| Description |
1 online resource (205 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Research in Strategic Management Series |
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Routledge Research in Strategic Management Series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Part 1: Entrepreneurial Orientation, Innovations and Competitive Advantages -- 1. Entrepreneurial Orientation and SMEs Upgrading Trajectory for Edible Oil Suppliers: The Mediating Roles of Organizational Culture and Business Environment Dynamics -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Literature Review -- 1.2.1 Theoretical Literature Review -- 1.2.1.1 The Resource-Based View of the Firm -- 1.2.2 Dynamic Capabilities Theory -- 1.2.3 Study Constructs and the Conceptual Framework |
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1.2.4 SMEs Upgrading -- 1.2.5 Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) -- 1.2.6 Organizational Culture -- 1.2.7 Business Environment -- 1.2.8 Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and SMEs Upgrading -- 1.2.9 Organizational Culture Mediates the Positive Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and SMEs Upgrading -- 1.2.10 Business Environment Dynamism Mediates the Positive Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and SMEs Upgrading -- 1.2.11 The Firm Size Moderates the Positive Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and SMEs Upgrading -- 1.3 Study Area and Methodology |
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1.3.1 Sample and Procedure -- 1.3.2 Measurement -- 1.4 Data Analysis and Results -- 1.4.1 Measurement Model -- 1.4.2 The Moderated Mediation Results -- 1.4.3 Discussion of the Results -- 1.4.4 Conclusion and Implications -- 1.4.5 Limitations of the Study -- References -- 2. A Study of Innovations and Creativities as a Competitive Advantages Strategy in the Context of i-Sustainability Plus Theory via an African Cultural Approach -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Background and Literature Review in Africa -- 2.2.1 Competitive Advantages Strategy -- 2.2.2 Innovation and Creativities |
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2.2.3 Change Management -- 2.2.4 Business Strategy -- 2.2.5 Culture -- 2.2.6 Human Beings/Employment -- 2.2.7 SMEs -- 2.2.8 i-Sustainability Plus Theory -- 2.2.9 A Look at the African Continent with an Approach i-Sustainability Plus Theory -- 2.3 Methodology -- 2.4 Case Study -- 2.5 Result -- 2.6 Discussion -- 2.6.1 Risks/Challenges and Solutions -- 2.6.2 Marketing Creativity and Innovation in the African Cultural Context -- 2.6.3 Creativity and Technological Innovation in the African SMEs -- 2.6.4 The Importance of Digital Learning in African Culture -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References |
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3. An African Cultural Study of Proximity Learning, Competitive Intelligence, Cultural Sustainability/Synergy and 7PS Model as an Innovative Infrastructure through the Fifth Wave and DCT Theories -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Background -- 3.2.1 Innovation -- 3.2.2 Culture\Cultural Sustainability -- 3.2.3 Cultural Synergy -- 3.2.4 Proximity Learning -- 3.2.5 Competitive Intelligence -- 3.2.6 Seven-Pillar Sustainability (7PS) Model -- 3.2.7 Fifth Wave/Tomorrow Age Theory/Theory Comprehensive Every Thing -- 3.2.8 Doost Cultural Theory (DCT) -- 3.3 Methodology |
| Summary |
This edited collection discusses various methods by which a firm can create a competitive advantage in a dynamic situation |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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3.3.1 The Process Pattern of Innovation infrastructure (the process of innovation) |
| Subject |
Business enterprises -- Technological innovations -- Africa
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Business planning -- Africa
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Competition -- Africa
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Business enterprises -- Technological innovations.
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Business planning.
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Competition.
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Africa.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chemma, Nawal
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Ahlem, Soudani
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Maliki, Samir B
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Singh, Gurmeet
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| ISBN |
9781000935691 |
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1000935698 |
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