Technological capability assessment as an input for strategic planning: Case studies at Electricité de France and Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand

Technovation ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 359-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Panda ◽  
K. Ramanathan
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Technological Capability

Synchronization in Strategic Planning: A Roadmapping Framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (06) ◽  
pp. 1950044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukrit Vinayavekhin ◽  
Robert Phaal
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Multinational Firms ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
The Uk

The research question is “How can firms approach synchronization in strategic planning?”, aiming to investigate opportunities for improved synchronization within strategic planning. The focus is on roadmapping, as a relatively simple, flexible and widely used method that includes time as an explicit dimension. The adopted methodology is a process approach, consisting of literature review, exploratory interviews, practitioner interviews, and case studies with large multinational firms based in the UK that are familiar with roadmapping. As a result, four types of synchronization have been identified and discussed, including generic forms of each type, illustrated with industrial examples from the case studies.

scholarly journals Analysis of the integration of management system based on the business arquitecture approach in Habana Libre Hotel

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-92
Author(s):  
Laura Quintana Martínez ◽  
Sheila Anabela Corona Sánchez ◽  
Annette Malleuve Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Management System ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Steering System ◽  
Technological Capability ◽  
Management Of Technology ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness

The problem of research lies in: How to help improve the strategic technological capability - based approach to Enterprise Architecture for system Integration Company? To solve the problem posed above is defined as General Objective: To apply the methodology of Strategic Management based approach to enterprise architecture for system integration business management (DEAE-ISDE) in the Habana Libre Hotel to contribute to integration of the steering system. For the development of the research tools such as: Checklist, Kendall's Concordance Coefficient, Diagram of Relations, Level of Integration of the Management System, among others. The main deficiencies were: the lack of an ICT that integrates the management of all indicators of efficiency and effectiveness, the lack of participation of the workers in the processes of changes, the lack of Integration of the activities of the strategic team because they do not have well defined the functions of each member, the low level of interoperability to automatically generate information from one application to another, deficiencies in strategic planning and the non-existence of a process for the management of technology surveillance. Eight improvement actions are proposed to eradicate the deficiencies found.

Towards more effective strategic planning

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-30
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Effective strategic planning is critical to business success. The task is often challenging though because of reasons which include bias and lack of clarity and focus. However, firms can use a scorecard-based approach that adds structure and can considerably enhance the planning process. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Remaining Agile and Adaptable

2021 ◽  
pp. 187-216
Author(s):  
Michelle Shumate ◽  
Katherine R. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Directed Networks ◽  
Network Change ◽  
Goal Directedness ◽  
Learning Team ◽  
Planning Action

If a network has longevity, it will experience change. This chapter is about how networks reinvent themselves, mature, learn, grow, and dissolve. It uses a framework based on two distinctions: the goal-directedness of the network and the disruptiveness of the change. For serendipitous networks, or networks where organizations do not share goals, field-wide disruption and the accumulation of individual organizations’ actions drive change. In these circumstances, organizations manage changes by attending to their network portfolio and absorptive capacity. For goal-directed networks, change can be planned or unplanned. It can be incremental or radical. In each of these circumstances, the chapter recommends pathways for managing the degree and type of change. It uses case studies to illustrate how leaders manage the dilemmas caused by network change. It includes strategic planning, action learning team, and absorptive capacity tools.

A reversal theory in internationalization: case of Korean jewelry inside China

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Sik Hwang ◽  
Dong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
Technological Capability ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Reversal Theory ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to examine Korean jewelry manufacturers operating in China to assess the relationship between their perceptions of external risks and their intentions to relocate. The authors hypothesize that foreign firms finding risk in the current external environment are more likely to consider moving their facilities outside China. In particular, this paper explores whether firm performance and technological capability moderate the relationship between perceived external risk and relocation intentions. Design/methodology/approach Korean jewelry manufacturers were among the first Korean firms entering China in the early 1990s to avoid Korea’s rising labor costs. After 20 years, they face similar external risks in China. The authors collected and analyzed 238 survey samples from Korean jewelry manufacturers operating in China to determine whether perceived external risks affect decisions to relocate. Logistic regression was used to examine the hypotheses. In addition to an empirical method, five case studies related to empirical results have been included. Findings Analysis results suggest that firms perceiving riskier managerial and competitive environments are more likely to have relocation intentions. Perceptions of risks from the governmental/political environment and macroeconomic environment have no significant relationship with relocation intentions. Also, firms’ performance and technological capability negatively moderate the relationship between perceptions of managerial competitive environment risks and relocation intentions. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on international business relocation strategies by examining perceptions of external risks that determine whether foreign manufacturing firms will relocate. In addition, the research sheds light on the transformation of Chinese economics from labor-intensive to capital-, technological- and knowledge-intensive structures. By applying multi-methods, this research further elaborates empirical results with five case studies.

scholarly journals Advantages of combined application of SEA with ESIA in strategic planning for sustainable territorial development of tourism destinations

Spatium ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Marina Nenkovic-Riznic ◽  
Marija Maksin ◽  
Vladica Ristic
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Combined Application ◽  
Tourism Destinations

Whereas standard SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment) and EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) methodologies aim to assess the impacts of certain activities solely on environmental quality, new tendencies in spatial and environmental planning are directed towards the application of environmental social impact assessment (ESIA), which implies assessment of the impacts on the quality of life, as well as on natural and cultural heritage. In the ESIA procedure, identification and assessment of direct, indirect and cumulative effects of tourism-related and other different activities are of key importance. The paper presents two case studies of ecologically vulnerable tourism destinations to explore whether the application of SEA/ESIA to strategic planning helps control, minimize or avoid negative effects of tourism; in addition, the case studies are analysed to check the efficiency of SEA/ESIA as instruments for coordination between spatial and tourism planning for sustainable territorial development of tourism destinations. The results/findings of the analysed case studies show that the application of combined SEA and adapted ESIA methods contributes to better understanding of the specific problems related to sustainable territorial development of tourism destinations, and provides support to the planning options and solutions aimed at addressing these problems n a more ecologically and socially justifiable manner.

E = Mportfolios2?

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Weber ◽  
Peter Evans
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Mobile Systems ◽  
Design Flexibility ◽  
Portfolio Development ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Practice Approach

This paper critically examines the developmental trends of mPortfolios and gauges their impact on newer forms of learning that utilise mobility, portability, and flexibility. Placing this study within the emerging paradigm of futures’ thinking, the paper focuses on the environmental factors that shape the direction of portfolio development from electronic to mobile systems using a series of global case studies to illustrate the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for educators. While mobility and portability emerged as strong elements in design, flexibility remains a key challenge for educators. The analysis also revealed that sector based approaches to developing mPortfolios through research and Community of Practice structures are potentially more beneficial for mPortfolio developers. Yet within these approaches there are clear advantages to be accessed from the communal-dialogical approach found within the Community of Practice approach, which could potentially inform futures’ thinkers in relation to strategic planning and forecasting of new trajectories in mobile and lifelong learning.

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