scholarly journals THE CONCEPT OF LOGISTICS CLUSTERS AND EFFICIENCY OF ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES

2019 ◽  
pp. 351-361
Author(s):  
Robert DMUCHOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Regional Competitiveness ◽  
A Value ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Scale Range ◽  
Logistics Activity ◽  
The Impact

In Poland, Europe and worldwide, business strategies are implemented to ensure economic growth as a result of the impact of innovation and regional competitiveness. One of the effective and already proven methods of this strategy is building a competitive advantage based on the development of regional clusters. In their operations, clusters use the benefits of agglomeration, scale, range as well as local facilities resulting from production processes and distribution of knowledge. The concept of logistics clusters perfectly fits the aims of business clusters. The efficiency of logistics processes is perceived through the prism of cluster’s efficiency and effectiveness; the cluster philosophy can be used in logistics activities in order to seek optimization of its processes. Combining a cluster project with a logistics activity is one of the ways to improve competitiveness. Logistics clusters have the ability of a wider use of solutions developed by individual companies forming a cluster as well as solutions developed by companies from other sectors with which such enterprises cooperate. It is possible due to the development of innovative solutions in customer service, based on the experienceand cooperation of enterprises which can be considered as logistic and entities from other sectors of economy. The emergence of logistics clusters is stimulated by processes of internationalization and liberalization of material and capital flows, permanent search for new sources of competitive advantage, e. g. by optimizing logistics processes leading to cost reduction and by minimizing development disproportions of EU regions. The influence of market environment and existing trends causes that the analysis of a value chain and its network of connections as well as the course of processes should lead to a stage of selecting the most beneficial structures of this chain and the sequence of processes in this chain (Obłój, 1998, p. 215). As a consequence, logistics clusters including, for example, companies from freight-transportation-logistics (FTL) industry, will be looking for more effective ways of functioning. While examining the impact of logistics processes implemented in cluster initiatives on company’s financial results, it is necessary to determine the share of logistics costs in total costs and their impact on other areas of this company.

scholarly journals How Value Network-Based Co-Inovation Contribute in Competitive Advantage

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Maryono Maryono ◽  
Imam Ghozali ◽  
Amie Kusumawardhani ◽  
Mahelan Prabantariksa
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Conceptual Development ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Value Network ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
A Value ◽  
Relational Capabilities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to develop a comprehensive integrated model which helps in explaining the impact of value chain integration’s (VCI)’s and relational capability impact on co-innovation in a network and competitive advantage. It also explores the role of value network-based co-innovation as a mediator in the relationship between supply chain integration and competitive advantage, and in the relationship between relational capabilities and competitive advantage of a housing bank sector. The study suggests that firm gains competitive advantage by utilizing value chain integration and relational capability. It is argued here that co-innovation based on value network has mediating role to create competitive advantage. The paper provides a discussion and implication on where value lies and how value is co-created in network of interdependent relationship and illustrate this by sketching a value map in network relationship and possible innovations that can be co-created in housing bank ecosystem. The study involved a single government owned bank located in different cities, therefore the results should be generalized cautiously. This paper constitutes an attempt to stimulate efforts and provide directions on the further conceptual development of value network-based co-innovation (VNBC). The newly developed measure of VNBC and CA exempt from past conceptual streams of the determinant of CA, could be used for valid measurements in future empirical studies in the field of strategic management. The paper provides a practical implications for managers to identify value and utilize new way of analyzing value-chain to create co-innovation within housing bank ecosystem. It also allows manager to practicing relational capability which gives the most impact to competitive advantage..

Business strategies responding to COVID-19: experience of Chinese corporations

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Minyu Wu ◽  
Kun Kong
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Society Business ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Strategic Csr ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Business In Society

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives adopted by Chinese firms during the outbreak of COVID-19. Facing this unknown, unexpected and devastating disease, Chinese corporations demonstrated their CSR in different approaches. The purpose of this paper is to explore how CSR influences the decisions of the corporations that respond to a severe incident and how corporations can achieve their mission or strategic objectives by responding to a serious incident. Design/methodology/approach Based on secondary data and thematic analysis, this paper examines six Chinese corporations which are the leading firms in their respective industries. Findings This paper finds that firms adopted a mixed approach to conducting their CSR initiatives, including altruistic, strategic and citizenship CSR initiatives. This paper also confirms that strategic CSR initiatives were in line with the five dimensions of strategic CSR including centrality, specificity, proactivity, visibility and voluntarism. In addition, this paper also shows that a company could create its competitive advantage by carrying out CSR initiatives that are able to strengthen its value chain activities or the competitive context. This is based on the partnership built by the firms with their stakeholders to recognize the shared value. Practical implications This paper shows the implication that business leaders should understood the role of a business in society and the importance of stakeholders’ expectations. The underlying philosophy is that CSR could strengthen the resilience of society; business organizations need to operate in a healthy society. Originality/value This paper provides insights of Chinese corporations responding to a severe social incident. It highlights the strategic perspective of CSR initiatives and the linkage between CSR activities and a firm’s competitive advantage.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF E-COMMERCE ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-74
Author(s):  
Ms.Y.V. Sujana ◽  
Prof. G.L. Narayanappa
Keyword(s):  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Customer Relation Management ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Index Terms ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this paper is to measure the impact of e-business implementation from the e-business process frame work. We have presented here some basic terms of influences with some observations. Basic considerations are from e-procurement and e-ordering. This paper provides a scientific basis for e-business strategies to find the basic impact of efficiency and effectiveness of e-procuring and e-ordering and strengthen customer relationship management. INDEX TERMS: e-procurement, e-business strategies, e-ordering, customer relation management

