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Akwei, Cynthia A. "The process of creating dynamic capabilities." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2007. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7869.
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The concept of dynamic capability (DC) is receiving significant attention from scholars in strategy and organisation research. However, most of the research is conceptual in nature. In this thesis, the process of how DCs are created in two firms is examined using the grounded theory methodology (GTM) with the aim of developing a substantive theory of DC creation. Data were collected using theoretical sampling, and unstructured and semi-structured interviews. These data were then analysed using the constant comparison method to identify and explain the process through which DCs are created. The findings from the study reveal that DCs are created through continuous internal activities such as in-house innovation, human resource activities (HRAs), and external activities with partners through collaboration and acquisitions. Firms learn from these activities, which lead to changes in the static organisational capabilities and the development of higher order capabilities, the DCs. From this study, a framework has been developed for considering and managing the process of creating DCs at a strategic level. The framework explains the reasons why these firms develop and renew their DCs, identifies the key resources required, and examines the activities through which DCs are developed and renewed. The framework is both iterative and simultaneous. Implications for academics and practitioners are discussed, and limitations and directions for future research are outlined.
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Piovesan, Nicola. "Network resource allocation policies with energy transfer capabilities." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669313.
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During the last decades, mobile network operators have witnessed an exponential increase in the traffic demand, mainly due to the high request of services from a huge amount of users. The trend is of a further increase in both the traffic demand and the number of connected devices over the next years. The traffic load is expected to have an annual growth rate of 53% for the mobile network alone, and the upcoming industrial era, which will connect different types of devices to the mobile infrastructure including human and machine type communications, will definitely exacerbate such an increasing trend.
The current directions anticipate that future mobile networks will be composed of ultra dense deployments of heterogeneous Base Stations (BSs), where BSs using different transmission powers coexist. Accordingly, the traditional Macro BSs layer will be complemented or replaced with multiple overlapping tiers of small BSs (SBSs), which will allow extending the system capacity. However, the massive use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the dense deployment of network elements is going to increase the level of energy consumed by the telecommunication infrastructure and its carbon footprint on the environment.
Current estimations indicates that 10% of the worldwide electricity generation is due to the ICT industry and this value is forecasted to reach 51% by 2030, which imply that 23% of the carbon footprint by human activity will be due to ICT. Environmental sustainability is thus a key requirement for designing next generation mobile networks.
Recently, the use of Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) for supplying network elements has attracted the attention of the research community, where the interest is driven by the increased efficiency and the reduced costs of energy harvesters and storage devices, specially when installed to supply SBSs. Such a solution has been demonstrated to be environmentally and economically sustainable in both rural and urban areas. However, RESs will entail a higher management complexity. In fact, environmental energy is inherently erratic and intermittent, which may cause a
fluctuating energy inflow and produce service outage. A proper control of how the energy is drained and balanced across network elements is therefore necessary for a self-sustainable network design.
In this dissertation, we focus on energy harvested through solar panels that is deemed the most appropriate due to the good efficiency of commercial photovoltaic panels as well as the wide availability of the solar source for typical installations. The characteristics of this energy source are analyzed in the first technical part of the dissertation, by considering an approach based on the extraction of features from collected data of solar energy radiation.
In the second technical part of the thesis we introduce our proposed scenario. A federation of BSs together with the distributed harvesters and storage devices at the SBS sites form a micro-grid, whose operations are managed by an energy management system in charge of controlling the intermittent and erratic energy budget from the RESs. We consider load control (i.e., enabling sleep mode in the SBSs) as a method to properly manage energy inflow and spending, based on the traffic demand. Moreover, in the third technical part, we introduce the possibility of improving the network energy efficiency by sharing the exceeding energy that may be available at some BS sites within the micro-grid.
Finally, a centralized controller based on supervised and reinforcement learning is proposed in the last technical part of the dissertation. The controller is in charge of opportunistically operating the network to achieve efficient utilization of the harvested energy and prevent SBSs blackout.Durante las últimas décadas, los operadores de redes móviles han sido testigos de un aumento exponencial en la demanda de tráfico, principalmente debido a la gran solicitud de servicios de una gran cantidad de usuarios. La tendencia es un aumento adicional tanto en la demanda de tráfico como en la cantidad de dispositivos conectados en los próximos años. Se espera que la carga de tráfico tenga una tasa de crecimiento anual del 53% solo para la red móvil, y la próxima era industrial, que conectará diferentes tipos de dispositivos a la infraestructura móvil, definitivamente exacerbará tal aumento. Las instrucciones actuales anticipan que las redes móviles futuras estarán compuestas por despliegues ultra densos de estaciones base (BS) heterogéneas. En consecuencia, la capa tradicional de Macro BS se complementará o reemplazará con múltiples niveles superpuestos de pequeños BS (SBS), lo que permitirá ampliar la capacidad del sistema. Sin embargo, el uso masivo de la Tecnología de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) y el despliegue denso de los elementos de la red aumentará el nivel de energía consumida por la infraestructura de telecomunicaciones y su huella de carbono en el medio ambiente. Las estimaciones actuales indican que el 10% de la generación mundial de electricidad se debe a la industria de las TIC y se prevé que este valor alcance el 51% para 2030, lo que implica que el 23% de la huella de carbono por actividad humana se deberá a las TIC. La sostenibilidad ambiental es, por lo tanto, un requisito clave para diseñar redes móviles de próxima generación. Recientemente, el uso de fuentes de energía renovables (RES) para suministrar elementos de red ha atraído la atención de la comunidad investigadora, donde el interés se ve impulsado por el aumento de la eficiencia y la reducción de los costos de los recolectores y dispositivos de almacenamiento de energía, especialmente cuando se instalan para suministrar SBS. Se ha demostrado que dicha solución es ambiental y económicamente sostenible tanto en áreas rurales como urbanas. Sin embargo, las RES conllevarán una mayor complejidad de gestión. De hecho, la energía ambiental es inherentemente errática e intermitente, lo que puede causar una entrada de energía fluctuante y producir una interrupción del servicio. Por lo tanto, es necesario un control adecuado de cómo se drena y equilibra la energía entre los elementos de la red para un diseño de red autosostenible. En esta disertación, nos enfocamos en la energía cosechada a través de paneles solares que se considera la más apropiada debido a la buena eficiencia de los paneles fotovoltaicos comerciales, así como a la amplia disponibilidad de la fuente solar para instalaciones típicas. Las características de esta fuente de energía se analizan en la primera parte técnica de la disertación, al considerar un enfoque basado en la extracción de características de los datos recopilados de radiación de energía solar. En la segunda parte técnica de la tesis presentamos nuestro escenario propuesto. Una federación de BS junto con los cosechadores distribuidos y los dispositivos de almacenamiento forman una microrred, cuyas operaciones son administradas por un sistema de administración de energía a cargo de controlar el presupuesto de energía intermitente y errático de las RES. Consideramos el control de carga como un método para administrar adecuadamente la entrada y el gasto de energía, en función de la demanda de tráfico. Además, en la tercera parte técnica, presentamos la posibilidad de mejorar la eficiencia energética de la red al compartir la energía excedente que puede estar disponible en algunos sitios dentro de la microrred. Finalmente, se propone un controlador centralizado basado en aprendizaje supervisado y de refuerzo en la última parte técnica de la disertación. El controlador está a cargo de operar la red para lograr una utilización eficiente de energía y previene el apagón de SBS
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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 lens to guide this research due to its focus on resources and capabilities as sources of advantage. This research employs an interpretive case study design based in an organisation with a long history of innovation and success with regard to ICT's. A grounded integrated model of advantage is presented based on two distinct groupings of integrated capabilities: lifecycle and embedded foundational capabilities. The integrated model of advantage, along with key actions outlined to support such capabilities, provides researchers and practitioners with a new way of understanding ICT based advantages. In essence, this research demonstrates how the total ownership of ICT's, within the case studied, presents a potential advantage. The advantage is realised through the combination of capabilities and the inclusive approach to ICT development employed in the case organisation. The research finds support from propositions of the RBV, in that the model demonstrates sources of advantage are based on organisational capabilities which are valuable, firm specific, and socially complex. As such, the integration of capabilities evident in the integrated model of advantage is a likely source of sustained competitive advantage. This means advantages gained from the integration of capabilities are not easily imitated or competed away. Furthermore, advantages have an even greater potential to be a source of sustained advantage than any single resource or capability. The research has important implications for theory and practice. While many individual sources of advantage have been empirically examined, this research provides one of the first in-depth case studies which identify integrated capabilities. Understanding such sources of advantage will help practitioners better understand and protect key organisational capabilities to sustain or extend competitive advantages.
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Cekmece, Kerem. "The Resource Allocation Capabilities Of Commercial Project Management Software Packages For Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12610487/index.pdf.
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Resource constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP) has been subject of extensive
research in project management literature as RCPSP is one of the most challenging
problems in the project management and is of great practical importance. In
this thesis, resource allocation capabilities of Primavera Enterprise V.6.0-Project
Management (P6) and MS Project 2007 (MS) were evaluated for solving overallocated
problems in the RCPSP. Fourty-five resource overallocated instance projects
were selected from the PSPLIB to evaluate performance of P6 and MS Project
2007. Three resource allocation priority rules of P6 and two resource allocation
priority rules of MS were used for comparision. The best solutions of different priority
rules for P6 and MS were compared by using t-test. Results of the P6 and MS
were compared with the lower bounds and optimum solutions of the previous heuristic
methods. The comparisions indicate that both P6 and MS has limited capabilities
for solving overallocated problems in RCPSP. Especially for larger projects the
widely used project management software packages can not provide optimum or
near optimum solutions.
