One of the most important questions in business partners' collaboration is whether their strategies create a collaborative synergy and thus add market value. This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework that will be useful for scholars and practitioners in developing foresight for explicit...

The purpose of this research is (1) to examine the integration impact of IT assets (e.g., intangible IT resources, IT capability, and IT flexibility) on core competency, and (2) to explore the mediating effect of core competency on the relationship between IT assets and sustainable competitive...

This study aims to examine how unrelated diversification facilitate firm’s growth and innovation. To achieve this goal, we investigate how Maeil Dairies has diversified through open innovation as the Korean dairy market struggles to maintain its size. Maeil Dairies, one of the top three...

The purpose of this research is (1) to examine the integration impact of IT assets (e.g., intangible IT resources, IT capability, and IT flexibility) on core competency, and (2) to explore the mediating effect of core competency on the relationship between IT assets and sustainable competitive...

This paper aims to unbundle the antecedents of competence-based synergy in the strategic alliance formation process by employing the ARCTIC framework. The current research provides a new empirical application of the ARCTIC framework to reveal the success factors of reciprocal synergies of the...

The extent to which domestic industrial capabilities are essential in contributing to a Nations’ prosperity and national well being is the topic of long-standing debate. On the one hand, globalization and production outsourcing can lead to greater productivity, lower product costs, and gains...

Duty of the Times: Development of a World Power in Science and Technology Innovation, and Theories of Innovation -- East Meets West: Dialogue between Classical and New Innovation Theories -- China's Innovation Theories: Emergence of Holistic Innovation -- Innovation Paradigm in the New Era:...

We perform a series of five strategic analyses of Japanese Megabanks. This paper is the third analysis in the series, where we explore to what extent Japanese Megabanks and RUFG have a ‘core competencies' that are valuable, rare, inimitable, non-substitutable and whose benefits are...

This paper examines the nature of linkages between core competence of a firm and key characteristics of its product/output and thus presents an alternative theoretical framework for innovation and regional development. Within this framework, it is the externally observable characteristics of...

This research explores how global cosmetic players sense emerging market demand for new technologies and products, seize opportunities through the acquisition of core competencies that they needed, and transform their global value chain. The aim of this paper to assess the prerequisites of...

This article deals with the relationship between dynamic capabilities and core competencies of companies. Both categories extend the resource-based view of the firm. They are difficult to work out, but thanks to their durability and universality they enable to achieve a sustainable competitive...

In 2005, the Taiwanese government has drawn up The Talent Quality-management System (TTQS) for businesses and medical units to carry out internal human training by offering a sound education and training evaluating system. Hospital executives are more aware of the need to improve the...

In 2005, the Taiwanese government has drawn up The Talent Quality-management System (TTQS) for businesses and medical units to carry out internal human training by offering a sound education and training evaluating system. Hospital executives are more aware of the need to improve the...

We examine the effect of bank interventions on corporate innovation and firm value via the lens of debt covenant violations. Bank interventions have a significantly negative effect on innovation quantity, but no significant effect on quality. The reduction in innovation quantity is concentrated...

Faced with shorter product lifecycles and increased cost of capital, companies can no longer afford the capital outlay for new facilities which may become underutilised as processes improve over the first few years of operation. Outsourcing production capacity can remove this uncertainty....

Die Gewinnung von Schlüsselkompetenzen am Markt wird durch den immer größer werdenden Fachkräftemangel zunehmend schwieriger. Erschwerend kommt hinzu, dass durch den demografischen Wandel vermehrt Schlüsselkräfte das Unternehmen verlassen. Der technologische Fortschritt kann einen Teil...

Der deutsche Maschinenbau und besonders die Automobilindustrie sind einer nie dagewesenen Dynamik im technischen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Umfeld ausgesetzt. Insbesondere Entwicklungen wie das Internet der Dinge führen zu einem massiven technologischen Wandel. Eine steigende...

This descriptive study determined the core competencies for accountants of the BSA graduating students of the Tarlac State University based on Commission on Higher Education Memorandum Order (CMO) 3, s. 2007. The identified main issue and problem of the students relative to acquiring core...