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- Nordin, Fredrik, et al.
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Building a new supply chain position : An exploratory case study within the construction industry
- 2010
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Ingår i: Construction Management and Economics. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0144-6193 .- 1466-433X. ; 28:10, s. 1071-1083
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Innovation is an important source of growth for many companies. It is also challenging, as it may require that the companies build a new position in the supply chain. The literature is devoid of analysis of different ways to build such positions in the construction industry. The purpose here is to explore the challenges involved in implementing innovations that require companies to establish new positions in a construction supply chain. Three in‐depth case studies in the Swedish timber housing industry illustrate different challenges that arise with the different modes of repositioning of organic growth, collaboration and acquisition, and with moving either backward or forward in the supply chain. Organic growth is a slow process that prevents companies from taking a first‐mover advantage. Acquisitions can involve difficulties with exploiting acquired competences. Collaboration brings the risks of diversity of interests and transient solutions. Furthermore, and as shown in the cases studied, challenges are associated with pre‐existing competencies and relationships, with technology‐oriented companies facing customer‐related difficulties and market‐oriented companies mainly facing ones involving technological solutions. The construction industry’s idiosyncrasies amplify these challenges, as its fragmentation makes it difficult to connect with external companies at new positions. Stronger ties with business partners are likely to enable construction companies to exploit more easily innovations that require repositioning in the supply chain.
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- Owusu, Richard A., 1960-, et al.
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Managing risk and turbulence in internationalization of foreign companies to South Africa : Lessons from seven Finnish business-to-business firms
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of African Business. - London : Routledge. - 1522-8916 .- 1522-9076. ; 12:2, s. 219-239
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article the authors examine how seven Finnish business-to-business firms have managed risk and turbulence in their internationalization to South Africa. Thirty interviews with managers and other relevant informants were conducted. The study finds that the levels of perceived risk and turbulence were high in the market and the firms have used networks, alliances, gradual involvement, and a combination of entry modes to deal with the situation. The study contributes to the literature on business in Africa by providing implications for why and how firms develop their involvement in African markets and how they deal with challenges and opportunities.
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- Pehrsson, Anders, 1956-
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Business-relatedness and strategy moderations : Impacts on foreign subsidiary performance
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Strategy and Management.. - : Emerald. - 1755-425X .- 1755-4268. ; 3:2, s. 110-133
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to improve the existing knowledge of international strategy antecedents of foreign subsidiary performance. Hypotheses are developed regarding the impact of perceived relatedness between the foreign subsidiary and the parent firm’s core business unit, and the moderating effect of the subsidiary’s business strategy. In order to test the hypotheses, the study uses survey data from Europe (Germany and the UK), and the USA, and the subsidiaries belong to Swedishmanufacturing firms. Perceived relatedness regarding intangible resources affects foreign subsidiary performance positively. Competitive differentiation and market knowledge of a foreign subsidiary reinforce the performance impact of the perceived relatedness. A foreign subsidiary’s relatedness to the core business unit of its parent firm determines the subsidiary’s ability to assimilate the parent firm’s core competencies. The relatedness represents a synergy potential that is realized by the subsidiary’s core competence exploitation and economies of learning.The paper extends current knowledge of international strategy antecedents of foreign subsidiary performance as it applies the perceptual approach to relatedness and acknowledges the impact of foreign subsidiary strategy.
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- Pehrsson, Anders, 1956-, et al.
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Business strategy in different contexts
- 2011
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Ingår i: European Business Review. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0955-534X .- 1758-7107. ; 23:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Researchers have produced extensive knowledge of the content of business strategy and the process of formulating and implementing strategy. We also know that business strategy cannot be isolated from the environmental context in which the strategy is shaped. As a certain business strategy concerns a set of products that are brought to a market, the market context is important. Further, customers and competitors are major actors of a market, and the structure and behaviour of these actors generally manifest characteristics of the market context. However, our knowledge of the impact of the market context is limited.
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- Pehrsson, Anders, 1956-
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Business strategy of foreign subsidiaries : Performance effects and customer access moderations
- 2011
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Ingår i: 31<sup>st</sup> Annual International Conference of The Strategic Management Society. - : Strategic Management Society.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The market context of the foreign subsidiary is essential in determining an appropriate headquarter-subsidiary relationship in international strategy making. The study aims to extend the understanding of linkages between business strategy and performance of foreign subsidiaries by focusing on customer access moderations. Hypotheses were tested on 263 subsidiaries in Europe and the USA. The subsidiaries belong to Swedish manufacturing firms. The study found that the customer scope of the subsidiary positively triggers its performance if it encounters many obstacles to accessing customers. The study also found that a subsidiary emphasis on differentiation of products from those of competitors negatively triggers performance regardless of the number of obstacles, while customer responsiveness differentiation has positive effects where there are few obstacles. Contributions to literature are discussed.
