The Role of Digitalization in SMEs’ Strategy Development: The Case of Sweden

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-88
Author(s):  
Daniella Fjellström ◽  
Aihie Osarenkhoe ◽  
Tobias Pettersson ◽  
Daniel Tadesse
Keyword(s):  
Strategy Development

Thoughts on the Long-Term Strategy, Science and Democracy

2006 ◽  
pp. 4-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Abalkin
Keyword(s):  
Strategy Development ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
World Development ◽  
Crucial Condition

The article covers unified issues of the long-term strategy development, the role of science as well as democracy development in present-day Russia. The problems of budget proficit, the Stabilization Fund issues, implementation of the adopted national projects, an increasing role of regions in strengthening the integrity and prosperity of the country are analyzed. The author reveals that the protection of businessmen and citizens from the all-embracing power of bureaucrats is the crucial condition of democratization of the society. Global trends of the world development and expert functions of the Russian science are presented as well.

The Entrepreneurial University: Evidence of the Changing Role of Universities in Modern Russia

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Williams ◽  
Alexey Kluev
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
New Type ◽  
Changing Role

This paper examines the evolution of the entrepreneurial function of Russia's leading universities: the study is based on a conceptualization of a university's entrepreneurial development pathway developed by the OECD in 2009. The data on entrepreneurship development were collected in 2012 through a survey of technology transfer and innovation development managers of 18 National Research Universities. The primary data were complemented by desktop analysis of the strategy development documents of the universities surveyed. The results suggest that in the period studied, 2008–2012, a new type of university, the entrepreneurial university, has emerged in Russia. However, these entrepreneurial universities are facing serious challenges in the implementation of an entrepreneurial, innovation-oriented mission due to the lack of managerial competencies and inadequate infrastructure development. The paper has significant theoretical and practical implications in shedding light on the development of the entrepreneurial university in Russia, where the process is still in its infancy. The authors depict a trajectory of entrepreneurial transformation in and barriers to this process that, it is argued, university executives and policy makers should take into consideration.

Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in a Global Environment

2011 ◽  
pp. 382-396
Author(s):  
Paul Hawking
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Planning Systems ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems ◽  
Role Of Information

Companies around the world are placing increasing emphasis on strategy development and implementation. Some argue that this increased emphasis is in response to market forces of increased competition and globalization, and the need to be flexible and adaptive to the business environment. Strategy development and implementation is a multifaceted task reliant on a number of interdependent factors. One of these is the role of information technology which in recent times has become an integral part of most companies’ strategies. This chapter discusses the role of strategy development and the importance of the alignment of business and IT strategies in a global environment. It discusses the role of enterprise resource planning systems on strategy development and how these systems underpin many strategic objectives companies strive for in a global environment.

City Boosterism through Internet Marketing

2011 ◽  
pp. 130-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Isabel Huerta-Carvajal ◽  
Luis Felipe Luna-Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
City Marketing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The City

Local governments around the world are becoming aware of the importance of identifying and marketing their local assets to promote economic competitiveness. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have proven useful in supporting marketing activities in the private sector, but there is still little exploration on their use in the public sector. However, ICT effectiveness is constrained by institutional arrangements and the coordination of the marketing efforts with other government processes such as urban planning and strategy development. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the strategic scaffolding for ICT as a key component of a city’s marketing strategy using as an example the city of Puebla in Mexico. Although city marketing efforts and ICT use are still at its initial stages in the city, lessons from current efforts in Puebla are related to the key role of stakeholder networks, ICT interoperability, Geographic Information Systems, and government program continuity.

The Role of Social Media in Creating and Maintaining Social Networks Including its Impact on Enhancing Competitive Positioning within the Education Sector

2015 ◽  
pp. 212-230
Author(s):  
Adam Raman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Interactive Communication ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Future Strategy

Social media is being increasingly utilised within society as an interactive communication platform. It has revolutionised the manner in which organisations communicate with their stakeholders, from the old way of simply designing messages and transmitting them across a desired medium, described as a static, one-way communication channel. Communications are the means by which organisations achieve their strategic goals through influencing their stakeholders. Social media allows stakeholders to connect to one another in relational, interactional networks. This means that stakeholders can now interact with organisations and each other and have a greater influence on the outcomes of communication strategies, which was impossible with traditional media. Organisations have less power dictating communications to stakeholders who in turn have more power in co-creating communication with each other. Social media is likely to have a major competitive impact on higher education institutions and these institutions should be accounting for these changes in their future strategy development. This chapter explores how social media is being utilized in organisations.

scholarly journals Exploring the role of RALYL in Alzheimer’s disease reserve by network-based approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixuan Zhang ◽  
Jiali Wang ◽  
Xiaoquan Liu ◽  
Haochen Liu
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Hub Gene ◽  
Medicine Research ◽  
Transcriptomics Data ◽  
And Control

