Global competition of an organization: Managerial analysis of IBM’s global operations under the concepts - value chain, value network and value shop

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 99-115
Author(s):  
Francis Kwadade-Cudjoe
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Joint Ventures ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Value Network ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Sustained Competitive Advantage ◽  
Global Operations

Globalization has been one of the strategies many organizations looking to achieve competitive advantage in their markets of operation have been implementing. It has been in existence since the Europeans and Americans started to move into other continents to conquer nations within those continents. Globalization involves the movement of an organization to other parts of the globe in order to utilize the opportunities normally available in those countries for manufacturing of products and trading. There are many strategies through which organizations could use to go global. However the most popular strategies are alliances, acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures.  Most organizations which go global usually look for how they could cut cost by utilizing the cheaper natural and human resources available in those countries for production of goods and services. These organizations which go global are called multi-national companies (MNCs), as they usually have assets in the countries they operate from. Some organizations have been able to benefit substantially from globalization, whilst others not. The successful organizations have been able to achieve competitive advantage and some of them have even been able to attain sustained competitive advantage in their fields of operation.

scholarly journals How Value Network-Based Co-Inovation Contribute in Competitive Advantage

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Maryono Maryono ◽  
Imam Ghozali ◽  
Amie Kusumawardhani ◽  
Mahelan Prabantariksa
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Conceptual Development ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Value Network ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
A Value ◽  
Relational Capabilities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to develop a comprehensive integrated model which helps in explaining the impact of value chain integration’s (VCI)’s and relational capability impact on co-innovation in a network and competitive advantage. It also explores the role of value network-based co-innovation as a mediator in the relationship between supply chain integration and competitive advantage, and in the relationship between relational capabilities and competitive advantage of a housing bank sector. The study suggests that firm gains competitive advantage by utilizing value chain integration and relational capability. It is argued here that co-innovation based on value network has mediating role to create competitive advantage. The paper provides a discussion and implication on where value lies and how value is co-created in network of interdependent relationship and illustrate this by sketching a value map in network relationship and possible innovations that can be co-created in housing bank ecosystem. The study involved a single government owned bank located in different cities, therefore the results should be generalized cautiously. This paper constitutes an attempt to stimulate efforts and provide directions on the further conceptual development of value network-based co-innovation (VNBC). The newly developed measure of VNBC and CA exempt from past conceptual streams of the determinant of CA, could be used for valid measurements in future empirical studies in the field of strategic management. The paper provides a practical implications for managers to identify value and utilize new way of analyzing value-chain to create co-innovation within housing bank ecosystem. It also allows manager to practicing relational capability which gives the most impact to competitive advantage..

The principle of «mutual functional supplementation» as a guarantee of successful joint ventures

2020 ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
Yu.S. Zykova
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Joint Ventures ◽  
Joint Activities ◽  
Strategic Cooperation

The article disclosed the experience of companies in the sphere of strategic cooperation and establishment of joint ventures. To cultivate as the basic activities of joint ventures the author introduced the concept and proposed the corresponding principle of «mutual functional supplementation». The use of this principle within the value chain allows partners to gain a competitive advantage and in most cases predict the success of joint activities. Special attention is paid to establishing boundaries of partnership relations, including formation of responsibility zones for the partners for the mutual functional supplementation.

scholarly journals Rencana Strategis Sistem Informasi Untuk Meningkatkan Keunggulan Dengan Ward And Peppard

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Ismail Arifin ◽  
Bambang Soedijono ◽  
Asro Nasiri
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Grid Analysis

Sebagai salah satu klinik penyedia layanan kesehatan, klinik Cahaya kesehatan yang berada di jalan tanggamus, Pinang Raya, Bengkulu Utara melayani rawat inap, berobat jalan, kondisi darurat, apotek serta laboratorium. Dalam hal ini tentunya ada klinik lain yang merupakan pesaing, diantaranya klinik Kencana dan klinik Citra Medika. Untuk bersaing dengan klinik tersebut, klinik Cahaya Kencana terus berusaha meningkatkan keunggulannya agar bisa unggul dari klinik pesaing. Keunggulan kompetitif tidak hanya ada di sektor sumber daya manusia, namun juga dari segi pemanfaatan TI/SI. Agar mendapat keunggulan kompetitif maka klinik Cahaya Kesehatan membutuhkan perencanaan strategis Sistem Informasi yang selaras dengan visi dan misi klinik. Upaya yang dilakukan untuk mencapai keunggulan kompetitif yaitu menggunakan metode Ward and Peppard dan analisis yang digunakan diantaranya analisis SWOT, PEST, Value Chain serta Mcfarlan Strategic Grid. Adapun hasil yang akan diperoleh dari penelitian ini yaitu rekomendasi rencana strategis Sistem Informasi pada klinik Cahaya Kesehatan yang sesuai dengan visi misi dan tujuan klinik. Kata Kunci — Rencana Strategis, Ward and Peppard, Klinik As one of the health service clinics, the Health Light Clinic located on Tanggamus Street, Pinang Raya, North Bengkulu serves inpatient, outpatient, emergency conditions, pharmacies and laboratories. At this clinic, there is another designated clinic, which can be seen at the clinic is the Kencana and Citra Medika clinics. To compete with these clinics, the Cahaya Kencana clinic continues to improve its excellence in order to excel from competitive clinics. Competitive advantages not only in the human resources sector, but also in terms of IT / SI utilization. In order to gain a competitive advantage, the Light Clinic requires an Information System strategic planning that is in line with the clinic's vision and mission. Efforts are made to achieve competitive advantage by using the Ward and Peppard methods to provide analysis that is used by SWOT, PEST, Value Chain and Mcfarlan Strategic Grid analysis. The results to be obtained from this study are the results of the strategic plan of the Information Systems at the Cahaya Kesehatan clinic in accordance with the vision and mission of the clinic. Keywords — Strategic Plan, Ward and Peppard, Clinic