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Bredin, Karin. "Human Resource Management in Project-Based Organisations : Challenges, Changes, and Capabilities." Doctoral thesis, Linköping : Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-11533.
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Zimmermann, Carsten. "Essays on internationalisation and innovation : resource-based constraints and dynamic capabilities." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.614370.
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Hekimoglu, Ozge. "Comparison Of The Resource Allocation Capabilities Of Project Management Software Packages In Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problems." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608203/index.pdf.
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In this study, results of a comparison on benchmark test problems are presented to investigate the performance of Primavera V.4.1 with its two resource allocation priority rules and MS Project 2003. Resource allocation capabilities of the packages are measured in terms of deviation from the upper bound of the minimum makespan. Resource constrained project scheduling problem instances are taken from PSPLIB which are generated under a factorial design from ProGen. Statistical tests are applied to the results for investigating the significance effectiveness of the parameters.
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Alduwailah, Fahed Yousef. "Impact of CRM resources and capabilities on business performance in the mobile telecommunications industry : a resource-based view." Thesis, Brunel University, 2018. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/17142.
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Organisations are becoming increasingly aware of the necessity to maintain sustainable long-term relationships with customers in order to survive in the global competition. They are also aware that the changing needs and purchase patterns of customers requires them to choose differentiated customer-oriented marketing strategies so as to acquire a competitive advantage over their rivals and enhance their business performance. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) enables organisations to create and manage relationships with customers more effectively through a detailed and accurate analysis of consumer data using various information technologies. Several CRM theories like the resource-based view (RBV), and theories of institutions, cultures, entrepreneurship, and dynamic theory can help a company gain over competitors. If implemented appropriately, the CRM approach can help a firm with managerial efficiency, cost reduction, enhanced customer services, and increased sales and profits. The present study aims to develop a novel and comprehensive model to measure the effect of CRM resources over CRM capabilities and the effects on business performance. The present study covers infrastructural and cultural CRM resources with CRM capabilities. The results are based on information collected from three Kuwaiti mobile network operators using a questionnaire in adherence with ethical guidelines. The study measures business performance comprehensively from financial and marketing perspectives using regression analysis to determine if there is a mediation role between two variables. The results show that CRM infrastructural resources positively and directly affect CRM capabilities. However, the effect of customer and learning orientation cultures on CRM capabilities is considerably stronger than that of infrastructural resources. The study also reveals that CRM capabilities significantly and positively affect business performance from marketing and financial standpoints although the effect on marketing performance was stronger.
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Koster, David. "An evaluation of information technology resources and capabilities that influences the customer service process using resource based view theory." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6411.
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Cooper, Jacob A. "Multidimensional Load Balancing and Finer Grained Resource Allocation Employing Online Performance Monitoring Capabilities." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1438269844.
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Almén, Oskar Nils. "Strategic talent management : the dynamics of resource-making capabilities in expert-based organisations." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252034.
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Kingazi, Lilian. "Enhancing human resource capability in the Tanzania Peoples Defense Force (TPDF)." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Jun%5FKingazi.pdf.
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Väyrynen, K. (Karin). "Evolution of software business in industrial companies: Resources, capabilities and strategy." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2009. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514293115.
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Research on software business has, so far, mainly concentrated on the software industry. However, software business has recently also been practised outside the software industry, in so-called industrial companies. This research aims at increasing empirical and theoretical understanding of the development of software business in industrial companies, shedding light on why a company not belonging to the software industry starts to do business involving software, how the company goes about starting such business, and how this in turn affects the company.
First, past research on the resource-based approach, capability approach, dynamic capability approach and the concept of strategy is reviewed. Based on this review, four processes that hold the potential to give a company (sustained) competitive advantage – picking resources, exploiting resources, applying capabilities and developing capabilities – and three important dimensions of strategy – the objective of strategy, the process of strategy formation, and the focus of strategy – are identified. A conceptual framework for studying the development of software business in industrial companies is developed which encompasses the processes holding the potential for (sustained) competitive advantage and the different dimensions of strategy, as well as the company’s resource, capability and dynamic capability base. Following that, empirical data collected in two internationally operating industrial companies is analyzed with the help of the conceptual framework.
As a result of the empirical data analysis, 23 capabilities and several resources important for software business in industrial companies could be identified. Capabilities are categorized according to their use in and applicability to different types of software business. Factors influencing the application, development and improvement of capabilities, as well as different ways of how industrial companies start to do software business, are identified. The conceptual framework is revised by adding the process of developing capabilities further to the processes which hold the potential for competitive advantage, and clarifying the role of dynamic capabilities in the development of software business in industrial companies.
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Kurzac, Karolina, and Christoph Heurich. "Connecting Project Interdependency Management to Dynamic Capabilities : Police Scotland’s Transformation." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-98804.
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This study investigates the relationship between the three levels of dynamic capabilities and the two most prominent project interdependencies, by comparing the practises of an organisation in a single case study. An understanding of organisational change capacity in terms of dynamic capabilities (DC) is widely accepted in academic literature. Likewise, project management literature agrees that multiple projects that serve to implement change may interact amongst one another resulting in increased or decreased benefits compared to individual project execution. The study explores the so far neglected gap between these two areas. This study follows an inductive path of a single case study, as the authors investigate the case of the transformation of service of Police Scotland. This organisation is unique, as it exhibits a far above average use of project (inter-) dependency management, specifically created for this situation of change. Semi-structured interviews of ten organisational members with different perspectives, roles, and experiences was employed to gain a full understanding of this complex situation and answer questions as to the “how” and “why”. This study revealed that there exists a connection. It has found practises, which the organisation specifically employs to combine interdependency management and dynamic capabilities. The study also found there to be a distinct pattern that links knowledge interdependencies to first and partially to third level DC, and resource interdependencies to second and third level DC. This investigation also contributes to the understanding of the resource and knowledge based view of the organisation, by expanding the criticism of the former and establishing the use of the latter.
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unal, belgin. "The Role of Dynamic Capabilities in Outsourcing Sales and Marketing Functions: A Resource-Advantage Perspective in the Context of Consumer Packaged Goods." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/marketing_diss/20.
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Outsourcing refers to contracting out the functions to a third party instead of conducting them in-house. The main contribution of this dissertation is to develop and test a model of successful outsourcing in the accomplishment of headquarters selling task. Specifically, it intends to (a) provide a theoretical framework for outsourcing partnership performance, (b) explore the potential complementarities construct in the context of a dyadic outsourcing relationship, (c) examine the role of learning dynamic capabilities in turning potential complementarities into outsourcing success, and (d) explicate the role of structural social capital as an antecedent to learning dynamic capability construct . The conceptual framework of the model is based on the resource-advantage theory which posits that resources, potential complementarities and dynamic capabilities are explicated as sub-constructs. The pool of respondents who are the practicing managers of outsourcing in the consumer packaged goods industry was used to test the hypothesized relationships. The findings showed that the learning dynamic capabilities construct is the most important factor affecting in the outsourcing partnership performance in the context of headquarters selling task. The task-related resources of the outsourcer had a significant positive effect on potential complementarities. However, the positive effect of the outsourcee’s task-related resources on potential complementarities was not significant. Likewise, the positive effect of the potential complementarities on the outsourcing partnership performance did not emerge as significant. The effect of structural social capital of the outsourcer had a significant but negative influence on learning dynamic capabilities. The positive effect of structural social capital of the outsourcee on learning dynamic capabilities and the moderating role of learning dynamic capabilities were found to be insignificant.
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Haapanen, L. (Lauri). "Firms’ resource allocation between R&D and marketing in their international expansion:a functional level analysis." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2017. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526216997.