An Analysis of Knowledge Space Concept and Recursive Approach for Servitizing in Manufacturing Industries

2014 ◽  
pp. 273-291
Author(s):  
H. M. Belal ◽  
Kunio Shirahada ◽  
Michitaka Kosaka
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Knowledge Space ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
A Value ◽  
A Company ◽  
Analysis Of Knowledge ◽  
Space Concept

This chapter proposes a knowledge space concept and a recursive approach to servitizing in the manufacturing industry. Manufacturing companies need to move up the value chain and compete on the basis of value delivered rather than on the basis of typical products. Therefore, more corporations are adding value to their core corporate offerings through services, which is called servitization, and the strength of service activities within the manufacturing industry (servitization) has become the main source of competitive advantage. This chapter identifies two exclusive approaches to adapting servitization in the manufacturing industry called the knowledge space concept and recursive approach, which also explains the value co-creation process with customers through integrating “B-to-B to C,” which produces a company that is a value provider.

Effective Tools for Customer Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 102-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamla Ali Al-Busaidi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Customer Knowledge ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Customer Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Mechanisms ◽  
Service Managers

Customer knowledge management (CKM) is becoming vital for organizations’ operative and innovative performance. Currently, organizations are transforming their business strategies from mass production to mass customization and customer focused strategies to respond to business pressures and achieve a competitive advantage. Customer knowledge enables organizations to develop effective business strategies and achieve a competitive advantage. The capability of organizational knowledge management is assessed by incorporating tools that support knowledge management. Based on the experience of customer service managers’ perspective in successful CKM organizations, this chapter discusses effective tools for customer knowledge management that add value to organizations. Specifically, the chapter examines the most effective IT tools and non-IT tools (organizational mechanisms) that support the acquisition, storage, transfer, and application of customer knowledge. The chapter also examines the impacts of CKM tools on organizations.

scholarly journals Gender and Comparative Advantage: Feminist–Heterodox Theorizing about Globalization

Economies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Shaianne T. Osterreich
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
The Impact

Heterodox feminist scholars have argued that global trade patterns reflect patterns of competitive advantage—rather than comparative advantage—and that that competitive advantage is gendered. Further, they have suggested that we need more theoretical and empirical scholarship in this area. This paper assesses the state of the literature against this call to action for more feminist–heterodox work on trade, with an emphasis on the manufacturing sector. New strands on the impact of gender on global production have been developed, including (a) integrating gender relations into global value chain analysis, (b) empirical work examining possible trends in the de-feminization of industrial sectors with technological upgrading, and (c) conceptual and empirical work on the interplay between gender, social provisioning, informal work, and the informalization of formal work. The first two strands, although well developed, would benefit from more research that is better integrated with the third strand. Further, this whole range of scholarly work needs to contend more broadly with the causes and effects of persistent gender-based occupational segregation, which underpins all three strands of work. A lot of excellent work has been done, and yet, more scholarship is needed to best understand the extent to which employment in industrial exports can function as a means to gender equity, empowerment, and mobility.

scholarly journals The Effect of Geographical Indications (GIs) on the Koerintji Cinnamon Sales Price and Information of Origin

