At its core, the issue of sustainability, perhaps the critical issue of this millennium, is not an ecological one. It is, we would argue in this paper, a cultural one. Strategists have long recognized that for an organization (country, business) to be competitive, it is not enough that it have “the competitive edge”. Its advantage must be sustainable over time. If our basic resources are not su...

In an era of global economic recession, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are experiencing severe pressure from budget reduction. As a result, they have been forced to develop more competitive ways in order to tap on resources and capabilities stemming from contemporary rapid technological and organisational changes. Thus, quality management issues have drawn the interest of academics and pr...

A new player, e.g., an entrant, joining an existing game generally allows more value to be created, but also creates new alternatives for existing players. Greater value expands the range of equilibrium appropriation levels for an existing player, in particular, lowering the minimum equilibrium appropriation. The emergence of new alternatives has the opposite e¤ect. We say a player has competit...

While there are separate streams of established research on lean production, agile organization, and sustainable supply chain, the idea is to address the intersection of these three strategic initiatives in order to find synergies and competitive advantage for companies. The goal of the mission is to explore the link between supply chain and sustainable development with the insights of two main...