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Abstract For a small and medium size firm (SME), expansion into new foreign markets is a remarkable milestone, requiring specific resources and capabilities. The purpose of this study is to explore how management in internationalizing small and medium-size firms allocate their limited resources between key functions, in particular, between marketing and R&D. This thesis builds on a resource-based view of the firm, a dynamic capabilities perspective, and the SME internationalization literature, and therefore assumes that a firm’s success in foreign markets is closely related to its internal resource and capability configurations. The findings of this study suggest that SMEs need a capability portfolio in which the relative importance of key capabilities varies as international expansion proceeds. It appears that throughout the international expansion process, investments in developing R&D capabilities do not notably decrease, not even at the time when SMEs need to begin to develop other activities, such as marketing. Closer examination reveals that investments in the capabilities’ underlying microfoundations, rather than the resource allocation between the key functions per se, determine the nature of the resulting competitive advantage. Cross-border mergers are specific situations that reveal the strong influence of function-specific microfoundations on functional capabilities and thus, on an SME’s dynamic capabilities. The results of this study show that in merger deals, each firm comes with distinctive cross-functional structures, processes, routines, and skills. Synergies might not be capitalized if management is not able to effectively align merging firms’ underlying microfoundations. The results in this thesis underline the invaluable role of SMEs’ management. The findings show that even if the different phases of international expansion require diverse managerial capabilities, unanimity among the top management team executives is needed (surprisingly) only when these SMEs are making substantial resource commitments. Such adoption to changing conditions is an illustration of dynamic managerial capabilities that partly determines success in international marketsTiivistelmä Pienelle yritykselle kansainvälistyminen on merkittävä virstanpylväs, joka edellyttää erityisiä resursseja ja kyvykkyyksiä. Tässä työssä on tarkoitus tutkia, kuinka pienen kansainvälistyvän yrityksen johto kohdentaa yrityksen rajallisia resursseja tuotekehitys- ja markkinointifunktioihin. Väitöskirjassa oletetaan, että pienten ja keskisuurten yritysten menestyminen kansainvälisillä markkinoilla liittyy olennaisesti yritysten käytössä oleviin resursseihin ja kyvykkyyksiin, ja tästä johtuen väitöskirjan teoreettinen osa rakennetaan resurssiteorian, dynaamisten kyvykkyyksien teorian sekä pienten yritysten kansainvälistymistä koskevien tutkimuksien yhdistelmänä. Työn tulokset osoittavat, että pienet yritykset tarvitsevat erityisen kyvykkyysportfolion, jossa eri kyvykkyyksien suhteellinen osuus muuttuu yrityksen kansainvälistymisen edetessä. Näyttäisi siltä, että yritysten investoinnit tuotekehitykseen eivät juuri pienene silloinkaan, kun yritykset aloittavat markkinointiin panostamisen. Lähempi tarkastelu kuitenkin osoittaa, että investoinnit eri funktioihin eivät sinänsä määrää syntyvää kilpailuetua, vaan edun luonne määräytyy sen mukaan, kuinka resurssit kohdennetaan taustalla oleviin kyvykkyyksien (mikro)rakenteisiin. Kansainväliset yrityskaupat ovat erityisiä tapahtumia jotka paljastavat funktiokohtaisten mikrorakenteiden merkittävän vaikutuksen. Työn tulokset osoittavat, että kussakin yksittäisessä fuusioituvassa yrityksessä on omanlaisensa, ajan myötä funktioiden välille muotoutuneet rakenteet, prosessit ja käytänteet. Yrityskauppojen hyödyt voivat jäädä saavuttamatta ellei näitä fuusioituvien yritysten funktioiden välisiä mikrorakenteita saada sujuvasti sulautettua yhteen. Tutkimustulokset korostavat pienen yrityksen johdon merkitystä. Kasvu kansainvälisillä markkinoilla vaatii johdolta erityistä kyvykkyyttä, mutta hieman yllättäen tulokset osoittavat, että johtoryhmän jäsenten yksimielisyys on tärkeää vain niissä kasvun vaiheissa, jotka edellyttävät erityisen merkittäviä sitoumuksia. Tällainen muuttuviin olosuhteisiin sopeutuminen on hyvä osoitus johdon dynaamisista kyvykkyyksistä, jotka osaltaan määräävät yrityksen menestymisen kansainvälisillä markkinoilla
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Krzeminska, Anna M. "The importance of firms' strategic resources and capabilities in crisis situations." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/14975.
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The general idea of this research is to analyze overall firm performance before and after the global financial crisis of 2008. The main question is: What kind of strategies did companies adopt that led to positive business performance after the crisis? Are there any particular competitive advantages that bring better performance in the case of an economic downturn? This research focuses on competitive advantage gained by resource-based view attributes of a product (quality, durability and prestige) and dynamic capabilities (strategic flexibility in product development and technological innovation ability). The economic crisis setting provides a proper background to analyze the competitive advantage strategies in a dynamic, low-probability environment to determine which are most worth adopting in the business world. I employ an OLS regression analysis in order to measure the business performance of 136 Brazilian firms across four years – 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2012. The findings indicate that even though all of the strategic resources and capabilities positively influence firm performance in expansionary periods, only the superior product characteristics are pertinent in surviving an economic downturn.
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Palermo, Michael S. "Navy Capabilities and Mobilization Plan (NCMP) Annex Q - Health Services Support : resource and end strength implications /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA360044.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1998."December 1998." Thesis advisor(s): Richard B. Doyle, O. Douglas Moses. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83). Also available online.
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Hynds, Aaron Michael. "The Composer's Guide to the Tuba: Creating a New Resource on the Capabilities of the Tuba Family." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1558255903237631.
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Gustas, Tadas, and Caroline Blixt. "Breaking the Barriers of Internationalization through Marketing : An exploratory study of INVs' marketing approach." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-298790.
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This thesis explores how the resources of marketing capabilities, business networks, and financial resources, influence the marketing approach of international new ventures. Building on the resource based view, the market entry of firms and how they compete is analyzed by exploring the resources and capabilities of INVs. By using a qualitative research method, this thesis identifies the three resources of marketing capabilities, business networks, and financial resources to be highly influential for INVs’ marketing approach. Also there has been shown to be a synergetic effect between the resources, and that the cross-industrial and cross-business type sampling did not entail any divergences, but rather similar patterns. Four main findings can be identified as a result of our analysis. First, market knowledge prior to internationalization is shown to be key. Second, the creation of trust through transparency in business networks spark business network opportunities and long-term relationships. Third, utilizing technological tools for marketing endeavors becomes highly efficient. Fourth, tackling financial limitations through the implementation of a low-cost strategy is shown to be essential. The findings of this research has great potential of contributing to managerial practice when working with marketing aspirations, as well as being a starting point for future research in the field of INVs and the resource based view theory. The study has limitations in regards to the scope of the research.
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de, Villa Maria Andrea. "Developing adaptive political capabilities for high political uncertainty contexts : a study of strategic responses in the international operations of food firms in Latin America." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2014. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8575.
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The corporate political activity field has focused on the study of political
capabilities that allow firms to influence governments and regulators. Building on
previous studies, this thesis examines a set of capabilities that allow host firms to adapt
to rather than influence political environments. Specifically, this set of adaptive
political capabilities can be used by firms to confront host country political contexts in
emerging economies that share two characteristics: authoritarian regimes and weak
institutions. The findings of this thesis show that host firms can develop and use
adaptive political capabilities rather than political capabilities to start and sustain their
operations in this type of political contexts. This entails attuning firm processes,
structures, and practices to local norms and political behaviors, rather than attempting to
shape the host country political environment in its own likeness. Our results suggest
host firms can develop adaptive political capabilities to enhance their strategic
repertoire when starting or sustaining operations in emerging economies with such
characteristics. Our contribution is that by using mixed methods, we provide and test
several exploratory propositions that support the conceptualization of a framework to
guide the development of adaptive political capabilities by host firms and we make
explicit a taxonomy of corporate adaptive political strategies that can enable firms to
envision how they can adapt to host political contexts.
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Connell, Carol Matheson. "The applicability of resource-based theory to the interpretation of strategic management in Jardine Matheson : uncertainty, relationships and capabilities." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2001. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4785/.
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McDougall, Natalie. "Explicating natural-resource-based view capabilities : a dynamic framework for innovative sustainable supply chain management in UK agri-food." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2018. http://digitool.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29565.
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The natural-resource-based view resonates with significance some twenty years after its conception. The theory features prominently in modern literature where it enjoys links with enhanced competitiveness, and responds to the need for innovative sustainable operations in modern business. However, literature argues that a lack of practical guidance has resulted in a theory-practice gap, which to some extent is typical of resource-based theory research. This study resolves this via definition of dynamic natural-resource-based view capabilities. Exploration of links between natural-resource-based view, sustainable supply chain management and innovation literature identifies implications for capabilities. Categorizing these capabilities according to the four natural-resource-based view resources of pollution prevention, product stewardship, clean technologies and base of the pyramid, dynamic capabilities activities of sensing, seizing and transforming and an internal versus external focus facilitates the creation of a conceptual framework of dynamic capabilities. Employing the UK agri-food sector as a contextual setting, an empirical study comprising of two phases is undertaken. Phase 1 involves seven in-depth interviews with agri-food experts to empirically validate links between the natural-resource-based view, sustainable supply chain management and innovation. Phase 2 involves twenty semi-structured interviews and six observations with UK agri-food companies to empirically define and explain dynamic natural-resource-based view capabilities. In its completion, this study demonstrates the existence of pollution prevention, product stewardship and clean technologies in UK agri-food, confirms their synergies with sustainable supply chain management and innovation and explicates and elucidates their dynamic capabilities. Whilst base of the pyramid did not feature in the empirical study, the resource is not falsified and further investigation is recommended. This study concluded with five contributions: empirical definition of dynamic natural-resource-based view capabilities; dynamic capability and internal-external categorization; the four-resource perspective of the natural-resource-based view; linking the natural-resource-based view, sustainable supply chain management and innovation; and conceptualisation of local philanthropy and proposal of the natural-resource-based view cycle.
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Seoudi, Iman A. "The Resource Capability Competence Perspective in Strategic Management: A Re-Appraisal of the Epistemological and Theoretical Foundations." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1230652283.
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Kamasak, Rifat. "The contribution of tangible and intangible resources, and capabilities to a firm's profitability and market performance : empirical evidence from Turkey." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15456.
