scholarly journals Strategic Alliance or Hegemonic Strategy? Conservatism Among the Dispossessed

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Apple
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Activist Group ◽  
Balance Of Forces ◽  
Strategic Support

This article examines a growing phenomenon—the growth of seemingly conservative sentiments among disenfranchised groups. I take as a prime example of such growth the strategic support of neo-liberal and neo-conservative policies by an African American activist group, the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO). At the core of my analysis is a concern about what is at stake for all of us if rightist multiculturalism succeeds in redefining what and whose knowledge is of most worth and what our social and educational policies are meant to do. I argue that no matter what one's position is on the wisdom of BAEO's strategic actions, the entire case provides a crucial example of the politics of disarticulation and re-articulation, on the ways in which social movements and alliances are formed and re-formed out of the material and ideological conditions of daily life, and of the politics of discursive re-appropriation. Thus, an analysis of such movements is important both in terms of the balance of forces and power involved in specific educational reforms, but also in terms of more general issues concerning the processes of social transformation and agency. A critical but sympathetic understanding of groups such as BAEO may enable us to avoid the essentialism and reductionism that enters into critical sociological work on the role of struggles over state policies. Further, it can provide a more nuanced sense of social actors and the possibilities and limits of strategic alliances in a time of conservative modernization.

scholarly journals Design as an agent of change: Practice-oriented initiatives on Design Teaching

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najla Mouchrek ◽  
Lia Krucken
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Strategies For Change ◽  
Agent Of Change

The paper analyzes the role of Design as an agent of social transformation in face of complex challenges. Intentionally embracing reality’s complexity and centering on human values, the Design approach is suited to develop alternative perspectives and radically different strategies for change. The paper explores Design teaching focusing on social change and transition to sustainability, presenting three initiatives and reflecting about methods and impacts of the application of Design for transition. The analysis points to the need of a critical vision in Design research and teaching and the importance to systematize and teach methods and tools to support the interplay among diverse social actors.

The Emerging Corporate University System

2014 ◽  
pp. 92-113
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Corporate University ◽  
Corporate Universities ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
High Quality Education ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Benefits And Costs

This chapter discusses the role of corporate universities in the field of higher education and the impact of the same on conventional or traditional universities and their corresponding business schools. This chapter also proposes some strategic actions for the traditional universities to pursue in order to maintain competitive advantage over the emerging corporate universities. Some of these strategic actions include promoting and developing strong long-term and multipurpose strategic alliances with the industry, government institutions, and community development groups. Collaborative strategies are better than competitive behavior in terms of long-term benefits and costs associated with each of these strategies. Moreover, being in the forefront of learning innovation and knowledge management combined with the provision of high quality education and trainings through innovative, diverse, and flexible academic and training programs will help the traditional universities to remain the main supplier of knowledge in times to come.

scholarly journals Innovation Capabilities and Performance of Malaysian Agricultural SMEs: The Moderating Role of Strategic Alliance

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-695
Author(s):  
Nurul Izni Kamalrulzaman ◽  
Azlinzuraini Ahmad ◽  
Akmalia Mohamad Ariff ◽  
Mohd Shaladdin Muda
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
World Market ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
The Relationship

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the agriculture sector in Malaysia are still seen to contribute only a small portion towards Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the total number of the national workforce. As for agricultural SMEs, innovation activities are needed to produce quality agricultural-based products to meet the increasing of Malaysia and world market demand. Nevertheless, innovation among agricultural SMEs is still less encouraging. Hence, this study aims to investigate the effect of innovation capabilities towards performance of agricultural SMEs in Malaysia and determine the role of strategic alliance as a moderator in influencing the performance of agricultural SMEs. The conceptual framework of innovation capabilities is based on Resource-Based View Theory and Schumpeter Innovation Theory that considers strategic alliance will positively affect the relationship between innovation capabilities and SME performance. A total of 136 respondents from Agricultural SMEs were used for data analysis process using SmartPLS 3.0 software. The results show that innovation capabilities have a positive impact on the performance of SMEs, while strategic alliance does not affect the relationship between innovation capabilities and agricultural SME performance. Although strategic alliance has insignificant effect, this might be resulted from the emphasis of this study as it defined strategic alliances as acquisitions of companies. For agricultural SMEs in Malaysia, entrepreneurs need to look at an alliance from a positive perspective by looking it as a joint venture process in resource sharing that will benefit the enterprises, thus it is not only meant acquisition. The implication of this study is expected to contribute and enhance the role of innovation capabilities among entrepreneurs and strategic alliances in the Malaysian agricultural SMEs.

