The promise of service orientation is that it enables an organization to prosper by delivering continuous value to customers. This prosperity is of strategic value to the organization. There is value in service orientation for both the organization and its customers. We call these two values, customer value and strategic value. When designing a service it is necessary to align both value propos...

The discussion on firms’ sustainability performance has resulted in business organizations becoming more conscious of issues and implementing strategies to ensure sustainable value propositions. purpose this study is explore that firms could use develop Through an extensive literature review, the proposed a conceptual framework further developed hypotheses suggesting such as stakeholder involve...

Values have been noted as integral elements of an electronic business model (BM) while value creation has been considered as a central strategic task in e-business planning. It has also been suggested that performance measurement and strategic management should focus on the value creation process. In recent years, the balanced scorecard (BSC) has evolved to become a dominant strategic managemen...

Many companies are beginning to focus on value in their health care purchasing decisions, and some are going beyond value-based purchasing to value-based partnering. Value-based partnering recognizes the interdependencies among stakeholder groups in the health care system and creates a strategic reason for them to exchange information and create long-term strategic alliances. This article discu...

Purpose This study aims to examine the direct influence of strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices on business value creation while accounting for moderating and mediating roles orientation. Design/methodology/approach It used data from 118 CSR-intensive multinational subsidiaries operating in five major different industries Ghana applied hierarchical regression bootstrapping ...

The resource-based view of the firm (RBV) has become the dominant framework in strategic management research. Its basic assumption is that firms can exploit strategic assets in order to create competitive advantage and thus above average performance. Another core assumption of the RBV is that strategic assets can be complementary. This means their value increases when they are combined. “Comple...

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Megatrends are shaping the rapidly changing global economy. These trends have also brought a convergence revolution, creating a new business environment ‘convergenomics’. An in-depth analysis of convergences from organisational factors to technologies, industries and biological-artificial systems is presented with numerous real-world examples. Then, strategic innovation approaches to create new...