Background: The extraordinary disturbances faced by the hotel industry, ranging from worldwide health problems to political instability and climate change, have highlighted the insistent need for more resilient and agile supply chain (SC) systems. This study explored how artificial intelligence...

I study how third-party firms respond when a platform owner enters its own marketplace, analyzing Apple's entries into App Store submarkets from 2016-2021. Using text embeddings to define markets and a staggered difference-in-differences design, I find that Apple's entry deters new competitors...

This research aimed to: (a) analyze the influence of strategic management accounting information on business strategy, competitiveness, and sustainable performance; (b) investigate the role of mediating variables on business strategy and competitiveness, and (c) study the role of moderating...

Creativity and innovation are now being encouraged in businesses because of technopreneurship, especially as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0) picks up. In addition, the evolution brought by technology has influenced our everyday lives, jobs and communication, making it easier for...

In today's dynamic tourism industry, shaped by globalization and digitalization, understanding destination competitiveness is crucial for crafting sustainable development policies. This paper explores Romania's competitive advantage as a tourist destination through both theoretical and practical...

In today's complex economy, firms face various risks. The increasing risks and exposures hinder top performance and impede investments in new project circles. This study examines how Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) practices affect the non-financial performance of Omani insurance companies and...

This paper incorporates non-homothetic preferences and the product quality ladder assumption into a model of heterogeneous multi-product firms from the perspective of scale and quality to investigate the differential impact of domestic demand upgrading on firm resource reallocation and export...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly positioned as an enabler of strategic renewal and competitiveness for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies. However, its adoption remains limited and uneven, constrained by shortages of skilled talent, weak data...

While technology is essential for the survival of micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs), their ability to use digital marketing effectively, especially in the wholesale and retail sectors, remains unclear. The study aims to investigate the current state of digital marketing...

This paper examines the competitive environment and strategic factors influencing companies in the tempered glass market. It critically evaluates challenges related to innovation, cost-efficiency, and market adaptability while identifying theoretical and practical contributions to strategic...

Despite its recognized importance, innovation strategy remains an underexplored field, often hindered by fragmented approaches and practical barriers. To address this critical gap, this study develops a structured methodology for aligning innovation strategies with business objectives, offering...

Background: Competitive dynamics has been a central theme in business, management, and finance research, addressing how firms interact strategically to gain and sustain competitive advantage. Over the past 25 years, this field has evolved significantly, incorporating theoretical and empirical...

This report identifies three main areas for action to reignite sustainable growth. First - and most importantly - Europe must profoundly refocus its collective efforts on closing the innovation gap with the US and China, especially in advanced technologies. The second area for action is a joint...

This report identifies three main areas for action to reignite sustainable growth. First - and most importantly - Europe must profoundly refocus its collective efforts on closing the innovation gap with the US and China, especially in advanced technologies. The second area for action is a joint...

This paper identifies the salient features of feedforward control and the advantages that it provides vis-à-vis feedback control. These advantages are especially salient in strategic control situations and also during periods of environmental turbulence and extreme strategic discontinuity....

This study aimed to investigate the impact of innovation capabilities, specifically product and process innovation, on sustainable competitive advantage in small businesses in Erbil, Iraq. The research employed a quantitative approach, utilizing a Likert scale questionnaire with 194 participants...

This study develops a comprehensive competitiveness model for Indonesia's WealthTech ecosystem by integrating Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and MICMAC analysis. The research identifies and classifies 23 interrelated variables derived from SEM-PLS and NVivo analysis, of which 17 passed...

This research focused on sustainable marketing strategies, and their drivers and outcomes in the African context using the perspectives of industrial organizations and the resource-based view. 360 marketing/production managers of manufacturing firms from Ethiopia were contacted for collecting...

The business environment is increasingly becoming dynamic and unstable as the world is bedeviled with technological, economic, political and social upheavals. The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which represent the largest employer of labor are constraint with the new norm of...

Although there are several studies analyzing how cost leadership and cost focus competitive strategies influence export performance, this article examines the relationship between innovation capabilities (ICs) and export performance (ExPf), as well as the mediating effects of cost leadership and...

This study explores the effect of competitive advantage on sustainability within Ghanaian microfinance institutions (MFIs), emphasizing the mediating role of strategic capabilities. We conducted a quantitative analysis using survey data from 500 managers representing 150 MFIs in Ghana, analyzed...