The Emerging Corporate University System

2018 ◽  
pp. 1469-1492
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Corporate University ◽  
Corporate Universities ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
High Quality Education ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Benefits And Costs

This chapter discusses the role of corporate universities in the field of higher education and the impact of the same on conventional or traditional universities and their corresponding business schools. This chapter also proposes some strategic actions for the traditional universities to pursue in order to maintain competitive advantage over the emerging corporate universities. Some of these strategic actions include promoting and developing strong long-term and multipurpose strategic alliances with the industry, government institutions, and community development groups. Collaborative strategies are better than competitive behavior in terms of long-term benefits and costs associated with each of these strategies. Moreover, being in the forefront of learning innovation and knowledge management combined with the provision of high quality education and trainings through innovative, diverse, and flexible academic and training programs will help the traditional universities to remain the main supplier of knowledge in times to come.

Role of Small-Business Strategic Alliances in the Perception of Benefits and Disadvantages of E-Commerce Adoption in SMEs

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert MacGregor ◽  
Lejla Vrazalic
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Alliance Structure

Despite the proclaimed advantages of small-business strategic alliances, little research has been carried out to determine whether these structures promote the benefits and/or “cushion” the disadvantages arising from e-commerce adoption for member businesses. There has also been a lack of research into comparing e-commerce use in those small businesses that are members of a strategic alliance to those that have opted to remain outside such arrangements. This chapter aims to correct the situation by presenting the findings of a study of 176 regional small businesses in Sweden that investigated the impact of strategic-alliance membership on the benefits and disadvantages associated with e-commerce adoption. The results of the study indicate that there are no significant differences between strategic-alliance members and nonmembers where benefits of e-commerce are concerned. In contrast, e-commerce disadvantages are often dissipated through a strategic-alliance structure more easily than through a single self-directed unit. The study also shows that correlations between e-commerce benefits exist and that the benefits can be grouped according to three distinct factors: costs, efficiency, and sales or inventory.

The role of strategic alliances in complementing firm capabilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 858-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Rice ◽  
Tung-Shan Liao ◽  
Nigel Martin ◽  
Peter Galvin
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Alliance Formation ◽  
Firm Capabilities ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Cost Minimisation ◽  
Industry Life Cycles

AbstractStrategic alliance research emerged to explain alliance formation based upon transaction cost minimisation and opportunism reduction. Later research, and early research from Japan, emphasised the role of alliances in facilitating the transfer of knowledge between organisations. Most recently, alliance research has focussed on the development of shared, potentially idiosyncratic, resource stocks. This paper builds on this recent research, testing the proposition that alliances are important vehicles allowing firms to access or acquire external resources, hence shoring up capability gaps and building new capabilities as required during firm, product and industry life cycles. Using a sample from Australian manufacturing small-and-medium-sized enterprises, the paper reveals that alliances employed by firms can be viewed as initiatives to either fill a gap in the firm's resource stock or to exploit a perceived opportunity in its operational and strategic environment.

Hybrid models of dislocations

2020 ◽  
pp. 141-162
Author(s):  
Adrian P. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Dislocation Core ◽  
Relative Displacement ◽  
Hybrid Models ◽  
The Core ◽  
Linear Chains ◽  
Core Width ◽  
Atomic Interactions ◽  
Elastic Forces ◽  
Balance Of Forces

In a Volterra dislocation the relative displacement by the Burgers vector appears abruptly in the dislocation core so that the core has no width. This leads to divergent stresses and strains, which are unrealistic. Hybrid models correct this failure by considering a balance of forces that results in a finite core width, and finite stresses and strains throughout. Interatomic forces tend to constrict the core and elastic forces tend to widen it. The Frenkel-Kontorova model comprises two interacting linear chains of atoms as a representation of an edge dislocation, with linear springs between adjacent atoms of each chain. The Peierls-Nabarro model assumes the core is confined to two parallel atomic planes sandwiched between elastic continua. This model enables the stress to move the dislocation to be calculated, and it leads to the concept of dislocation kinks. These models highlight the role of atomic interactions in affecting ductility.

