How to Pivot or Persevere? Unpacking the Role of Reasoning Models in Entrepreneurial Strategy Formation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique Boddington ◽  
Stylianos Kavadias
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mustafa Raziq ◽  
Cristina Doritta Rodrigues ◽  
Felipe Mendes Borini ◽  
Omer Farooq Malik ◽  
Abubakr Saeed

Purpose Multinational enterprises (MNEs) encourage their subsidiaries to develop and transfer their unique knowledge and expertise back to the MNE as it is critical for the development of the MNE as a whole. However, what underlies the subsidiary ability to create such specialized knowledge that can be transferred to the MNE is less clear. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of MNE entrepreneurial strategy, subsidiary initiatives and expatriation on reverse knowledge transfers in a cross-country comparative context. Design/methodology/approach Data are gathered through surveys from 429 foreign subsidiaries operating in New Zealand and 164 subsidiaries in Brazil, and these are analyzed using variance-based structural equation modeling. Findings Subsidiary initiatives partially mediate the relationship between MNE entrepreneurial strategy and reverse knowledge transfers in case of subsidiaries operating in Brazil, but they fully mediate in case of New Zealand. Furthermore, expatriation, in case of the latter, has a negative interaction in the relationship between subsidiary initiative and reverse knowledge transfers, but, in case of the former, it has no moderating role. Overall, the results suggest that the influence of MNE entrepreneurial strategy and expatriation on reverse knowledge transfers can be explained by contingencies such as the subsidiary host economy and the heterogenous HQ–subsidiary relationships. Originality/value The paper contributes to literature by identifying some contingencies with regard to the occurrence of reverse knowledge transfers. It addresses some research calls with regard to examining reverse knowledge transfers and the role of expatriation across different empirical contexts.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 524
Author(s):  
Sabrinah Adam ◽  
Batiah Mahadi

Internet business today is facing major transformations due mainly to increased competition, changes in consumer behaviour, and technological advancements. As Internet business is an important growth engine in Malaysia nowadays, a potential of a good entrepreneurial strategy-making (ESM) can be discovered to develop Malaysian Internet business. Besides, ESM is recognised as the driver of growth and profitability. Thus, this paper aims to develop a conceptual framework related to the role of ESM dimensions, which is the role of innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking towards organisational performance of Internet business in Malaysia. As such, this article includes a discussion of the background and the uniqueness of the Internet business and highlighting the role of entrepreneurial strategy-making (ESM) dimensions that have a relationship towards organisational performance of Internet business. The paper concludes with implementation of effective strategy-making that can benefit the Internet entrepreneur in future. 


2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl-Heinz Leitner

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the nature of the strategy formation and its impact on firm performance in relation to market development and product innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on an empirical study of 91 Austrian SMEs which covers a time period of ten years. Strategy formation was captured by an analysis of strategic intentions and corresponding actions in two surveys carried out in 1995 and 2003. Findings – The study finds no direct association between strategy formation and performance, though, emergent strategists had less often a growth orientation. Taking into account industry dynamics, shows, contrary to our expectations, that companies which employed an emergent market development strategy achieved higher sales growth in stable than in dynamic industries. Originality/value – The question of the superiority of planned vs emergent strategies has a long debate in strategy formation literature. The authors contribute to this question by investigating the role of different information sources for the formation of market and product innovation strategies and its impact on the performance in different environments over a ten-year time period.


Ars Adriatica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Francesca Coltrinari

The article analyses the relationship between the building site of the Holy House of Loreto and the Eastern Adriatic in view of the stories about the Sanctuary’s foundation and historical documents, which show a strong presence of Schiavoni, organized from 1476 as an ethnic confraternity with their own priests, canons, and a hospital for the pilgrims. Having examined the role of bishops such as Francesco Morosini, Bishop of Poreč, and Giovanni Venieri from Recanati, Archbishop of Ragusa, the author focuses on the architects Marino di Marco Cedrino and Pietro Amorosi, documented in Loreto between 1470 and 1474 and between 1487 and 1512, respectively. Both were active as masters at the building site of the Basilica of Loreto and have been traditionally considered as originating from “Dalmatia”. However, an in-depth analysis of the sources concerning the two masters, including some newly discovered documents, have made it possible to prove different origins for both: Venetian for Cedrino and Lombard for Amorosi. Notwithstanding these results, Loreto can still be considered as an “Illyrian” building site: in fact, this sanctuary was one of the major engines of artistic contacts between the two shores of the Adriatic. These contacts concerned the transport and working of Istrian stone for the church and the apostolic palace, which involved a great number of architects, stonemasons, sculptors, and ship owners from the mid-15th until the end of the 16th century. In Rovinj, suitable supervisors and trusted stonemasons were in charge of the first selection and the first working of the stone. For the transport from Rovinj to Loreto, the architect of the Holy House, Giovanni Boccalini from Carpi (1555-1580) had a specially built ship for transporting wheat, oil, and other agricultural products of the Holy House to be sold in Istria in exchange for stone, which is a typical entrepreneurial strategy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. V. Filina ◽  