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1410
Author(s):  
Sidi Rana Menggala ◽  
Wouter Vanhove ◽  
Dimas Rahadian Aji Muhammad ◽  
Abdur Rahman ◽  
Stijn Speelman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Geographical Indications ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
A Value ◽  
Good Manufacturing Practices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This paper focuses on the impact of the geographical indications (GIs) of Koerintji cinnamon on its value chain. The study was performed from September 2017 to November 2017 in Talang Kemuning, Kerinci regency, Indonesia. A village farmers’ group was surveyed using a semi-structured questionnaire, roundtable discussions, interviews, and direct observations to understand whether the GIs improve income, source of production, and promote product quality. Using a descriptive method, the literature on the topic was analyzed, and a value chain study was structured from the review’s findings. This helped us to better understand how GIs’ effects are dispersed among the chain actors and eventually enter the areas from which GI commodities originate. GIs generate added value, especially for farmers and buyers. Specifically, by using the GI Koerintji cinnamon’s handbook of requirements, the efficiency of farmers and buyers has improved. The studied population included farmers from Koerintji Cinnamon Jambi Geographical Indication Protection Society (MPIG-K2J) and Tani Saktik Alam Kerinci (TAKTIK), a farmer group. To obtain a GI, TAKTIK had to implement good agriculture practices and good manufacturing practices based on the handbook. Results show that farmers developed a system to monitor post-harvest handling in assuring a safe and high-quality supply to the global spices market. Following the book requirements, TAKTIK members follow specific procedures, including selecting raw materials, grading, origin verification, and quality control. Furthermore, GIs enable farmers to claim a price premium. As a result, GI Koerintji cinnamon’s presence has added value and credibility to TAKTIK farmers, leading to price improvement.

Behind the veil

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Alexandra Snelgrove ◽  
Ariane Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Veil ◽  
The Impact

Subject area The case addresses issues related to value chains, sustainable businesses, business environment in emerging economies and cross-cultural issues. applicability/applicability This case would be best addressed by students in upper years of their undergraduate degree or at a Master's level. Case overview The case addresses a project conducted by MEDA in Pakistan which focused on developing a value chain in the embroidery sector with the end goal of improving the livelihood of homebound rural women. The case walks the students through the local cultural constraints, the project design the development of the various value chain actors and the most significant outcomes. The primary issue requires the students to evaluate the most appropriate exit strategy for MEDA which would not harm the existing networks and allow the whole value chain to continue sustainably. Expected learning outcomes To appreciate the complexity of value chain development while understanding the benefits and opportunities they offer. To understand the importance of sustainability and how this can be achieved using market tools. To grasp the concept of exit strategies in the context of development projects and explore various ways these can be structured. To identify the impact of culture on business environment. Integrating the poor into thriving markets. Business as a development tool. Supplementary materials Teaching notes

scholarly journals El sector de electrodomésticos de Nuevo León y un análisis teórico de los factores que influyen el desarrollo de proveedores nacionales por parte de las empresas multinacionales

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Elí Velarde Moreno ◽  
Mónica Blanco Jiménez ◽  
Sergio Armando Guerra Moya
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
A Value ◽  
Home Appliance ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: The impact of multinational subsidiaries or Foreign Direct Investment in host economies had been subject of debate for years (Hirschman, 1958). Recently the researchers and government institutions in México are being attracted to the subject because of the interest on the impact of foreign multinational subsidiaries that operate as an anchor company of a value chain, and more specifically in the local supplier development.The purpose of this investigation is to analyze the home appliance sector in México and NuevoLeón, presenting the statistical data and a theoretical framework of supplier development in order to set a model for further investigations.Keywords: exportations, foreign direct investment, home appliance, multinationals, supplier development.JEL: F230, F630Resumen: El impacto de las empresas multinacionales o la inversión extranjera directa en los países huéspedes ha sido un sujeto de debate durante años (Hirschman, 1958). Recientemente, las instituciones gubernamentales se han sentido atraídas al tema debido al  interés por saber el impacto de las subsidiarias extranjeras que operan como empresa ancla en las cadenas de valor, y más específicamente desarrollando proveedores nacionales. El propósito de esta investigación será hacer un análisis del sector de electrodomésticos en nuevo Por lo que se presentará primero la evolución estadística del sector de electrodomésticos para luego hacer una revisión teórica de la literatura referente al desarrollo de proveedores con el objetivo de establecer un modelo para investigaciones futuras.Palabras claves: desarrollo de proveedores, electrodomésticos, exportaciones, inversión extranjera directa, multinacionales. 

scholarly journals Solving a Demand-Supply Mismatch by Enabling a Value Chain Orientation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Integrated Planning ◽  
Service Levels ◽  
Demand Planning ◽  
A Value ◽  
Future State ◽  
Inhibitor Analysis

Supply-Demand mismatch is a continuous challenge among suppliers creating poor customer service levels and often leading to higher costs to the entire supply chain, to meet the demands of the customer. This paper will highlight demand-supply mismatch issues between a steel supplier having supply issues with one of its premier automobile customers due to difficulties in forecasting the appropriate demand from the customer. The outcome of the original research was developing a framework for an integrated planning process that overlooks the entire demand planning and management of the customer, in addition to emphasizing the application of demand profiling that enabled to build a novel future state inventory model. In the context of the work published here, an enabler and inhibitor analysis was conducted, that studies the structure and processes within and between firms, to identify any business implications that may affect the demand-supply mismatch.

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