South Afirca : how SMEs could use ICT to become competitive in South Africa." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08272008-111005.

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Tan, Caroline Swee Lin, and caroline tansl@gmail com. "Sources Of Competitive Advantage For Emerging Fast Growth Small-To-Medium Enterprises: The Role Of Business Orientation, Marketing Capabilities, Customer Value, And Firm Performance." RMIT University. Management, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080530.094224.

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This thesis examines the influence of market, learning, and entrepreneurial orientation as sources of competitive advantage in fast-growth SMEs. It is taken that these three factors synergistically comprise an organization's business orientation, enhancing marketing capabilities and firm performance. In Australia, these firms tend to be emerging enterprises, usually less than 10 years of age, and comprise approximately 10% of all SMEs, contributing substantially to national revenue. Two studies (Study 1 and Study 2) were incorporated, utilizing a sequential explanatory design, which is ch

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Lindberg, Robert, and Claes Brandt. "Competitive IS/IT strategy : A qualitative study about IS/IT strategy and its influence on business strategy in small service enterprises." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Informatics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-433.

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<p>Information system (IS), in other words computerised programs and application that a company uses is a central part in its organisation. Information technology (IT) is the hardware and infrastructure that an IS uses. IS and IT is then related to each other and several use the term IS/IT to describe the two words. Several small enterprises (10-49 employees) use IS/IT to a higher extent in order to work efficiently and many firms should not work without IS/IT. Because small enterprises are a major part in the economy for western world countries’ they find it important that these enterprises a

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Dilver, Sinem. "Competitive advantage through effective management of information technology: a case of small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (smmes) in southern turkey." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1396.

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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Information Technology in the Faculty of Informatics and Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology<br>In both developed and developing countries, small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) play a role in the economic growth of the country. The number of SMMEs and the contribution they make to national economies have been growing rapidly in recent years. The concept of trade globalisation has accelerated during this period from a national perspective to reaching international dimensions. T

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Mazzarol, Timothy W. "An examination of the factors critical to the establishment and maintenance of competitive advantage for education services enterprises within international markets." Thesis, Curtin University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/329.

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The principal focus of the present study was to examine the factors critical to the development and maintenance of a competitive advantage for education institutions operating in international markets. International education involves over 1.3 million students' world wide, and injects billions of dollars into the economies of supplier nations. Despite its importance, little empirical research is available on the international marketing of education. This study draws together research from services marketing, industrial and organisational economics, strategic management and various studies and

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Mazzarol, Timothy W. "An examination of the factors critical to the establishment and maintenance of competitive advantage for education services enterprises within international markets." Curtin University of Technology, School of Management, 1997. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=11004.

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The principal focus of the present study was to examine the factors critical to the development and maintenance of a competitive advantage for education institutions operating in international markets. International education involves over 1.3 million students' world wide, and injects billions of dollars into the economies of supplier nations. Despite its importance, little empirical research is available on the international marketing of education. This study draws together research from services marketing, industrial and organisational economics, strategic management and various studies and

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Rastrick, Karyn Christine. "Combining Capabilities: A Resource Based Model of ICT Advantage." The University of Waikato, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2611.

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Significant levels of interest and organisational spending on information and communication technologies (ICT's) have triggered debate as to whether these investments are worthwhile. While there has been some acknowledgement that investments result in positive returns, little is known about how ICT's may lead to competitive advantage. This thesis starts to inform this gap, by investigating how ICT's are combined with other organisational resources in the context of an exemplar organisation. The resource based view (RBV) is used as a framework to guide this study. The RBV is an appropriate

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Lelo, de Larrea Gaudiano Alejandro. "Transnational corporations in Mexico : the creation of competitive advantage through corporate social responsibility : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Development Studies /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1087.

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Cheeseman, Noel. "Do Queensland food exporters seek strategic competitive advantage in overseas markets, or are they opportunistic exporters : an export case study." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36335/1/36335_Cheeseman_2000.pdf.

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The subject of this thesis deals with the participation of Queensland firms in international markets. Many opportunities exist in international markets and this is illustrated using the markets of Taiwan, Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as examples. Whilst there appears to be strong opportunities in international markets, companies also face strong international competition and an increasingly sophisticated and demanding consumer. Companies need to better understand these target markets and develop the assets and skills that will provide a Strategic Competitive Advantage (SCA) a

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Wagner, Roland. "Achieving best practice through knowledge management : benchmarking and competitive intelligence as techniques for strategic decision-making in small and medium sized enterprises." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. https://etd.sun.ac.za/jspui/handle/10019/1298.

