Web 2.0 tools helps enterprises to increase innovation. Many organizations seek this kind of tools so they can be competitive in the global world we live today. The Portuguese Financial sector has been very competitive and has used innovation to leverage over competitors. Considering the potential for innovation associated with Web 2.0 and the innovation interest of the sector, it's very releva...

As compared to continuing-generation students, first-generation students are struggling more at university. In the present article, we question the unconditional nature of such a phenomenon and argue that it depends on structural competition. Indeed, most academic departments use harsh selection procedure all throughout the curriculum, fostering between-student competition. In these departments...

Competitive events are a major component of 4-H programs in the United States. Each year hundreds of youth participate in 4-H competitive events. Literature on competitions indicates both positive and negative effects on participants. The purpose of this study was to determine the educational value of 4-H competitive events as perceived by parents of 4-H participants. A secondary purpose was to...

defining maturity level is one of the important elements of the excellence models. this approach helps companies to assess competitive positions and help them to benchmark from best practices. one of the significant features of excellence models is defining maturity level using subjective and conventional approach. present research is a cross-sectional study among iranian petrochemical companie...

The present context of the electric industry, characterized by competitive markets, privatization, and regulatory of technical requirements forces the power utilities to optimize their asset management practices and develop the requisite decision plans techno-economically. Practically approaching, this paper devises a new support tool based on a multiattribute decision making (MADM) framework i...

Corporate entrepreneurship is a growing field of study that has been gaining ground in recent decades. Entrepreneurship exists in large and stable organizations and small and medium enterprises. Therefore, entrepreneurial business form include entrepreneurial practices in organizations, profit-making practices, and opportunity recognition. Also, entrepreneurship encourages competition in the en...

In this competitive environment, organizations in service sector and industrial sector are trying their best to win the loyalty of their customers by providing the superior quality services and innovative products to remain competitive in the market. The objective of this study is to focus on the concept that organizational well structured HRM policies and top management commitment for quality ...

The Internet has been playing a key role to prolifically reach the target market. Simultaneously, the implications of Relationship Marketing (RM) to establish, maintain and enhance competitive advantage in the traditional marketplace are widely recognized. However, because of the online, ongoing, and on time communication approach of the Internet (the market space), the application of RM in the...

In the past few decades, researchers have witnessed a paradigm shift in Human Resource Management-from individual performance to organizational outcomes with the role of Human resource (HR) managers becoming increasingly significant to the organization. In such a context, it is important to examine HR practices from a strategic perspective on the sustained competitive advantage (SCA) of the org...