Marketing of Services

2017 ◽  
pp. 43-73
Author(s):  
Viju Mathew
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Services Marketing ◽  
Marketing Mix ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Integrated Marketing ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Deep Insight ◽  
Goods And Services

Services marketing have gone through a revolution of changes in the recent past. Managing a service requires knowledge and understanding of its characteristics must have deep insight of standard ‘8 Ps' of the integrated marketing mix. The objectives of the chapter are to provide clear understanding of the basic differences between goods and services; to recognize how marketing of service can be used as a competitive advantage for an organization in any sector producing variety of products; to appreciate the factors that create the customer's service experience and how organization can improve customer experience; comprehend the importance of services marketing in present scenario of global competition. This chapter reflects the challenges and characteristic of marketing of service using integrated service management, and how organization organize and design the service for delivering quality for the customer and formulate strategies to address the constrains in Marketing of Services.

scholarly journals Human Resources Management Activities Adopted in the Value Chain Model and their Impact on the Organizational Sustainability-An Empirical Study in the Jordanian Pharmaceutical Companies

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Abdul Azeez Badir Alnidawi ◽  
Fatimah Musa Omran
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Organizational Sustainability ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The Impact

<p>The current situation that business organizations now is featured by different changing and developing work environment with difficulty and risk in achievement of their sustainability, continuity and success in addition to the existence of a set of great and extended challenges and competition, therefore, the organizations seek to keep pace with development through creation of ability to better use their provided resources in order to achieve sustainability and create the competitive advantage that makes them superior to the competing organizations.</p><p>The occurrence of a set of phenomena in the knowledge economy had an obvious reflection on the business organizations that started to search new mechanisms for competition and ensure survival, continuity and create the added value through using the value chain model and focusing on the main and supportive activities in this model. The role of human resources management activities was appeared as supportive activities and an essential requirement to deal with these great challenges either they were local, regional or international where the human resources activities represent the main generator to produce new ideas, development of old ideas and the participation in supporting the main activities of the organizations, enabling them to expand its market share, maximize the organization value making it in a position through which it will be able to seize the opportunities, achieve the competitive advantage, survive, continue in the current market and think to find future markets to serve customers and realize their satisfaction.</p><p>This study comes with the purpose to demonstrate the impact of human resources management activities adopted in the value chain model on organizational sustainability with its different dimensions in the Jordanian environment.</p>

scholarly journals Virtual teams and E-leadership in the context of competitive environment - Literature review

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Ioana Manole
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Continuous Processes ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Team Characteristics

Globalization, accelerated movement of goods, technology and information transformed society in recent decades in unprecedented ways. In the context of a generation that focuses on continuous innovation and creativity at the highest levels, ability to lead and motivate people represents one of the best qualities of a manager, regardless of the activity. Unprecedented growth of competition, the need to reduce costs by automating continuous processes and create a competitive advantage in a market where the supply of goods and services is similar are forcing companies to put increasing emphasis on human resources. As part of creating competitive advantage, organizations relocate and create virtual teams in order to reduce costs, but keep the quality of the products or service, but they self-expose to risks if the virtual teams are not managed efficiently.The present article aims to explore new directions for leadership competencies in virtual context, reviewing the basic team characteristics from the traditional environment through new requirements based on virtual experience particularities.

The Imperatives of Beneficiation Law for Botswana’s Diamond Mining Industry and Its Implications for Foreign Investment Protection

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Femi Oluyeju ◽  
Kuda Tshiamo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Investment Protection ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Diamond Mining ◽  
Backward And Forward Linkages

This article seeks to interrogate the advantages and disadvantages of beneficiation law for Botswana’s mining industry and its implications for foreign investment protection. Furthermore, it argues that the enactment of beneficiation law could stimulate economic growth and development in Botswana. On a proper analysis of the potential of beneficiation law it seems plain that it may facilitate the integration, of among others, the cutting and polishing segments through the backward and forward linkages in the entire diamond value chain to move Botswana diamond industry a step further as a new and emerging jewellery manufacturing and retail center in order to derive maximum returns from the rough diamond production. Quite clearly, cutting and polishing of diamonds in Botswana is bound to promote employment which in turn will promote demand for goods and services that would have a positive impact on economic growth in Botswana.  The paper concludes that on a balance, the opportunities accruable from the enactment of this law far outweigh the downsides and will not in any way scare investors away as some have perceived it.

The role of human resources in processes of portuguese firms’ RD&I certification and development

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio Gomes ◽  
Vítor Braga ◽  
Alexandra Braga
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Innovation Activities

Innovation is seen as a competitive advantage that many companies use to ensure the continuity and success of your business.NP 4457:2007 is the Portuguese norm that supports management, based on a model of innovation backed up by interfaces and interaction between technical/scientific knowledge, its specific mechanisms and the overall society.Our paper aims to analyse innovation activities and the involvement of human resources in Portuguese firms certified by NP4457 and associated to the implementation of Research, Development, and Innovation (RD&I) management systems. We have collected the data through IPAC’s database, using a survey administered to all firms.Our results suggest the existence of a Human Resources (HR) involvement policy, customers and suppliers. The involvement of stakeholders with innovation activities results of its acceptance as a mechanism able to generate wealth, with benefits for both firms and the community.

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