Market Regulation and Firm Performance: The Case of Smoking Bans in the United Kingdom

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Adda ◽  
Samuel Berlinski ◽  
Stephen Machin
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Smoking Bans ◽  
The United Kingdom

The State, the Market, and Competitive Strategy: The Housebuilding Industry in the United Kingdom, France, and Sweden

1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Barlow ◽  
A King
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
The State ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Housebuilding Industry ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

The objective in this paper is to compare the competitive strategies of the housebuilding industry in the United Kingdom, France, and Sweden. It is focused on the relationship between the different mechanisms by which the housing market is regulated and the competitive methods adopted by firms in each country. By using a detailed study of over 100 firms in the three countries, it is argued that there is a relationship between the forms of market regulation, the level of uncertainty and risk faced by housebuilders, and their profit-making strategies. Finally, some of the implications of the findings for the UK housebuilding industry in the 1990s are considered.

Capabilities, strategies and firm performance in the United Kingdom

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Parnell ◽  
Malcolm Brady
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cost Leadership ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Market Turbulence ◽  
Strategic Capabilities ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of internal capabilities and environmental turbulence on market (e.g. cost leadership and differentiation) and nonmarket (e.g. political and social) strategies (NMS), and considers how these strategies impact financial and non-financial performance in firms in the United Kingdom.Design/methodology/approachA survey was administered online to 215 practicing managers in the UK. Measures for competitive strategy (i.e. cost leadership and differentiation), NMS, strategic capabilities, market turbulence and firm performance were adopted from or based on previous work. Hypotheses were tested via SmartPLS.FindingsFindings underscore the impact of market turbulence across all market and nonmarket strategy dimensions. Multiple links between capabilities and strategies were identified. Both cost leadership and differentiation were significantly linked to non-financial performance, but only differentiation was significantly linked to financial performance. An increased emphasis on social NMS was linked to higher financial performance, but not non-financial performance. Political NMS was linked to neither financial nor non-financial performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample included managers in multiple industries. Self-typing scales were utilized to measure market turbulence, emphasis on capabilities, strategic emphasis and firm performance.Practical implicationsEmphasis on social NMS can promote financial performance, but political NMS does not appear to drive either financial or non-financial performance.Originality/valueThis paper provides empirical support for a UK-based model linking market turbulence, strategic capabilities, market and nonmarket strategies, and both social and firm performance. It supports NMS as a key performance driver, but with caveats.

A comparison of the United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UK-CAT) with a traditional admission selection process

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishan Fernando ◽  
Gordon Prescott ◽  
Jennifer Cleland ◽  
Kathryn Greaves ◽  
Hamish McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Aptitude Test ◽  
The United Kingdom

Research on Schizophrenia: A View From the United Kingdom

1990 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 800-801
Author(s):  
Michael F. Pogue-Geile
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, Employed Women Have Problems, Too

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1076-1077
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Gutek
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Employed Women
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