Competitiveness Review: Volume 10 Issue 1

GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND CORPORATE STRATEGY IN THE 21st CENTURY

Shaker A. Zahra

As the new mellinum approaches, discussions of the nature and emerging rules of global competitiveness assume greater importance. These discussions are gaining more political…

FAMILY MATTERS

Malcolm Hayward

Recently some of the most significant work in competitiveness studies has investigated the human side of economics. Concepts such as trust, fairness, and justice have emerged as…

STRATEGIC CONTEXTS, KNOWLEDGE FLOWS, AND THE COMPETITIVENESS OF MNCs: A PROCEDURAL JUSTICE APPROACH

Kimberly M. Ellis

This paper analyzes five characteristics associated with the overall decision‐making process that are necessary to achieve a high degree of perceived procedural justice within…

DETERMINANTS OF TRUST IN GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCES: AMRAD AND THE AUSTRALIAN BIOMEDICAL INDUSTRY

Daniel F. Jennings, Kendall Artz, L. Murray Gillin, Christodoulos Christodouloy

Although the importance of trust in creating and maintaining interorganizational relationships has been acknowledged, little research has focused on the processes leading to the…

THE IMPACT OF DOWNSIZING AND RESTRUCTURING ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

Jeffrey E. Lewin, Wesley J. Johnston

The pace of organizational change has accelerated, competitive pressures have intensified, and most organizations are now forced to operate within much more complex environments…

FIRM CAPABILITIES, BUSINESS STRATEGIES, CUSTOMER PREFERENCES, AND HYPERCOMPETITIVE ARENAS: THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR FIRM COMPETITIVENESS

Rajaram Veliyath, Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Matching Porter's (1980) three generic strategies appropriately in each of the four arenas of hypercompetition is proposed to offer temporary competitive advantages. The…

PRIVATIZATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS IN THE 21st CENTURY

Shaker A. Zahra, Carol Dianne Hansen

Privatization is a popular strategy for restructuring the national economies of advanced and advancing countries. This strategy centers on promoting the forces of the free market…

CONFLICTING COMPETITION POLICIES IN A GLOBALIZED BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: PROSPECTS FOR COOPERATION AND CONVERGENCE

Victor V. Cordell, Erin Breland

Countries have differences in competition policies, which are cause for friction in international trade and investment. This paper discusses those issues and develops a model to…

ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND SUSTAINED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: TOWARD A FRAMEWORK

Subba Narasimha

Organizational knowledge is a multi‐dimensional concept with each dimension having differing effects on competitive advantage. This paper focuses on five specific dimensions and…

MANAGING NEW PAY PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONS TO ENHANCE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS (MNCS)

Mary E. Graham, Charlie O. Trevor

The design and introduction of new pay programs may be particularly challenging for multinational corporations (MNCs) because, given their diverse employee base, they face varied…