Abstract Background Alzheimer’s disease (AD) reserve theory is based on specific individual characteristics that are associated with a higher resilience against neurodegeneration and its symptoms. A given degree of AD pathology may contribute to varying cognitive decline levels in different individuals. Although this phenomenon is attributed to reserve, the biological mechanisms that underpin it remain elusive, which restricts translational medicine research and treatment strategy development. Methods Network-based approaches were integrated to identify AD reserve related genes. Then, AD brain transcriptomics data were clustered into co-expression modules, and a Bayesian network was developed using these modules plus AD reserve related phenotypes. The directed acyclic graph suggested that the module was strongly associated with AD reserve. The hub gene of the module of interest was filtered using the topological method. Validation was performed in the multi-AD brain transcriptomic dataset. Results We revealed that the RALYL (RALY RNA Binding Protein-like) is the hub gene of the module which was highly associated with AD reserve related phenotypes. Pseudo-time projections of RALYL revealed the changes in relative expression drivers in the AD and control subjects over pseudo-time had distinct transcriptional states. Notably, the expression of RALYL decreased with the gradual progression of AD, and this corresponded to MMSE decline. Subjects with AD reserve exhibited significantly higher RALYL expression than those without AD reserve. Conclusion The present study suggests that RALYL may be associated with AD reserve, and it provides novel insights into the mechanisms of AD reserve and highlights the potential role of RALYL in this process.

The Make or Buy Decision in the Context of Manufacturing Strategy Development

1993 ◽  
Vol 207 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
D R Probert ◽  
S W Jones ◽  
M J Gregory
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Integration ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Cost Model ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Manufacturing Strategy ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Current State ◽  
The University

This paper describes an approach to structuring the make or buy decision process, basing it firmly in the context of an overall manufacturing strategy. The work has been carried out jointly by the University of Cambridge Manufacturing Engineering Group and Lucas Industries. A review of the current state of ideas surrounding the linked issues of vertical integration and make or buy decisions is presented. Important features of the approach include identification of core manufacturing capabilities, assessment of the role of technology in manufacturing, the development of a cost model to support make or buy decisions and a review of the strategic implications of varying degrees of vertical integration. Further, the approach has been embodied in a practical methodology that has been applied within Lucas Aerospace. A brief review of this practical application is included.

scholarly journals On Russia’s “Northern” Strategy: Development or Settlement

2020 ◽  
pp. 88-103
Author(s):  
Nadezhda V. Goroshko ◽  
◽  
Sergey V. Patsala ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Strategy Development ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Far North ◽  
The North ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Russian North

The article systematizes the main approaches to the development of the regions of the Far North and equivalent areas, and identifies trends in the demographic development of the Russian North at the present stage. The necessity of developing this macroregion is substantiated, taking into account the disproportion between the size of the country’s space and the size of its population. In Russia, there is an urgent need to move away from the costly “extensive” development type. In the North of the country, it is necessary to focus on the point-by-point development of individual relatively large urban settlements and ports that could play the role of “growth poles” and infrastructure corridors that allow retaining these sparsely populated areas.

scholarly journals Crowdsourcing strategy: how openness changes strategy work

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 450-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Matzler ◽  
Johann Füller ◽  
Katja Hutter ◽  
Julia Hautz ◽  
Daniel Stieger
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Open Strategy

Strategy development has traditionally been exclusive and secretive. Social software offers new opportunities to harness the collective intelligence of the crowd within organizations and allows more open, participatory modes of strategizing. This paper describes this new phenomenon of open strategy though crowdsourcing and discusses its implications for research and practice. It draws on first examples of crowdsourcing strategy and is further based on observations and theoretical reflections. To understand the phenomenon with its requirements and consequences, a number of questions and challenges are identified which remain to be investigated. These include how the process of opening up needs to be designed, how individuals can be motivated to engage, for which topics and under which conditions crowdsourcing strategy is a suitable approach, how strategies emerge in such initiatives, the appropriate role of management, and how corporate culture affects and is affected by crowdsourcing strategy. Open strategy through crowdsourcing is a newly emerging empirical phenomenon, which seems to fundamentally change the strategist’s work. More open and inclusive ways of strategizing not only offer new opportunities, but also create some challenges for organizations. This paper deepens the insights in this new phenomenon and identifies seven topics critical for research and management practice. Keywords: strategy, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence. JEL Classification: M19

scholarly journals The Moderator Role of Brand Awareness and Brand Loyalty on Consumers’ Online Impulse Buying Behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Melis Kaytaz Yigit ◽  
Mehmet Tıgli
Keyword(s):  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Brand Awareness ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Impulse Buying ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Moderator Effect ◽  
Browsing Behavior ◽  
Moderating Role

In recent years, with consumers’ widespread preference for shopping in Private Shopping Clubs (PSCs) on the internet, there has been a remarkable increase in impulse purchases with the attractive opportunities and smart strategies of PSCs stimulating consumers’ impulse buying behavior. Within the PSC framework, the purpose of this article is to investigate the moderator effect of brand awareness and brand loyalty on the relationship between online impulse buying behavior and perceived low price, browsing behavior and time pressure. The study created and tested five hypotheses using data collected in Turkey. Results indicate that browsing behavior, time pressure and perceived low price do influence online impulse buying behavior. A hierarchical regression analysis was also used to analyze the moderating role of brand awareness and brand loyalty on impulse buying behavior and both variables were found to have a moderating role. The results provide substantial information on strategy development for internet retailers.

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