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This study aims to investigate the relative contribution of tangible and intangible resources, and capabilities on firm performance based on the measures of market share, sales turnover and profitability and explore the complex interaction and foundation of different resource sets and capabilities in the process of performance creation within the context of resource-based theory. In order to address these objectives, a mixed-methods research approach incorporating both qualitative and quantitative components was utilised. Hence, a sequential explanatory design is employed, commencing with qualitative methods including in-depth interviews along with the literature review to define and organise resources and capabilities in a coherent system that will form the basis of survey instrument, leading to quantitative methods which empirically test a series of hypotheses regarding the contribution of resources and capabilities on firm performance. Whilst qualitative data analysis indicated organisational culture, reputational assets, human capital, business processes and networking capabilities as the most important determinants of firm performance, the survey that was conducted on a total of 243 questionnaires obtained from 951 firms revealed that intangible resources and capabilities contributed more greatly to firm performance compared to tangible resources. However, in contrast to the proposition of resource-based theory that views capabilities as the most important skills that underpin the development and deployment of both tangible and intangible resources, capabilities offered rather limited additional explanatory power to the prediction of firm performance only with respect to profitability against the combined effects of tangible and intangible resources. All findings were explained especially within the context of Turkish business environment that shows typical emerging market characteristics. Moreover, some noteworthy results were elaborated based on the developed and emerging market differences. Overall, the study raises some questions with respect to resource contributions on firm performance and offers a fruitful avenue for further research.
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Crick, James M. "The antecedents and consequences of a customer value-oriented dominant logic : a dynamic managerial capabilities perspective." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2018. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/33848.
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Market orientation has been primarily studied as a set of firm-level behaviours linked to the: generation of, dissemination of, and responsiveness to market intelligence (market-oriented behaviours). However, it has rarely been studied under an organisational culture perspective; the investigations that have conceptualised and operationalised market-oriented organisational cultures have overlooked a market-oriented managerial mind-set dimension. A concept to help address this research gap is the firm s dominant logic, which highlights the degree to which managers assumptions are manifested into their corporate cultures. The firm s dominant logic is integrated with the market orientation literature to conceptualise and operationalise the customer value-oriented dominant logic (CVODL) construct. The CVODL construct is defined as the extent to which managers assume that creating customer value should drive performance. The CVODL construct contributes to the marketing literature by extending current conceptualisations and operationalisations of market-oriented organisational cultures through a managerial mind-set viewpoint. This doctoral study examines the link between a CVODL and managers making resource investments into the departments of their corporations that they perceive to create value for their customers (an alternative to market-oriented behaviours). Functional resource investments are studied as an alternative form of implementing the marketing concept than market-oriented behaviours. A conceptual framework was developed to conceptualise the antecedents and consequences of the CVODL under the dynamic managerial capabilities perspective. The conceptual framework was tested using a multi-industry and national-level sample of American corporations, through structural equation modelling (SEM). These results show that a CVODL drives different forms of implementing the marketing concept, namely, intelligence responsiveness and CVO functional resource investments, both of which were positively related to sales performance. The results also highlight a new driver of market-oriented behaviours under the dynamic managerial capabilities perspective. This doctoral thesis helps managers to foster a market-oriented organisational culture, as well as investigating the ways in which such corporate cultures can drive sales performance. Limitations and avenues of future research are also discussed.
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Koparan, Ipek. "An Integrated Approach to Development of Dynamic Capabilities and Investments in Strategic Factor Markets." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1585823070940956.
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Arikan, Asli Musaoglu. "Essays on corporate strategy: evolution of corporate capabilities and the role of intangible assets." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1086374216.
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Alonso, Campos Carlos Fernando. "A theory and its model to formulate business unit strategies within the knowledge economy context: nine textile -catalonian cases." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/6776.
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Esta tesis debe entenderse dentro del contexto de la economía del conocimiento. En este sentido la misma refleja varios aspectos que contribuyen a la ventaja competitiva de la firma; éstos son:1) La misión y visión de las empresas investigadas. Aunque la mayor parte de las personas entrevistadas entienden dichos conceptos, éstos no se encuentran formalmente explicitados.
2) Ambas estrategias, la de operaciones e innovación, también son bien entendidas por las personas entrevistadas sin embargo, como el punto anterior, no están formalmente escritas pero en cambio si son brillantemente ejecutadas.
3) Las personas entrevistadas son totalmente capaces de identificar su ventaja competitiva y los activos intangibles más importantes que la convierten en sustentable.
4) Por lo anteriormente explicado, las personas entrevistadas están conscientes del siguiente hecho: sus activos más valiosos son sus empleados; sin el conocimiento de sus colaboradores la empresa se encuentra a la deriva.
5) Los puntos previamente enlistados enfatizan una idea fundamental: la confianza. Todos los entrevistados concuerdan que una parte importante del éxito en sus corporaciones es el capital social. Dicho activo se encuentra dentro, fuera o en ambas partes de la empresa. En otras palabras, el hombre por su naturaleza es un ser social el cual no puede vivir y prosperar sus cualidades por sí mismo, (ConcilioII, 1965) así pues, una vez que la confianza ha sido experimentada, los beneficios se materializan.
6) Debido a los puntos anteriores, las personas entrevistadas concluyeron que si utilizasen la teoría propuesta y su correspondiente modelo para formular estrategias, su proceso de formulación de estrategias mejoraría cualitativamente.
7) A pesar el punto anterior, las personas entrevistadas, conscientes del tamaño de su empresa, consideran que tanto el modelo como su teoría son demasiado grandes para ellos, sin embargo los constructos que componen dicha teoría y modelo tienen sentido.
This thesis is understood within the context of the knowledge economy. In this sense this study reflects several matters that contribute to the firms' competitive advantage; these are:
1) The mission and vision of the interviewed companies. Even though most people know what these issues are, they are not formally stated.
2) Both strategies, operations and innovation, are also well known to the interviewed people yet, as with the previous point, they are not formally stated but pretty well executed.
3) The interviewed people are able to identify its competitive advantage and the main intangible assets that support it.
4) Because of the above, these persons are aware that their most valuable asset is that of their employees; without the knowledge inside the heads of their collaborators the company is lost.
5) The previous point signals trust. All the interviewed people acknowledge that an important part of their firms' success is social capital. This asset is inside, outside or on both sides of the firm. Put differently, man because of it's own nature is a social being that cannot live and prosper its qualities by itself (Concilio II, 1965) so once trust is fully exercised, benefits arrive.
6) Because of the previous issues, the interviewed people believe that if they were utilising the proposed theory and its model to formulate strategies, their overall strategy formulation process will be enhanced.
7) Despite point #6 the interviewed persons also acknowledge that, because of their company's size, the theory and its model are too big for them, but the constructs that build this theory appear sensible.
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Hwang, Woosang. "The Drivers of ERP Implementation and Its Impact on Organizational Capabilities and Performance and Customer Value." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1310159208.
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Evans, James O. "School Resources, Social Media Capabilities, and Recruiting Effectiveness in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1563223839479203.
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Hemmatdar, Hamed, and Alwan Said. "Exploring the Role of IS Strategy in the Development of IT Capabilities : An Investigation of an Oil and Gas Construction Company in Iran." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-90250.
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Organizations are becoming increasingly dependent on information technology for different purposes, such as project and resource-management systems, cooperative work systems and organizational memory systems. There is a need to make a dynamic roadmap for IT capability usage to facilitate organizational performance. The aim of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of the role of IS Strategy in utilizing IT capabilities for operationalizing and integrating business process information for the purpose of organizational performance from the lens of the resource-based view (RBV). This research makes use of single case study analysis of a construction organization in the oil and gas industry in Iran. This case study is expected to fill a gap in the literature in the specific context of a strategic situation and the critical environment in Iran.
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Laperrière, Anika. "The Internationalization of Small Professional Service Firms: An Organizational Learning Perspective." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23795.
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The purpose of this study is to examine how the internationalization process in small firms impacts their resource base renewal. The relationships between organizational learning, dynamic capabilities, operational capabilities and resources are empirically examined to determine the impact of internationalization on changes to the firm’s resource base. The empirical analysis follows a multiple case study research methodology and is based on in depth case studies of four internationalized professional service firms in Ontario. Cases include born-global and born-again global firms, exemplifying both location-based and knowledge-based services. The study finds evidence supporting the relationships between internationalization, organizational learning and planned change via dynamic capabilities, as well as internationalization, organizational learning and ad hoc problem solving. Findings also suggest that the firms’ repetitive use of ad hoc problem solving when faced with similar situations leads to the creation of dynamic capabilities. This research adds to the existing body of literature on services, international entrepreneurship and strategy by responding to a call for empirical examination of organizational learning within the RBV and DC constructs. Furthermore, it also applies a novel theoretical framework with which to examine the impact of small firm internationalization and their strategic renewal. By doing so, this thesis extends the RBV and DC perspectives to small service firms. Findings demonstrate a need to further continue this research path to gain greater understanding of the change processes that occur during the evolution of the firm’s resource base, as pertains to small knowledge-intensive service firms.
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Minshall, Timothy Herbert Warren. "Japanese innovation strategy and the acquisition of UK information technology firms." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1997. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269704.
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Corporate acquisitions can provide an effective mechanism for maintaining growth in conditions of technological uncertainty, but typically suffer very high failure rates. This thesis presents a resource-based framework for analysing corporate acquisitions in times of rapid technological change. The thesis discusses how such acquisitions can be used to access resources that are of immediate use, but also enhance the acquirer's ability to access resources in the future.
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Finstorp, Axel, and Ferdinand Padang. "R&D Investments in Family Firms : A Perspective of Swedish Family Firms." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31078.