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Fakir, Kiran. "The use of competitive intelligence in the sustainability of SMMEs in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM)." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/15182.

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The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM), situated in the second largest province in South Africa, the Eastern Cape, is an unfortunate victim of low economic development and high unemployment. The South African Government, through the Department of Trade and Industry, identified the need for SMMEs to address these issues with the inception of the White Paper on National Strategy for the Development and Promotion of Small Business in South Africa over 20 years ago. SMMEs in South Africa are noted to have a failure rate of around 70% which does not bode well for the efforts to improve e

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Chuang, Chiao-Chen, and 莊蕎蓁. "A Study on the Competitive Strategy of Freight Enterprises." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zyd36w.

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Yu-Jen, Wang, and 王裕仁. "A Study of Enterprises Improve Competitive Advantage by Global Logistics." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43158480230982175606.

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碩士<br>國立中興大學<br>企業管理學系<br>87<br>The aims of this research are: 1.study how do the enterprises cooperate through industrial network to improve efficiency by practicing global logistics. 2.study how to improve the abilities through the whole supply chain management in the network. In cooperation among enterprises, the achievement of supply chain management is the key point of enhancing competition advantage. From the industrial supply chain management of personal computer manufacturers, this paper will explore the raise of competition advantages due to the execution of global logisti

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Diachenko, T. A., A. V. Kosenko, and M. M. Tkachov. "Formation of competitive strategies of enterprises for technological equipment repair." Thesis, 2019. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/48318.

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On the basis of the evolution of the theory of strategic management under review and the practice of its use, the theoretical and practical significance of the further development of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the formation of enterprise strategies corresponds to the current complexity and variability of the external environment. environment is proven. A classification of competitive strategies of industrial enterprises has been developed, which is adapted to the specifics of the repair services market according to the criterion of the depth of strategic transformations.

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林秀玲 and 林秀玲. "THE STUDY OF E-BUSINESS BUILD COMPETITIVE EDGE FOR ENTERPRISES." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40673104037232055797.

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碩士<br>國立臺灣大學<br>國際企業學研究所<br>90<br>THE STUDY OF E-BUSINESS BUILD COMPETITIVE EDGE FOR ENTERPRISES Twenty-one century is indeed the era of digital economy. In order to cope with severe competition from the unbounded internet environment, many businesses must responding to the needs of the global market promptly by developing a visionary and suitable ”E-Business model” and fulfilling the versatility of customer. With an effective integration of external and internal resources, enterprises will definitely sharpen their competitive edge, improve their performance, and ultimately benefi

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Chiang, Meng Hua, and 江孟樺. "Organization Slack and Competitive Strategy Effect on International Distribution of Enterprises." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17976765488766571403.

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碩士<br>東海大學<br>企業管理學系碩士班<br>98<br>The study collected company information as a sample from 2004 to 2008, 1248 companies totally. Industries have the traditional industry, electronics and other industries, and so on. The views of slack and competitive strategy differ in its international distribution business. They have any differences in slack of availability, recovery and potential, competition is divided into the cost leadership strategy and differentiation strategy. The study use descriptive statistics to understand the sample. First, the study use hierarchical regression of competitive

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LABORY, Sandrine. "Market structure and firm structure in imperfectly competitive markets." Doctoral thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/4985.

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Defence date: 21 February 1997<br>Examining board: Prof. Patrizio Bianchi, University of Bologna ; Prof. John Cable, University of Wales Aberystwyth ; Prof. Neil Kay, Strathclyde University ; Prof. Stephen Martin, EUI and University of Copenhagen, Supervisor ; Prof. Louis Phlips, EUI<br>PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 2017

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LIOU, ZIH-YIN, and 劉姿吟. "Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage of the Benchmarking Enterprises in Construction Industry." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8uzuqa.

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碩士<br>國立高雄應用科技大學<br>土木工程與防災科技研究所<br>104<br>With generally unsatisfactory results of poor operation strategy implementation and both internal and external difficulties, the construction industry is paying more attention to the “benchmarking learning method” as the solution to its problems. The main purpose of this study is to select and compile individual cases of benchmarking enterprises in Taiwan’s construction industry, compare their business strategies to find out their competitive advantages, and draw references from the cases to provide suggestions on how to solve the current operational

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