Objective. The objective of the article is to build a model infrastructure competitive advantages Donetsk economic region according state innovation, transport and tourism development. Methods. To achieve objective, methods theoretical generalization, analysis synthesis, logical analogies, contrastive comparison, formal substantive modeling are used. principal components method applied model. n...

The paper aims, in the field of manufacturing technologies, at approaching issues of manufacturing systems, in order to develop a new concept of management, which is in line with the current market dynamics: the concept of competitive management. The concept of competitive management can offer solutions even to make competitive and develop enterprises as a whole. However, improving competitiven...

Economic theory suggests that firms can gain competitive advantage, thereby impeding the normalization of risk-adjusted returns relative to industry peers. Thus, these advantages directly impact a firm’s future profitability as well as the assumptions incorporated into forecasting and valuation models. This paper utilizes realized operating performance, adjusted by estimates of operational risk...

Absorptive capacity confers an ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it and apply it to commercial ends. It is well believed that the stronger absorptive capacity means the greater competitive advantage. However, this perception of firms’ knowledge transferring seems to misunderstand real learning due to three characteristics of absorptive capacity: path dependence, rela...

In competitive markets, market segmentation is a critical point of business, and it can be used as a generic strategy. In each segment, strategies lead companies to their targets; thus, segment selection and the application of the appropriate strategies over time are very important to achieve successful business. This paper aims to model a strategy-aligned fuzzy approach to market segment ev...