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Problem: Several extant studies argue that family firm tend to invest less or even tend to avoidR&D investments, yet R&D investments are essential for sustaining competitive advantage of afirm as they facilitate innovation. Nevertheless, under certain circumstances family firms couldalso prefer R&D investments. Departing from these knowledge and drawing upon resource-basedview & dynamic capabilities concepts, this thesis will explore how family firms perceive R&Dinvestments, furthermore, it will investigate factors influencing R&D investments in family firmsthrough an in-depth qualitative approach. Purpose: To explore how family firms perceive R&D investments in the first place by utilizingSwedish family firms as the context which is aimed to provide a new viewpoint on R&Dinvestments in family firms from an in-depth approach. Furthermore, the study extends toinvestigate factors which have influence on whether or not family firms undertake R&Dinvestments Method: The study applies multiple case studies strategy with six cases in total and eightrespondents. To support the study, semi-structured interview is used to collect the data, inaddition to researcher's note. The analysis of empirical findings comprises of two parts, firstly,the empirical findings are presented per case which are followed by the summary of findings fromall cases at the end based on the theoretical lenses. Afterward, a cross-case analysis is conductedto observe emerging patterns which are used to further adapt the preliminary conceptualframework made from frame of references. Conclusions: Family firms according to their views on R&D could be divided into two groups.The first group consists of the firms without a dedicated R&D focus or firms that perceive R&D asembedded activity, while the latter is the firms with dedicated R&D focus. According to the waysthey perceive R&D, they subsequently put different emphasis on R&D investments. The firstgroup is rather reactive toward R&D, while the latter group is more proactive. These differencescould be explained by the internal and external influences (factors) which are found through theuse of resource-based view and dynamic capabilities. The internal factors are specialization,organizational culture and family history, while the external ones are trends and competition.Trends and specialization are found in almost all cases, and they explain the early engagement(without dedicated focus) of R&D in the firms. However, unlike trends, specialization mightpotentially lead to negative propensity toward R&D investments because of the competitiveadvantage gained from being specialized and knowledgeable in certain area. However, whencompetition comes into play, it might shift the circumstance by encouraging the firm to leave its“comfort zone”, thus would encourage R&D endeavors, in particular R&D investments especiallywhen the firm aims to lead in the market. Meanwhile, organizational culture could also be acatalyst for firms to focus on R&D, but it is very dependent on the culture instilled in the firmwhether or not it would encourage R&D. Firms with risk aversion, as suggested by literature andalso found in one of the cases would distance the firm from R&D investments. On the other hand,firms that show continuous learning and failure tolerating within their culture tend to put morefocus on R&D. And the last one, family history, which is found in three cases suggest a positiveinfluence toward R&D investments. The inventive behavior of the founder or former generationsis implanted in the family history, and being preserved by the current generations as corporateidentity or guiding values, of which contribute positively toward R&D investments in the firm.
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Che, Mat Che Rosmawati Binti. "The effect of innovation and dynamics capabilities on the relationship between Malaysian SMEs' business network and firm performance." Thesis, Brunel University, 2017. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15964.
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The business network that is linked to flexibility, aggressiveness and strategy has become increasingly important in recent years. Several studies suggest that such networks potentially have a profound impact on firm performance, including Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The role of SMEs in enhancing global and local economic growth is undeniable, particularly in the context of developing countries such as Malaysia. Although numerous researches have been conducted in this field, the majority of them limit their focus to the relationship between firm capabilities (i.e. innovation and dynamic capabilities) and firm performance in specific industries. Research on the synergy impact of business networks, innovation and dynamic capabilities on SME performance remains scarce. This has become a significant gap, which this research seeks to address. This research investigates the roles of dynamic capabilities and innovation capabilities as a moderator and mediator in the relationship between business networks and firm performance, based on the model developed from the concepts of the Resource Base View (RBV) and Dynamic Capability (DC) theories. The model was justified through the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique using AMOS version 23. Taking Malaysia as a research context, the model was tested against a total of 463 SMEs across different industries and categories (i.e. micro, small, and medium SMEs) through face-to-face surveys with 130 owners, 41 CEOs, 79 managers and 213 executives. This study presents five important findings: (1) there exists no direct relationship between business network and firm performance; (2) there exists a direct relationship between innovation, dynamic capabilities and firm performance; (3) the existence of the relationship between business network and firm performance is conditioned by innovation capabilities; (4) dynamic capabilities do not moderate the relationship between business network and firm performance; however (5) dynamic capabilities moderate the relationship between business networks and innovation capabilities. To conclude, the synergy of business networks, innovation capabilities and dynamic capabilities will significantly affect SME performance. This implies that SME performance will not be affected by the business network, as a single variable. The research offers three key contributions. Firstly, it enhances our understanding of the important synergies between business networks, innovation capabilities and dynamic capabilities in elevating SME firm performance. Second, the findings provide a new perspective on how the application of RBV and DC theories can be used as a conceptual lens to analyse the factors affecting SME performance. Lastly, the result signposts practical approaches for SME decision-makers by providing assistance to boost firm performance.
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CAMPEAU, SIMON. "Istanbul Apparel Manufacturing Strategy." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18150.
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Purpose: Finding which resources and capabilities are deployed among Istanbul-based apparel manufacturers, evaluating to what extent they are tangible, intangible as well as capabilities as well as lastly analysing them according to the valuable, rare, inimitable and non-substitutable framework. Design/methodology: The research design consists of a case study held at several firms. Empirical data was collected using semi-structured interviews. Empirical data: Empirical data was primarily collected at nine different apparel manufacturers within the greater Istanbul region. Conclusion: Conclusions show that within the bundles of resources and capabilities, a large variation was noted with high international competitiveness. However there are areas such as design and quality which could be continuously developed among firms. In the end, whatever bundle of resources and capabilities a firm has, it’s the end price that speaks.Program: Textilekonomutbildningen
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Park, Kihyun. "Flexible and Redundant Supply Chain Practices to Build Strategic Supply Chain Resilience: Contingent and Resource-based Perspectives." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1321426327.
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Barreto, Leilianne Michelle Trindade da Silva. "Estratégias de gestão de pessoas e desempenho organizacional na hotelaria: o papel das capacidades organizacionais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-30112011-165119/.
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No campo da gestão estratégica de pessoas, uma preocupação que está em evidência é a investigação de variáveis mediadoras da relação entre gestão estratégica de pessoas e desempenho organizacional. Para desvendar as etapas intermediárias do processo de geração de resultados da gestão estratégica de pessoas, pesquisas anteriores sugerem a análise de fatores no nível organizacional, a exemplo das capacidades organizacionais. Nesse contexto, o objetivo geral desta pesquisa foi estabelecer relações entre as configurações de estratégias de gestão de pessoas, as capacidades organizacionais e o desempenho organizacional dos meios de hospedagem do Nordeste brasileiro, oferecendo subsídios para a gestão eficaz dos empreendimentos e para a maximização de resultados no setor. Foi desenvolvido um estudo descritivo e relacional, de abordagem quantitativa. Foram aplicados questionários a 151 gestores de meios de hospedagem localizados nos dois principais destinos turísticos de quatro estados do Nordeste do Brasil, a saber: Salvador/BA, Porto Seguro/BA, Fortaleza/CE, Canoa Quebrada/CE, Recife/PE, Porto de Galinhas/PE, Natal/RN e Pipa/RN. As estratégias de gestão de pessoas foram avaliadas segundo o Modelo de Valores Competitivos de Cameron e Quinn (2006). As capacidades organizacionais foram investigadas a partir do modelo de múltiplos papéis de Ulrich (1998; 2000). O desempenho organizacional foi avaliado com o uso de indicadores adotados por pesquisas anteriores: taxa de ocupação hoteleira, valor da diária média, desempenho financeiro, produtividade do trabalho e qualidade dos serviços. Os dados foram analisados por meio da aplicação de diversas técnicas estatísticas adequadas às características dos dados e aos objetivos do estudo. Os resultados revelam que existe um razoável equilíbrio na implementação das diversas configurações do Modelo de Valores Competitivos. Entretanto, percebe-se uma tendência de que os hotéis conseguem implementar melhor as estratégias de gestão de pessoas que apresentam enfoque organizacional orientado para o ambiente interno e implementar menos as estratégias voltadas para o ambiente externo. Também se verificou uma tendência entre os meios de hospedagem de conseguirem desenvolver melhor as capacidades organizacionais orientadas para o cotidiano e para o nível operacional e de enfrentarem maiores dificuldades para desenvolver as capacidades organizacionais orientadas para o futuro e para o nível estratégico. As relações encontradas confirmam a sobreposição proposta por Cameron e Quinn (2006) entre as estratégias de gestão de pessoas do Modelo de Valores Competitivos e as capacidades organizacionais do modelo de múltiplos papéis de Ulrich (1998) e revelam outras associações concomitantes e complementares. Essas múltiplas relações identificadas corroboram a perspectiva configuracional ao sugerirem a existência de modelos híbridos, em que sejam contemplados elementos dos quatro modelos de gestão de pessoas analisados nesta pesquisa, buscando uma combinação sinérgica entre eles para maximizar e usufruir dos benefícios que cada um é capaz de proporcionar. Apenas duas capacidades organizacionais exercem influência direta sobre o desempenho organizacional, ambas voltadas para as atividades de administração de pessoal, apresentando maior ênfase sobre as pessoas e traduzindo maior flexibilidade. Por outro lado, análises complementares atestaram que os hotéis que conseguem desenvolver as quatro capacidades organizacionais de forma conjunta e equilibrada alcançam um desempenho superior, confirmando assim a noção de equilíbrio defendida pelos autores de ambos os modelos. As constatações permitiram ampliar a compreensão sobre as relações entre as estratégias de gestão de pessoas e o desempenho organizacional, inserindo as capacidades organizacionais como variável mediadora.In the field of strategic human resource management there is evident concern with investigation into variables that intercede in the relationship between strategic human resource management and organizational performance. In order de clarify the intermediate steps in the process of generating results of strategic human resource management, earlier research suggests an analysis of factors at the organizational level, an example being organizational capabilities. Within this context, the general objective of this research was to establish relationships among the settings of human resource strategies, organizational capabilities and organizational performance in the hotel sector in the Brazilian Northeast, offering support for the management efficacy of these business undertakings and for the maximization of results in the sector. A descriptive and relational study, with a quantitative approach, was designed. One hundred and fifty-one questionnaires were applied to managers of hotels located in the two principal tourism destinations of four states in the Northeast Region of Brazil: Salvador, BA, Porto Seguro, BA, Fortaleza, CE, Canoa Quebrada, CE, Recife, PE, Porto de Galinhas, PE, Natal, RN and Pipa, RN. Human resource strategies were evaluated according to Cameron\'s and Quinn\'s (2006) Competitive Values Model. Organizational capabilities were investigated by way of Ulrich\'s (1998, 2000) Multiple Roles Model. Organizational performance was measure by use of indicators adopted from earlier research: hotel occupation rate, average value of daily rates, financial performance, labor productivity and service quality. Data were analyzed through the application of diverse statistical techniques consistent with the characteristics of the data and research objectives. The results reveal that there exists a reasonable equilibrium in the implementation of the diverse configurations of the Competing Values Model. However, a tendency to be more able to put into practice human resource strategies that present an organizational focus oriented toward the internal environment and to a lesser implementation of strategies directed toward the external environment was perceived. Also, a tendency was verified, among the hotels, to be more able to develop organizational capabilities orientated toward the day-to-day and for the operational level and to encounter greater difficulties in developing organizational capabilities directed toward the future and for the strategic level. The relationships discovered confirm the super positioning proposed by Cameron and Quinn (2006) between the human resource strategies of the Competing Values Model and the organizational capabilities of Ulrich\'s (1998) Multiple Roles Model and reveal other concomitant and complementary associations. The multiple relationships identified in the study lend support to a configurational perspective that suggest the existence of hybrid models, in which elements of the four models of human resource management analyzed here are contemplated, in the search for a synergetic combination among the models in order to maximize and take advantage of the benefits that each model is capable of providing. Only two of the organizational capabilities exercise direct influence over organizational performance, both focused upon personnel administration activities, presenting greater emphasis on people and translating into greater flexibility. On the other hand, complementary analyses present testimony that hotels that are able to develop the four organizational capabilities in a jointly and equilibrated form, manage to reach higher performance, thus confirming the notion of equilibrium defended by the authors of both models. The findings permit a comprehension and amplification of the relationships between human resource strategies and organizational performance, inserting organizational capabilities as a mediating variable.
