Search for dissertations about: "firm competitive advantage"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words firm competitive advantage.
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1. Transition to Cloud Sourcing - Innovation and Competitive Advantage
Abstract : Looking into the topic of cloud sourcing, at first glance it might be seen as an off the shelf pay per use service that is easy and fast to adopt for most companies. Although in practice not all companies succeed with cloud sourcing. READ MORE
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2. Information Systems Use and Firm Competitive Advantage : A Case of Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises in Tanzania
Abstract : The role of Small and Medium Enterprises for the economic well being of developing countries is indisputable. The increased use and demand for information in various fields and sectors coupled with globalization, make IS critical for firm performance. READ MORE
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3. Competing on Manufacturing How combinations of resources can be a source of competitive advantage
Abstract : The most central question in the strategic management literature is why some firms are more successful than others, often expressed as an aim to understand sources of competitive advantage. In this thesis, an empirical observation is made that a number of manufacturing plants belonging to the same firm show sustainable differences in financial success, and the question is why. READ MORE
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4. Networking as a tool for competitive advantage : evidence from Swedish new ventures
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to increase our understanding of factors influencing new venture performance, and ultimately survival. The focus of this research is to study how network relationships, and a new venture's ability to initiate, develop and utilise the relationships that affect the firm's entrepreneurial strategy (here defined as the firm's entrepreneurial orientation) when seeking competitiveness. READ MORE
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5. Creating Advantage: On the complexity of industrial knowledge formation in the knowledge-based economy
Abstract : Knowledge as a resource and knowledge formation as a process are seen as central to providing nations and regions as well as firms with a competitive advantage. This is captured by the view that the economic and industrial landscape is currently undergoing a transformation towards a knowledge-based economy. READ MORE