This study examines how the corporate link between a foreign subsidiary and its corporate members (parent and peer subsidiaries) is influenced by the subsidiary’s competitive strategy in a specific host country. The mainstream logic, especially that of Michael Porter, suggests that corporate link should be stronger when a multinational enterprise (MNE) focuses on cost leadership than on product...

“We are without allies amongst the Iraqi populace, including those who have benefited from the ouster of Saddam. . . . Across Baghdad, Latifiyah, Mahmudiyah, Salman Pak, Baqubah, Balad, Taji, Baiji, Ramadi, and just about everywhere else you can name, the people absolutely hate us. . . . The Iraqi people have not bought into what the Americans are selling, and no amount of military activity is ...

introduction: internet searches suggest people need to check the appropriate and correct information in the field of health. meanwhile, due to the rapid growth of new technologies such as mobile technology, which today is universally accessible to all members of society, has been created a new  and  appropriate channel to offer health services that use this technology to propose best value tail...

Information Technology applications are growing significantly fast for the past decade. Many Business organizations with emphasize on IT applications are trying to gain competitive advantages. Emrical studies also demonstrate that IT increases competitive advantage when it acts with human resources. In this paper we analyzed and review how various IT applications can be utilized to to provide a...

Zimbabwe’s cut flower industry has declined over the past years. We determined national competitiveness of using Porter’s diamond model competitive advantage in 2018 a descriptive and exploratory design that made use qualitative quantitative research methods. Low numbers key players forced researchers to administer questionnaires only 20 respondents comprising growers, marketers, fl...

Cultural heritage plays an important role in the creation of creative cities, giving them a new lease life and generating employment opportunities local economies process. The revitalisation development cultural intangible have become major part national policies worldwide. This study adopts multiple case analysis approach. Four heritages three destinations East Asia (Hong Kong, Macau Taiwan) w...

The Electronic Market Hypothesis (EMH) (Malone, Yates & Benjamin 1987) holds that electronic markets will eventually evolve towards unbiased markets under the pressure of both competitive and legal forces and that this process is inevitable in case of markets for commodities. Based on an initial literature review, we criticise the EMH for its definitional impreciseness, its disregard for strate...

Original scientific paper Firms realize that the selection of an appropriate competitive market strategy is essential to create value for customers and consequently to gain competitive advantage over their competitors. The review of relevant literature reveals that the competitive market strategy should be adopted with regard to both internal and external factors that impact on the firm’s perf...

Globalization has changed the competitive environment of companies. This paper aims to contribute to understanding the changes a company can face through analyzing the impact of drivers and effects of globalization on the models of industry competition and the company value chain. The boundaries between the forces of competition are fading as economic globalization has led to a new dynamic in t...

We present a prototype interactive (hyper) map of strategic, tactical, and logistic options for Supply Chain Management. The map comprises an anthology of options, broadly classified within the strategic spectrum of efficiency versus responsiveness, and according to logistic and cross-functional drivers. They are exemplified by cases in diverse industries. We seek to get all these information a...