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Murphy, Kris. "A THEORY OF STEERING COMMITTEE CAPABILITIES FOR IMPLEMENTING LARGE SCALE ENTERPRISE-WIDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1458218732.
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Tsafack, Chetsa Ghislain Landry. "System Profiling and Green Capabilities for Large Scale and Distributed Infrastructures." Phd thesis, Ecole normale supérieure de lyon - ENS LYON, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00946583.
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Nowadays, reducing the energy consumption of large scale and distributed infrastructures has truly become a challenge for both industry and academia. This is corroborated by the many efforts aiming to reduce the energy consumption of those systems. Initiatives for reducing the energy consumption of large scale and distributed infrastructures can without loss of generality be broken into hardware and software initiatives.Unlike their hardware counterpart, software solutions to the energy reduction problem in large scale and distributed infrastructures hardly result in real deployments. At the one hand, this can be justified by the fact that they are application oriented. At the other hand, their failure can be attributed to their complex nature which often requires vast technical knowledge behind proposed solutions and/or thorough understanding of applications at hand. This restricts their use to a limited number of experts, because users usually lack adequate skills. In addition, although subsystems including the memory are becoming more and more power hungry, current software energy reduction techniques fail to take them into account. This thesis proposes a methodology for reducing the energy consumption of large scale and distributed infrastructures. Broken into three steps known as (i) phase identification, (ii) phase characterization, and (iii) phase identification and system reconfiguration; our methodology abstracts away from any individual applications as it focuses on the infrastructure, which it analyses the runtime behaviour and takes reconfiguration decisions accordingly.The proposed methodology is implemented and evaluated in high performance computing (HPC) clusters of varied sizes through a Multi-Resource Energy Efficient Framework (MREEF). MREEF implements the proposed energy reduction methodology so as to leave users with the choice of implementing their own system reconfiguration decisions depending on their needs. Experimental results show that our methodology reduces the energy consumption of the overall infrastructure of up to 24% with less than 7% performance degradation. By taking into account all subsystems, our experiments demonstrate that the energy reduction problem in large scale and distributed infrastructures can benefit from more than "the traditional" processor frequency scaling. Experiments in clusters of varied sizes demonstrate that MREEF and therefore our methodology can easily be extended to a large number of energy aware clusters. The extension of MREEF to virtualized environments like cloud shows that the proposed methodology goes beyond HPC systems and can be used in many other computing environments.
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Danquah, Joseph K. "Human Resource Development: An assessment of capacity development initiatives of World Bank projects in Ghana." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/15923.
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The significance of capacity development programmes, as key driver for sustaining development goals, is anchored in all international fora. This research complements and extends our present understanding of the contribution of capacity development approaches to development and achievement of the SDGs. This is achieved by critically assessing the impact of capacity development initiatives sponsored by the World Bank. This thesis has focused on analysis of implementation strategies and critical assessment of the impact of the projects using multidisciplinary approach, utilising a range of quantitative and qualitative methods. It provides a sound empirical basis for assessing the complexities of these projects. This empirical investigation has identified a wide range of disparities of implementation strategies utilised for capacity development initiatives among the major international players (World Bank and UNDP). These findings clearly indicate that there is no single strategy for the implementation of capacity development initiatives. Thus, based on empirical evidence, as well as a critical review of the literature, the study proposes a model for achieving critical sustainable capacity development based on broad and long-term strategies; input, process, output, and outcome which defines the appropriateness of policies and practices that support sustainable development. It is concluded that capacity development initiatives are relevant and essential ensuring national development and sustainable results. The recommendations include the focus on individual, organisational, and societal factors when planning, developing and adopting strategies for implementing all government/national programmes.
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Solano, García Lorenzo. "Definición de una ontología integrada de procesos y recursos, para el desarrollo colaborativo de planes de proceso." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/58266.
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[EN] Process planning, as a link between design and manufacturing, is a key function to ensuring that the characteristics of manufactured products meet customer needs. Multiple factors converge in the tasks of manufacturing process planning. When these factors are combined with the diversity of possible strategies and approaches, they form a particularly complex scenario.
Moreover, the development of an environment increasingly competitive and globalized forces an increase of flexibility and agility of production systems. This has been especially critical in small and medium enterprises. In order to survive, these enterprises have had to improve their organization creating collaborative structures. Collaborative structures that take advantage of information and communication technologies, allowing overcome the difficulties caused by their location all over the world. An extreme case occurs in the virtual OKP (One-of-a-Kind Production) companies, in which the development of new products is the key process and it is subject to heavy demands of immediacy and diversity in terms of production. These demands can only be achieved through a close cooperation/collaboration between company partners.
Taking as a starting point the above, this thesis makes a contribution in the field of collaborative process planning. For this, an ontological approach is proposed. This ontology gives support and consistency to the co-planning tools used in creating process plans, especially in decision-making related to the optimal and dynamics resource allocation.
The first proposed ontology, the domain PPDRC (Product and Processes Development Resource Capabilities) ontology, is a generic ontology able to support any kind of process planning to be executed by intelligent agents in a collaborative context. Its generality is validated in this work, by means of its application to the process planning of the development process of products, processes and resources and its specialization, the MIRC (Manufacturing and Inspection Resource Capabilities) ontology, for machining and inspection process planning.
The PPDRC ontology presents a number of particular characteristics, such as: social and agentive character of the resources involved in the process planning; the possibility for representing nonlinear process plans; the concept of resource capability based on its skills to perform a specific activity; or the fact that it has been built using concepts of foundational ontologies, facilitating the interoperability with other ontologies. The ontology is particularly effective for the establishment and validation of process plans based on the capabilities of the resources involved, allowing to maintain the information and knowledge about the capabilities of these resources. A knowledge that is enriched by inference from the data, predicates and rules that are part of the ontology.
On the other hand, the MIRC ontology is a proposal that has all the characteristics of PPDRC ontology and pays special attention to preparation activities of the resources, because they largely determine their capability to implement operation activities (machining and inspection). This is a characteristic that differentiates it from others, considering that preparation activities are critical to the correct selection and allocation of resources that should be considered during the validation of these process plans.
