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Core Competencies, Core Values And Core Compromises, Jeffrey Keisler, Edward Romar Dec 2018

Core Competencies, Core Values And Core Compromises, Jeffrey Keisler, Edward Romar

Jeffrey Keisler

To achieve success businesses enunciate values and mission, secure resources, develop capabilities, and execute strategies.  For firms to succeed, managers must make decision about what should remain, be abandoned and acquired or developed?  In the decision-making process, management often overlooks, compromises, neglects, and dismisses the firm’s history, unique industry position, and fundamental strengths in a single-minded focus on the future.  In this paper we discuss one aspect of strategy that is neglected in the literature.  Most of the literature focuses on strategy and competencies, with little focus on or awareness of its opposite, the compromises management makes as they look …

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A Strategic Audit Of Tesla.Pdf, Abigail Hoelzlhammer Apr 2018

A Strategic Audit Of Tesla.Pdf, Abigail Hoelzlhammer

Abigail Hoelzlhammer

This strategic audit will examine the problems Tesla is currently facing, do a Porter’s Five Forces analysis of the company, review environmental factors affecting Tesla, state Tesla’s current strategy, evaluate their distinguishing resources and competitive advantages, and end with a strategic recommendation along with implementation requirements.
          One of Tesla’s vehicles crashed in March 2018 while on autopilot, which caused their stock to drop significantly. They’re also experiencing issues with the production of the new Model 3. The current political situation and growing demand for the parts Tesla needs are environmental factors that are having a negative effect. On the …

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A Strategic Audit Of Tesla.Pdf, Abigail Hoelzlhammer Apr 2018

A Strategic Audit Of Tesla.Pdf, Abigail Hoelzlhammer

Abigail Hoelzlhammer

This strategic audit will examine the problems Tesla is currently facing, do a Porter’s Five Forces analysis of the company, review environmental factors effecting Tesla, state Tesla’s current strategy, evaluate their distinguishing resources and competitive advantages, and end with a strategic recommendation along with implementation requirements. 

One of Tesla’s vehicles crash in March 2018 while on autopilot, which cause their stock to drop significantly. They’re also experiencing issues with the production of the new Model 3. The current political situation and growing demand for the parts Tesla needs are environmental factors that are having a negative effect. On the other …

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Collective Action And Market Formation: An Integrative Framework, Brandon Lee, Jeroen Struben, Christopher B. Bingham Dec 2017

Collective Action And Market Formation: An Integrative Framework, Brandon Lee, Jeroen Struben, Christopher B. Bingham

Brandon Lee


While extant research places collective action at the heart of market formation, it provides little understanding about when and to what extent collective action is important. In this paper, we develop a novel theoretical framework detailing what collective action problems and solutions arise in market formation and under what conditions. Our framework centers on the development of market infrastructure with three key factors that influence the nature and extent of collective action problems: perceived returns to contributions, excludability, and contribution substitutability. We apply our framework to diverse market formation contexts and derive a fresh set of attendant propositions. Finally, we …

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Telecommunications 2004: Strategy, Hr Practices & Performance - Cornell-Rutgers Telecommunications Project, Rosemary Batt, Alex Colvin, Harry Katz, Jeffrey Keefe Jan 2008

Telecommunications 2004: Strategy, Hr Practices & Performance - Cornell-Rutgers Telecommunications Project, Rosemary Batt, Alex Colvin, Harry Katz, Jeffrey Keefe

Rosemary Batt

This national benchmarking report of the U.S. telecommunications services industry traces the tumultuous changes in management and workforce practices and performance in the sector over the last 5 years. This is a follow-up report to our 1998 study. At that time, when the industry was booming, we conducted a national survey of establishments in the industry. In 2003, we returned to do a second national survey of the industry, this time in a sector that was recovering from one of the worst recessions in its history.

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The Urge To Merge: Accounting Firm Mergers, Mark E. Pickering Feb 2007

The Urge To Merge: Accounting Firm Mergers, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

The article focuses on the significance of merger and acquisitions for accounting firms in Australia. According to the author, the expected benefits of mergers include geographic expansions, gaining scale, adding new services, gaining access to capabilities and addressing issues in one or both firms. It is stated that the possibilities of a successful merger can be developed through merger benefit adjustments, merger-fit and integration approach.

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Outsourcing Impact On Manufacturing Firms’ Value: Evidence From Japan, James A. Belohlav Dec 2006

Outsourcing Impact On Manufacturing Firms’ Value: Evidence From Japan, James A. Belohlav

James A. Belohlav

No abstract provided.

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Operational, Economic And Mission Elements In Not-For-Profit Organizations: The Case Of The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James A. Belohlav Jan 2005

Operational, Economic And Mission Elements In Not-For-Profit Organizations: The Case Of The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James A. Belohlav

James A. Belohlav

No abstract provided.

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Legal Issues In Multinational Business Strategy: To Play The Game, You Have To Know The Rules, James A. Belohlav Dec 1995

Legal Issues In Multinational Business Strategy: To Play The Game, You Have To Know The Rules, James A. Belohlav

James A. Belohlav

No abstract provided.

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Quality, Strategy, And Competitiveness, James A. Belohlav Dec 1992

Quality, Strategy, And Competitiveness, James A. Belohlav

James A. Belohlav

No abstract provided.

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