Society today has great expectations on small firms’ contribution to society as a whole. To be able to contribute small firms have to be competitive. Competitive advantage based on competence is not as easily copied by competitors, and, hence, more sustainable. Even though competence can be complicated to imitate, continual environmental changes mean that competence is not static and will not p...

Convergence effects between telecommunication, information technology, media and entertainment (TIME) markets lead to additional value-added opportunities within these markets, allowing new intermediaries to enter the market [1, 2]. On the other hand, due to these effects traditional entry barriers of these markets disappear and new forms of competition and substitution for existing suppliers a...

with rapid changes in the business environment, organizations are increasingly looking at human resources as a unique asset that can provide sustained competitive advantage. as much as, people are viewed among the most important resources to firms, hr strategy would be central to achieve competitive advantages .firms should view hr strategy as an important tool for integrating competencies insi...