The thesis has been written on the basis of two articles that describe the aforementioned ontologies (PPDRC and MIRC) and they present two separate case studies which demonstrate their validity and scope. To facilitate the reading, this document contains some additional chapters. These additional chapters relate the general approach and the basis of the work, and discuss the results and future works.[ES] La planificación de procesos, como nexo de unión entre el diseño y la fabricación, es un elemento clave para asegurar que las características de los productos fabricados satisfacen las necesidades del cliente. En las tareas de planificación del proceso de fabricación confluyen múltiples factores que, al conjugarse con la diversidad de estrategias y enfoques posibles, configuran un escenario particularmente complejo. Por otra parte, la evolución de un entorno cada vez más competitivo y globalizado ha obligado a aumentar la flexibilidad y agilidad de los sistemas productivos. Esto ha sido especialmente crítico en las pequeñas y medianas empresas que para sobrevivir han tenido que organizarse creando estructuras de colaboración. Estructuras colaborativas que aprovechan las tecnologías de información y comunicación, y permiten salvar las dificultades originadas por la deslocalización. Un caso extremo se presenta en las empresas de tipo OKP (One-of-a-Kind Production) virtual, en las que el desarrollo de nuevos productos es el proceso clave y está sujeto a grandes exigencias de inmediatez y diversidad de producción, que solo pueden alcanzarse con una estrecha cooperación/colaboración entre los socios. Tomando como punto de partida lo anterior, esta tesis realiza una aportación en el ámbito de la planificación de procesos colaborativa. Para ello se propone una ontología que da soporte y consistencia a las herramientas de co-planificación empleadas en la creación de planes de proceso, especialmente en la toma de decisiones vinculadas con la asignación óptima y dinámica de los recursos. La ontología propuesta en primer lugar, ontología de dominio PPDRC (Product and Processes Development Resource Capabilities), es una ontología genérica capaz de soportar cualquier tipo de planificación de proceso que sea ejecutada por agentes inteligentes en un contexto colaborativo. Una generalidad que se valida en el trabajo, con su aplicación a la planificación del propio proceso de desarrollo de productos, procesos y recursos, y con la especialización de la misma, ontología MIRC (Manufacturing and Inspection Resource Capabilities), para la planificación de los procesos de mecanizado e inspección. La ontología PPDRC presenta toda una serie de características singulares, como: el carácter social y agentivo de los recursos implicados en la planificación; la posibilidad de representar planes de proceso no lineales; el concepto de capacidad de recurso basado en sus habilidades para la realización de actividades; o la utilización de conceptos presentes en ontologías de base, que facilitan su interoperabilidad con otras ontologías. La ontología se muestra especialmente eficaz para el establecimiento y validación de planes de proceso en base a las capacidades de los recursos, al permitir mantener la información y conocimiento sobre sus capacidades. Un conocimiento que se enriquece por inferencia a partir de los datos, predicados y reglas que forman parte de dicha ontología. Por su parte, la ontología MIRC es una propuesta que reúne todas las características de la ontología PPDRC y que presta una especial atención a las actividades de preparación realizadas sobre los recursos, pues éstas condicionan en gran medida sus capacidades para la ejecución de las actividades de tipo operación (mecanizado e inspección). Se trata de una característica que la diferencia de otras, al considerar que las actividades de preparación son claves para la correcta selección y asignación de los recursos y que deben considerarse durante la validación de estos planes de proceso. La tesis se ha redactado en base a dos artículos, en los que se describen las mencionadas ontologías (PPDRC y MIRC) y se presentan sendos casos de estudio que constatan su validez y muestran el alcance de las mismas. Para facilitar su seguimiento, contiene unos capítulos adicionales, en los que se relata el planteamiento general y
[CAT] La planificació de processos, com a nexe d'unió entre el disseny i la fabricació, és un element clau per a assegurar que les característiques dels productes fabricats satisfan les necessitats del client. En les tasques de planificació del procés de fabricació conflueixen múltiples factors, que al conjugar-se amb la diversitat d'estratègies i enfocaments possibles configuren un escenari particularment complex. D'altra banda, l'evolució d'un entorn, cada vegada més competitiu i globalitzat ha obligat a augmentar la flexibilitat i agilitat dels sistemes productius. Açò ha sigut especialment crític en les xicotetes i mitjanes empreses, que per a poder sobreviure han hagut d'organitzar-se, creant estructures de col·laboració. Estructures de col·laboració que aprofiten les tecnologies d'informació i comunicació, i permeten salvar les dificultats originades per la deslocalització. Un cas extrem es presenta en les empreses de tipus OKP (One-of-a-Kind Production) virtual, en les que el desenrotllament de nous productes és el procés clau i està subjecte a grans exigències d'immediatesa i diversitat, que només poden aconseguir-se amb una estreta cooperació/col·laboració entre els socis. Prenent com a punt de partida l'anterior, esta tesi realitza una aportació en l'àmbit de la planificació de processos col·laborativa. Per a això es proposa una ontologia que dóna suport i consistència a les ferramentes de co-planificació empleades en la creació de plans de procés, especialment en la presa de decisions vinculades amb l'assignació òptima i dinàmica dels recursos. L'ontologia proposada en primer lloc, ontologia de domini PPDRC (Product and Processes Development Resource Capabilities), és una ontologia genèrica capaç de suportar qualsevol tipus de planificació de procés que siga executada per agents intel·ligents en un context col·laboratiu. Una generalitat que es valida en el treball, amb la seua aplicació a la planificació del propi procés de desenrotllament de productes, processos i recursos i amb l'especialització de la mateixa, ontologia MIRC (Manufacturing and Inspection Resource Capabilities), per a la planificació dels processos de mecanitzat i inspecció. L'ontologia PPDRC presenta tota una sèrie de característiques singulars, com: el caràcter social i agentiu dels recursos implicats en la planificació; la possibilitat de representar plans de procés no lineals; el concepte de capacitat de recurs basat en les seues habilitats per a la realització de activitats; o la utilització de conceptes presents en ontologies de base, que facilita la seua interoperabilitat amb altres ontologies. L'ontologia es mostra especialment eficaç per a l'establiment i validació de plans de procés basant-se en les capacitats dels recursos, al permetre mantenir la informació i coneixement sobre les seues capacitats. Un coneixement que s'enriqueix per inferència a partir de les dades, predicats i regles que formen part de la dita ontologia. Per la seua banda, l'ontologia MIRC és una proposta que reuneix totes les característiques de l'ontologia PPDRC i que presta una especial atenció a les activitats de preparació realitzades sobre els recursos, perquè estes condicionen en gran manera les seues capacitats per a l'execució de les activitats d'operació (mecanitzat i inspecció). Es tracta d'una característica que la diferència d'altres, al considerar que les activitats de preparació són claus per a la correcta selecció i assignació dels recursos i que han de considerar-se durant la validació d'estos plans de procés. La tesi s'ha redactat basant-se en dos articles, en les que es descriuen les mencionades ontologies (PPDRC i MIRC) i es presenten sengles casos d'estudi que constaten la seua validesa i mostren l'abast de les mateixes. Per a facilitar el seu seguiment, conté uns capítols addicionals, en els que es relata el plantejament general i les bases del treball, i es disc
Solano García, L. (2015). Definición de una ontología integrada de procesos y recursos, para el desarrollo colaborativo de planes de proceso [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/58266
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Corell, Elsa, and Kristina Pkhikleshvili. "Stockholm Valley; the new Silicon Valley? : - A qualitative research study of organizational resources and capabilities obtained through the Stockholm cluster to create international competitiveness for tech startups." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85413.
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The purpose of the thesis was to identify the tech startups main organizational resources and capabilities received from the Stockholm cluster. Correspondently, how those encourage to sustained competitive advantage internationally. The aim was to ensure a deeper understanding with a qualitative research method with a multiple case study and an abductive approach. The empirical findings were based on seven case companies that were committing within the tech sector and were internationalized. Further, the literature review takes off with the definition of the segment, namely the tech startups followed by industrial cluster, the network - and social network theory, the Resource-based view with concertation on the different firms’ resources, the VRIO framework, and capabilities, and thereby internationalization including international competitiveness. The conceptual framework has illustrated the correlation between investigated variables, mentioned above. Moreover, the empirical findings chapter was constituted of primary data presented by the seven companies. The analysis was established on the basis of the three voices, which are theoretical, empirical and authors to examine contrast and correlation with each other. The analysis part was followed by a conclusion chapter that presented the main findings/conclusions, thus answered the research question. In addition, the chapter provided with implications, , limitation and recommendations for future research. The findings displayed that the main organizational resources and capabilities obtained from Stockholm consist of human and financial capital, alliances and relationships, innovation/technology and reputation. However, they are only three of them that bring sustained competitive advantage, which are the human capital, alliance and relationships, and reputation capability.
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Lai, Robert. "Systems of innovation : case study on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) organisations' knowledge & capability developments through collaborations." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/systems-of-innovation-case-study-on-traditional-chinese-medicine-tcm-organisations-knowledge--capability-developments-through-collaborations(4ff71e38-6b08-4402-809d-e50d36f34ad9).html.
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Chinese medicine is one of China's key national assets, an indigenous medical knowledge and practices that serves Chinese for thousands of years. As very little research has been focused on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from systems of innovation perspective, the topic of study was chosen. This qualitative case study research introduces, defines and explores how TCM organisations collaborate to innovate from an evolutionary, interactive system perspective. In particular, the focus is on the development of knowledge and capabilities related to TCM drug research and production. Thirty one TCM organisation cases were analysed and presented in this study, interpreting their behaviour in terms of ideas drawn mainly from the literatures on systems of innovation, collaboration between organisations and resource (knowledge) based theory of the firm. Actors such as government play various roles in facilitating organisational and sectoral innovation processes. 'Various policy instruments', in particular research funding and institutions (e.g., standards and regulations) were used to enhance innovation and production. Various forms of collaborative networks were found among key actors: enterprises, universities, research organisations and end users. They contribute to the active innovation processes of 'Identification, Selection, Integration and Creation' of tangible and intangible outcomes and changes. Based on the research, new insights were derived as to how indigenous resources (defined as original and/or traditional knowledge and capabilities) may lead to indigenous innovation. This thesis contributes to the academic understanding of systems of innovation operating in the context of indigenous product and related process developments with reference to various actors interplaying in complex networks (systems) of collaborations. New understandings made on the processes of indigenous innovation (using TCM as a case) through investigating the actors' roles, inter-relations and their restless attempts to identify opportunities and problems, select and integrate different indigenous, scientific, technological and managerial knowledge, capabilities, resources and institutions, to create value that may 'fit' in evolutionary terms, the demand of the key actors in the sector.