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- Pehrsson, Anders, 1956-
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Product/customer scope : Competition antecedents, performance effects, and market context moderations
- 2011
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Ingår i: European Business Review. - : Emerald. - 0955-534X .- 1758-7107. ; 23:5, s. 418-433
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to explore the competition antecedents and performance effects of firm product/customer scope, and the moderating role of market growth. The theoretical model follows the contingency perspective on strategy and draws on the strategy and competitive dynamics literature. A questionnaire was used to gather the quantitative data for testing the hypotheses using regression analyses. The questionnaires were completed by executives of 432 Swedish industrial firms serving business customers. The firms offering clean technology products operate in growing markets while the firms offering miscellaneous products operate in mature markets. Competition is an antecedent of firm product/customer scope. The more competitive the action of the main competitor, the more limited the customer scope of the firm if it operates in a mature market. The impact of the main competitor’s scope is robust across all market contexts. Furthermore, the broader the product scope of the firm, the better the financial performance if the firm operates in a growing market. The study contributes theoretically, as it extends our knowledge of crucial relationships of firm product/market scope. A firm must be aware of its main competitor’s scope and action, and adapt its scope to the level of market growth. The theoretical model and the tests go beyond those used in previous research. Another key value is the analysis of perceptual data gathered from executives. Earlier studies of competition assume equal perceptions among competing firms and do not acknowledge that market contexts are ambiguous realities.
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- Pitt, Leyland, et al.
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Are Business School Mission Statements Readable? Evidence from the top 100
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Strategic Management Education. - 1649-3877. ; 6:4, s. 1-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mission statements are fairly ubiquitous, particularly among large organizations. Although opinions on mission statements are split among those in favor, those less so, and those that are cynical of them; they continue to be seen as an important element in strategy formulation. However, if they are to have a chance of achieving the desired positive outcomes that those in their favor highlight, they must first be readable and comprehensible to the targeted stakeholders. To investigate the readability of mission statements of business schools, the individual mission statements were collected of the business schools offering the top 100 MBA programs in the Financial Times rankings of 2009. A readability calculation tool was then employed to assess the readability of each of these mission statements. Results are reported, and the implications are considered, while limitations are noted and directions for future research are identified.
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- Rasmussen, Erik Stavnsager, et al.
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The impact of internationalisation on small firms’ choice of location and propensity for relocation
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1462-6004 .- 1758-7840. ; 18:3, s. 457-474
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – The primary focus of this paper is to examine the international (import and export) activities of the firm and the impact on the firms’ criteria for choice of location and the propensity for relocation.Design/methodology/approach – A web survey was carried out among small and medium-sized Danish firms. Data used in the present study are based on responses from 622 firms. The analysis is conducted in two sub-sections. The first section focuses on how export/import intensity is related to the location motives of the firm and the propensity to relocate the firm to another national location or abroad. Pearson’s correlation with corresponding test of significance is used to explore the possible relationships between the international engagement and the firm’s criteria for choice of location. In the second section the responding firms are classified into one of four categories, as suggested in a local/global typology. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is conducted in order to assess whether the reexist any significant differences between the four types of firms with regard to the location motives and relocation propensity for the firms.Findings – The study shows that the international engagement of the firm influences the need for better location with regard to infrastructure (especially airport and highways) and to a lesser degree other types of infrastructure (railways and harbours). Interestingly, firms put less emphasis on the direct economic factors (infrastructure) compared with access to customers/suppliers, local network and, above all, access to research institutions. The study shows that international firms put significantly more emphasis on the relationship with research institutions than more local firms. The study also indicates that a higher international engagement increases the firm’s intention to relocate abroad, which could be one of the unwanted sides of firms’ internationalisation.Originality/value – Guided by insights from location and relocation theory and international entrepreneurship theory, the connection between firms’ export and import engagement and the reasons for location and propensity for relocation are explored. The paper also suggests an internationalisation typology of firms that can be used in future research on the internationalisation of the firm.
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- Reinhold, Stephan, et al.
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Innovative Geschäftsmodelle – Die Sicht des Managements
- 2011
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Ingår i: Innovative Geschäftsmodelle. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer. - 9783642180675 - 9783642180682 ; , s. 71-91
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Dieser Beitrag präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer explorativen Unternehmer- und Managerbefragung zu den wichtigsten Rahmenbedingungen als Treiber neuer Geschäftsmodelle sowie zu den Eigenschaften innovativer Geschäftsmodelle. Die Resultate zeigen, dass Geschäftsmodellinnovation unbestritten als Priorität auf höchster Hierarchieebene anzusiedeln ist.
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