The goal of this article to reveal the topic of the importance of using different content`s types for complex business promotion in social networks. The role of each of the following content `s types for the content marketing strategy formation in frame of SM marketing is analyzed. Based on this analysis we offered the model how to combine these types of content for business promotion depending on the sphere of activity and general marketing goals. Nowdays content marketing is an important tool for establishing a constant and interactive connection with a target audience for all areas of business. Due to high quality content and a clear content strategy companies create their own image for their audience. This research explore the topic of content marketing analyzing of the content`s types that companies use to communicate with social network users. All of the above content`s types were described in details from the point of view how to use them for solving certain marketing problems. Advices of combination all these content`s types for different business directions have been proposed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.15) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Sergey Borisovich Nikonov ◽  
Nikolai Sergeevich Labush ◽  
Anatoli Stepanovich Puiy ◽  
Elena Savova Georgieva ◽  
Stanislav Sergeevich Lukin

The work deals with the study of information strategy, namely noopolitics. In the course of the work, it has been revealed that one of the elements of the information strategy formation is the need to mediatize political processes. The understanding of political processes mediatization is considered in the part devoted to the scientific research outcomes. The work also considers a phenomenon such as rumours. This is not fake news, which is so often mentioned by politicians, but political reality, which is also an element of noopolitics. The main part of the work deals with the results of the implementation of the noopolitics when preparing and carrying out presidential elections in 2018, and the role of foreign states and politicians in strengthening power in Russia.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Metta Padmalia ◽  
Dewi M. Immanuel

The role of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is very important as an economic force to countries, especially developing countries like Indonesia. However, the role of the government is still ineffective to support SMEs. As a result, they cannot grow optimally. As one of the economic forces, the role of SMEs is worth considering when ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) begins by the end of 2015. This study aims to investigate how SMEs’ product brands were able to support the economics of the country. Using descriptive qualitative, this study collected the primary data by interviewing five SMEs assisted by Diskoperindag of Surabaya city. This research found that Entrepreneurial Strategy Marketing 3.0 through brand development models 3i (image, identity, integrity) fit the needs of SMEs assisted in Surabaya so that they are able to develop their businesses to face the AEC.


2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
Daniella Macedo Venâncio ◽  
Rosalia Barbosa Lavarda ◽  
Gabriela Gonçalves Silveira Fiates

The literature on strategy formation is democratic, since various shapes are recognized and accepted (Mintzberg, Ahlstrand Lampel, 2009). Qualitative studies help to understand what motivates either strategy formation mode. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the process of strategy formation and the role of the management level in the process. qualitative methodology, the case study method followed. The data collection techniques were semi-structured interviews, direct observation and document analysis. The case in point it is a beauty salon Midsize city of Florianópolis / SC. Among the main results, points out that the strategies are formed in integrated manner (deliberate and emergent), which characterizes the middle-up-down style (Nonaka, 1988), it identified yet, according to the integrative framework Hart (1992), three modes that show the formation of the integrated approach: the command, in which the strategy directed by the leader or by a small team from the top; transactional, that sometimes the manager and team members work together in shaping the strategy, driven by internal processes and in agreement; and the generic, and in this case, the strategy is driven by the action of the members of the team and the manager only supports the decision. On the roles of managers, it was found that the administrative manager acts to synthesize for top managers the information collected with the operational level employees, and financial manager acts as implementer of deliberate strategy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-300
Author(s):  
Melisa Soto-Lafontaine

Examining the dynamics underpinning the evolution of trans norms in the Netherlands, from their emergence there in 1952 up until 2019, this article traces their development through four historical phases, each marked by notable milestones and supported by different sets of frames, actors, and norm-change mechanisms. My analysis shows that the normative profile of trans issues in the Netherlands has long been ruled by medical frames, but the last decades have also witnessed the emergence and establishment of a new set of frames rooted in human-rights discourses. By tracing the trajectory of trans norms in the Netherlands and examining the mechanisms underlying the emergence and changes of frames, this article contributes to the theoretical body of studies on norm diffusion by introducing the role of hybrid entrepreneurs, the dynamic co-assembling of medical and legal domains and the self-lead trans emancipation as a social entrepreneurial strategy.


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