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Carrara, Cláudio Correa. "Uma análise sobre capacidades em outsourcing de tecnologia da informação: um estudo no contexto de manutenção de aplicações." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2012. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/4622.
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Este estudo analisa como capacidades do fornecedor influem na prestação de serviços em outsourcing de manutenção de aplicações. O objeto de análise é uma operação de outsourcing consolidada, através do serviço prestado por uma empresa brasileira de TI para um cliente multinacional também de capital nacional. A lente teórica utilizada foi Visão Baseada em Recursos, e, a partir da revisão da literatura sobre o tema, foram identificadas as principais capacidades em outsourcing já estudadas anteriormente, sendo elas: capacidade técnica, capacidade de gestão de pessoas, capacidade de liderança e capacidade de gestão do relacionamento com clientes. A metodologia utilizada foi um estudo de caso único baseado em entrevistas em profundidade com as principais lideranças técnicas e gerenciais da empresa. Após análise dos dados, foi identificado que a capacidade técnica, como proposto pelos estudos anteriores, era insuficiente para o serviço da manutenção de aplicações, sendo proposto a sua ampliação com elementos de flexibilidade em TI. Constatou-se que a capacidade de liderança sugere exercer influência sobre as demais capacidades. Por fim, o estudo apresenta um modelo de relacionamento das capacidades com os seus elementos, um quadro de proposições e sugestões para estudos futuros.
This study examines how supplier capabilities influence the provision of services in outsourcing of application maintenance. The object of analysis is a consolidated outsourcing operation, through the service provided by a Brazilian IT company for a multinational client also from the national capital of the country. The used theory was Resource Based View. From the literature review on the subject, one identified the core outsourcing capabilities that have been already studied. They are technical capability, personnel management capability, leadership skills and ability to manage the client relationship. The methodology used was a single case study based on indepth interviews performed with the main technical and management leaderships of the company. After the data analysis, one identified that the technical capacity as proposed by earlier studies was insufficient to the service of the application maintenance and it was proposed its expansion with elements of flexibility in TI. One found that the leadership ability suggests having influence upon the other capabilities. Finally, the study presents a model of capabilities relationship with its elements, a framework of propositions and suggestions for futures studies.
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Cyrino, Alvaro Bruno. "Transformations stratégiques et reconfiguration des compétences organisationnelles : une analyse des banques privées de détail au Brésil pendant la période 1986-1997." Jouy-en Josas, HEC, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004EHEC0004.
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Cette thèse aborde une des questions théoriques peu explorées dans la littérature de la stratégie, celle du rapport entre les changements révolutionnaires dans l'environnement et leur impact sur la base de compétences et ressources des entreprises. Le travail analyse d'une part, l'impact des changements majeurs dans l'environnement du secteur sur la base de ressources et compétences des entreprises, et d'autre part, les efforts des dirigeants pour réorienter leur stratégie et reconfigurer leurs actifs stratégiques. Le etrrain choisi est celui des banques commerciales de détail du Brésil. L'approche longétudinale et l'utilisation d'experts a rendu possible la reconstitution des facteurs stratégiques du secteur avant et après les changements. Trois études de cas multi-niveaux ont permis d'analyser les efforts intra-organisationnels de gestion de compétences effectués par les banques et de les comparer à leurs "sentiers" spécifiques d'évolutionThis dissertation focuses on one of the least explored theoretical issues in strategy, the relation between revolutionary changes in the external environnement and their effects on the resource and competence base of individual firms. The dissertation analyses, on one hand, the impact of major changes in the industry environment on the ressource and competencies of individual companies and, on the other, the management decisions and actions in order to reorient the firm's strategy and to reconfigure their strategic asset basis. The Brazilian commercial banking industry was chosen as the research field. A longitudinal research approach based on experts ́assessments was used to analyse the changes in the strategic key factors before and after the changes in the institutional, competitive and macroeconomic environnment. Three multi-level case studies helped to clarify the processes of strategic assets management of individual banks and to relate them to their specific paths of evolution
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Othman, Abdullah. "Exploring the business benefits of regulatory compliance : the case of AML/CFT systems for banking institutions in Malaysia." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/12362.
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It has been widely accepted that the banking industry is highly dependent on information technology (IT). Due to its pervasiveness and intertwining nature in most aspects of banking business, IT has also significantly become one of the critical components that facilitate the ability of banking institutions to meet regulatory requirements in an efficient and a cost-effective way. For instance, in the effort to mitigate the activities of money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF), various information on banking customers are timely and accurately gathered and analysed through automation. Furthermore, in many instances, IT systems exclusively built to achieve a similar objective are frequently established, and comparable to most IT implementations in the banking institutions, they are often can be equally regarded as a significant investment as well. Viewed from the longstanding debate on the value of IT investments to organisations, empirical research within the IS domain seemed to have placed less emphasis on the possible contribution of regulatory IT implementations. While it is easy to conceive that these IT deployments were never intended to directly benefit banking business from the outset, a study from this perspective should not be disregarded, but instead, warrant to be equally explored. The rationale for this statement can be attributed to the aforementioned assertion regarding the potentially substantial monetary investments required. In addition to this, it may also be due to the high tendency of stringent regulations being enforced in the future, and hence, could inevitably place a significant demand on organisational resources, and further influence their associated opportunity costs. For that reason, this study has attempted to fill the identified research gaps by conducting an investigation from the standpoint of a topical issue regarding anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML/CFT) implementation efforts within banking institutions. Utilising a conceptual framework that leverages the resource-based view (RBV) to structurally analyse a list of research objectives, empirical evidence of business benefits and the associated capabilities through organisational AML/CFT efforts have indeed been discovered. The benefits are particularly in the form of having the opportunity to leverage various information and infrastructure that were established for regulatory purposes. Further evidence has also suggested that selected AML/CFT alerts have the potential of providing unique opportunity for the organisation to trigger time-critical event-based marketing activities, resulting in a possible improved competitive positioning (ICP). Importantly, by appreciating the insights obtained through the research, a conceptual framework is proposed, which may aid to structurally assess the possible benefits of any organisational regulatory IT implementations.
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Lin, Jian-Cheng, and 林健成. "Familiness and Marketing Capabilities: A Resource-based View." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04577904832344360227.
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Family business is a typical organizational form around the world and dominates the economic landscape of many nations. Scholars propose that the reason why family businesses are different from non-family business because of resources that are distinctive to a firm as a result of the interactions between family, family members and business. The bundle of resources that have been theoretically developed within the resource-based view framework are identified as “Familiness” of the firm. Familiness is considered as a source of competitive advantage to family firms, but some scholars believe that the resources are necessary but not sufficient to achieve a competitive advantage. Resources must also be managed and deployed effectively through capabilities. Marketing capabilities is one of the most important capabilities of a firm, there are many studies have pointed out that the marketing capabilities and business performance are significantly related. The purpose of this paper is to exam the relationships among the familiness of individual family firm and their marketing capabilities through the resource-based view framework. This paper conducted a convenience sampling questionnaire survey to collect data, using the members of "Taiwan Fastener Association", "Taiwan Watch & Clock Industrial Association”, “Taiwan Fluid Power Association", and the companies that National Sun Yat-sen University MBA’s students work for as sample, issued 571 questionnaires, 134 valid questionnaires were retuned, the effective response rate is 23.5%. Descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, multivariate analysis and multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis and hypothesis testing. The results of this paper show that all of family human resource, family social resource and patiant financial resource have significantly positive correlation with marketing capabilities. The managers of family business can take advantage of such unique resources to strengthen marketing capabilities that create sustainable competitive advantage and achieve superior performance.
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Yang, Shih-Hsien, and 楊士賢. "Green Oriented Human Resource Management and Green Organizational Capabilities." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94683431794298824350.
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Firms have a profound influence on the environment. The knowledge of a firm plays a crucial role on the sustainable management and development. In particular, the human capital is the most important asset for the survival of a firm and the maintenance of the core competitiveness. For firms to maintain a unique organization capital and their competitive advantage, it is a really important issue concerning how to strengthen their human capital flexibility. In this study, starting from a background of environmental sustainability, we investigate how firms adjust the internal of the organization in response to the external changes of environment. In addition, we manifest the relations among the organizational capabilities, human capital flexibility, in terms of the green viewpoint. For another, by using innovation as a mediator variable, we further explore the relationships between human capital and organizational capabilities under the green viewpoint. Upon qualitative research interviewed with ten environmental benchmark companies to help develop these qualities：how green oriented human capital flexibility(Green Oriented Human Capital Flexibility)policies and practices fostering innovation(Innovation), by using the internal innovation and the external innovation, enabling the organization to achieve broad stakeholder engagement and holistic integration to complete green organizational capabilities(Green Organizational Capability).