We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Global strategic analyses: Frameworks and approaches.
- Authors
Thomas, Howard; Pollock, Timothy; Gorman, Philip
- Abstract
Geographic, economic, cognitive, and social forces can influence the ways in which the inimitable resources of firms and their competitors are defined and evaluated in a globally competitive environment. We trace how academic research on strategy has attempted to address how firms identify their core competencies and competitive resource advantages at both the firm and national level. We then discuss the ways in which managers can attempt to identify a competitive reference group as a benchmark for evaluating their company's relative strengths and weaknesses. Finally, we develop an integrated conceptual framework that can be used to in form managerial strategic analysis and decision making in a globally competitive environment.
- Subjects
COMPETITION; STRATEGIC planning; INDUSTRIAL management; RESOURCE allocation; DECISION making; ORGANIZATIONAL structure; RESOURCE management; BENCHMARKING (Management); SOCIOECONOMICS; DECISION theory
- Publication
Academy of Management Executive, 1999, Vol 13, Issue 1, p70
- ISSN
1079-5545
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/AME.1999.1567340