This study investigates the organizational value of IT-enabled strategic capabilities in specific industry settings. We propose a theory-based model of positive relationships among IT resources, strategic-level agility, and firm performance. The model also proposes the relative values of the strategic-level agility in service and manufacturing industries. Survey data of medium to large-size ent...

In order to solve the problem of insufficient capital adequacy, haphazard internal control, the lower international competitiveness and others, the domestic commercial banks have introduced strategic investors. In order to study whether efficiency of introducing the strategic investors is improved, this paper carries out panel data regression analysis, using data of such banks as: the China Con...

Increasing globalisation, diversity of the product range and increasing customer awareness are making markets highly competitive, forcing different supply chains to adapt to different stimuli on a continuous basis. The necessary level of ‘compatibility’ among all the upstream and downstream players in a supply chain must be achieved to meet the strategic objectives of the supply chain. A mismat...

Strategic co-alignment is a major topic in strategic management studies. In recent years, management approaches based on dynamic capabilities paradigms have emerged with the aim of solving problems related to strategic co-alignment caused by the increasing velocity of market environments. However, the different perspectives of adaptive dynamicity and transformative dynamicity have led to varian...

Traditional sources of sustainable competitive advantage are very rare in today's global business environment. The increasing saturation of established markets paired with the impact of the recent financial crisis in many developed economies has made it important for organizations to achieve a strong position in emerging markets. " Going global " is now less of a choice, and more of a necessity...

Electronic business (e-business) is evolving from its technological tool towards a strategic role, supporting new business strategies. Prior studies explained e-business value creation from net-enabled organizational capabilities perspective, and delivered many insights at firm level with individual-level analysis of capability. In this paper, we posit that competitive advantages under e-busine...

This paper analyses the relations between entropy, organizational capabilities and corporate entrepreneurship. The results indicate strong links between strategy and corporate entrepreneurship, moderated by the organizational capabilities. We find that companies with strong organizational capabilities, using a systematic strategic approach, widely use corporate entrepreneurship as an instrument...