... and complexities of innovations can provide valuable insights. Public research and technology organizations (PROs) are at the intersection of contextual complexities involving business, government, and academia. Hence, studying and strategically managing them call for specific methods. In the article, the Triple...

...Tale Skjølsvik; Frida Pemer; Bente R. Løwendahl The field of strategic management is fragmented and overlaps with a number of theoretical fields, such as economics, sociology, marketing, finance, and psychology ( Nag et al. 2007 ). In the late 1970s, the field was in its infancy and re-labelled...

...: [email protected] 2015 GVM Care & Research Healthcare organizations Strategic management Engagement Behavioural indicators Clinical performance Healthcare organizations today are facing a series of problems due to two main factors: increasing difficulty in satisfying a progressively more ‘aware...

... details. Agribusiness case study strategic management Q10 Q13 Dan will admit that the company does not offer the lowest-priced seed, and 5 times out of 10 its seed is not the highest yielding in a test plot. What Hoover Seed does have is varieties that consistently produce strong yields in less-than...

... because of quality deterioration during the stoppage. The negative failure impact is the drop of line reliability and production rate. Availability food industries maintainability reliability management strategic management Reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) management play...

... dialogue to take place at the regional and local levels, which is central to the process by which parties come to reinterpret themselves and their relationships within the local economy ( Morgan and Nauwelaers, 1999 , 12–13). 1 6 2009 14 12 2009 path dependence strategic management civic capital...

... a national survey of corporate philanthropy programs that examined the activities that characterize the strategic management of corporate philanthropy. Results suggest that corporations do not frequently evaluate their philanthropy programs. Social work...

... changes in insurer-provider relations can be conceptualized as a transition from administrationto strategic management. Attention is paid to some aspects of strategic management for health insurers. health insurance strategic management MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE The insurer-provider...

...Table 2.1 Mapping of the state capitalism literature Main objects of enquiry Key concerns Diversity Geography Strategic management State capitalism as an organizational and governance form The emergence new organizational and governance forms Various forms of state...

...Organizational and managerial theories may also give support to the understanding of cooperative strategy. This chapter first looks into the strategic management theory (SMT) in which some of the possible motives for establishing alliances can be identified. The chapter explains how...

... transactions Transaction s UPS Content NTT DoCoMo Control Telematic services Data Integration Microsoft Palm RIM Blackberry Symbian OS wireless networking information technology strategic management ...

...The relevance of the varieties‐of‐capitalism approach to strategic management is demonstrated by the evolution of competition in the European air‐transport sector. In the highly regulated environment that prevailed until the mid‐1980s, the German carrier, Lufthansa, was highly successful...

... Strategic Management Political Career Paths Revolving Doors As we have observed in the macro- and meso-level sections (Parts I and II ), the EU is a complex political system that demands a combination of goods from business. Politically active companies in Brussels have developed specific...

...This article defines strategic management and outlines various approaches to strategy. Strategic management is about charting how to achieve a company's objectives, and adjusting the direction and methods to take advantage of changing circumstances. It was taught in the 1950s and 1960s under...

... of the environment in the context of strategic management, the role of the environment in the development of the field of strategic management, the implications of the environment for strategic management, and the role and analysis of the common strategic environment and of the industry and business unit environment...

...This article first explores the concept of flexibility in theories of strategic management. Subsequently, it provides a more dynamic approach in strategic management in which strategic flexibility is considered as a constructive friction between change and preservation, in particular between...

...Despite its intuitive appeal, evidence-based management (EBMgt) faces unique challenges in “macro” areas such as organization theory and strategic management, which emphasize actions by organizations and business and corporate leaders. The inherent focus on complex, multilevel and unique problems...

... Shell TOTAL Weber M acceptance adaptation dynamic government regulation organizational change natural environment strategic management hedging To better align the behavior of organizations with the interests of society, governments make many demands on organizations to change...

... various eras from the “invisible hand,” through “management science,” to “strategic planning.” Today the concept of “strategy” is still evolving, shifting from an economic view to a value-creation view. Moreover, we have all heard the terms strategic planning, strategic management...

... of Kunda G organizational environment employee management strategic management global markets competitiveness employee skills Our starting point for this discussion is that HRM and LPT, as bodies of theory and research, have some fundamental commonalities of purpose. That is, both...