The role of strategic alliances in complementing firm capabilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 858-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Rice ◽  
Tung-Shan Liao ◽  
Nigel Martin ◽  
Peter Galvin
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Alliance Formation ◽  
Firm Capabilities ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Cost Minimisation ◽  
Industry Life Cycles

AbstractStrategic alliance research emerged to explain alliance formation based upon transaction cost minimisation and opportunism reduction. Later research, and early research from Japan, emphasised the role of alliances in facilitating the transfer of knowledge between organisations. Most recently, alliance research has focussed on the development of shared, potentially idiosyncratic, resource stocks. This paper builds on this recent research, testing the proposition that alliances are important vehicles allowing firms to access or acquire external resources, hence shoring up capability gaps and building new capabilities as required during firm, product and industry life cycles. Using a sample from Australian manufacturing small-and-medium-sized enterprises, the paper reveals that alliances employed by firms can be viewed as initiatives to either fill a gap in the firm's resource stock or to exploit a perceived opportunity in its operational and strategic environment.

scholarly journals Strategic Alliances in Firm-Centric and Collective Contexts: Implications for Indigenous Entrepreneurship

Economies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Antony I. Jongwe ◽  
Peter W. Moroz ◽  
Moses Gordon ◽  
Robert B. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Alliance Formation ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Action

How might diverse and often conflicting knowledge and belief structures and practices be mobilized into legitimate approaches for people looking to address the need for heightened responsible and sustainable entrepreneurial action by business organizations; humanizing the role of business in development? To answer this question, we explore two previously unconnected but aligned streams of literature: (i) work on strategic business alliances in general (R1); and (ii) work on corporate/Indigenous community partnerships specifically (R2). A systematic literature search identified 300 papers on the topics in total. We selected 39 general and 23 Indigenous-specific papers for review using a guiding classification matrix to determine principal themes and concepts. Both streams of literature were reviewed, and an approach was developed to identify areas where the empirical observation of Indigenous partnerships provides a contribution to the theory and practice of Indigenous entrepreneurship within the realm of strategic alliance formation, and vice versa. The paper concludes with a discussion of dissimilarities in the two streams of literature and maps out avenues for future research into strategic alliances involving corporate responsibility and sustainability (CRS), approaches based on Indigenous belief and value systems, and Indigenous entrepreneurship.

scholarly journals Competitive Approaches of Strategic Alliance in the Big Data Environment, a Moderating Role of Big Data Predictive Analytics in the Case of Telecommunication Sector of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Abbas ◽  
Ye Ze ◽  
Waqar Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Alliance Performance ◽  
Study Results

Based on the resource-based theory, the current study examines the relationship between competitive strategies and strategic alliance performance. Furthermore, big data predictive analytics is treated as a boundary condition between competitive strategies and strategic alliance performance. Big data of predictive analytics in operations and industrial management has been a focal point in the current era. There has been little attention has about big data predictive analytics influences on competitive strategies and strategic alliance performance, especially in developing countries like Pakistan. A survey instrument was used to record the responses from 331 employees of the telecom sectors companies working in Pakistan. Study findings show that big competitive strategies have a positive and significant relationship with strategic alliances performance. It was also found that big data predictive analytics plays the role of moderator between competitive strategies and strategic alliance performance. The study add a new perspective and contribution to the literature on big data predictive analytics, strategic alliance performance, and competitive strategies in Pakistan's telecom sector companies. Further, the study results explain that big data analytics is just like the companies' lifeblood in the current era. The efficient and effective use of big data analytics, companies can boost their standards in a competitive environment.

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