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Rebecca A Luce - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Competitive Positioning within and across a strategic group structure the performance of core secondary and solitary firms
Strategic Management Journal, 2003Co-Authors: Gerry Mcnamara, David L Deephouse, Rebecca A LuceAbstract:Drawing from economic and cognitive theories, researchers have argued that firms within an industry tend to cluster together, following similar strategies. Their Positioning in strategic groups, in turn, is argued to influence firm actions and firm performance. We extend this research to examine performance implications of Competitive Positioning not just among but also within groups. We find that performance differences within groups are significantly larger than across groups, suggesting that some firms within groups develop better resource or Competitive positions. We also find that secondary firms within a group outperform both core firms within the group and solitary firms, the latter being those not belonging to any multifirm strategic group. This suggests that secondary firms may be able to effectively balance the benefits of strategic distinctiveness with institutional pressures for similarity. We conclude that the primary implication of strategic groups does not relate to the ability of firms to create stable, advantageous market segments through collusion. Instead, strategic groups represent a range of viable strategic positions firms may stake out and use as reference points. Moreover, our results concerning secondary firms indicate that firm Positioning within a group structure can have performance implications. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Monique Vervaeke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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strategies for facing the crisis the case of the car design style supply chain in france and in italy
International Journal of Product Development, 2017Co-Authors: Giuseppe Calabrese, Monique VervaekeAbstract:In a short space of time the car design/style supply chain has undergone deep changes, which are being amplified by the current economic-financial crisis. The digitalisation of production and the transformation of supply links have modified the Competitive Positioning of these companies along the automotive supply chain. The aim of the paper is to analyse the drivers adopted by the French and the Italian car design/style firms for facing the crisis. The paper uses a brief literature review to highlight the strategic role of car design/style companies in the automotive industry in terms of innovation and supply chain. The French and Italian car design/style supply chains were investigated by 20 face-to-face interviews. In a context of macroeconomic downturn, the French and the Italian car design/style samples have over-performed the respective total automotive supply chains. The performance achieved and the implementations of distinguished strategies are the evidence of the resilience of the firms investigated. To date, there have been very few empirical studies which have investigated the strategies adopted by supply chains during the ongoing crisis. The digitalisation of production and the transformation of supply links have modified the Competitive Positioning of design/style companies along the automotive supply chain.
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Strategies for facing the crisis: the case of the car design/style supply chain in France and in Italy
International Journal of Product Development, 2017Co-Authors: Giuseppe Calabrese, Monique VervaekeAbstract:In a short space of time the car design/style supply chain has undergone deep changes, which are being amplified by the current economic-financial crisis. The digitalisation of production and the transformation of supply links have modified the Competitive Positioning of these companies along the automotive supply chain. The aim of the paper is to analyse the drivers adopted by the French and the Italian car design/style firms for facing the crisis. The paper uses a brief literature review to highlight the strategic role of car design/style companies in the automotive industry in terms of innovation and supply chain. The French and Italian car design/style supply chains were investigated by 20 face-to-face interviews. In a context of macroeconomic downturn, the French and the Italian car design/style samples have over-performed the respective total automotive supply chains. The performance achieved and the implementations of distinguished strategies are the evidence of the resilience of the firms investigated. To date, there have been very few empirical studies which have investigated the strategies adopted by supply chains during the ongoing crisis. The digitalisation of production and the transformation of supply links have modified the Competitive Positioning of design/style companies along the automotive supply chain.
Sven Anders - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Does taste trump health? Effects of nutritional characteristics on brand-level demand for chips in the U.S.
2016Co-Authors: Matthias Staudigel, Sven AndersAbstract:Recent controversial policy proposals have aimed at creating a healthier food supply by means of taxation, minimum quality standards or nutritional labeling. Yet the outcomes of such policies strongly depend on the Competitive structures and thus substitution processes of individual products within categories, which are not well understood. The objective of this paper is to quantify the source and impact of differentiation in ingredient formulation and especially product health attributes on the Competitive Positioning of brands under heterogeneous consumer preferences. We employ Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes’ (1995) random-coefficient logit framework to estimate product-level demand for highly differentiated potato and tortilla chips in the U.S. We are specifically interested in the extent to which heterogeneous consumers respond to changes in product formulation, pricing and brand attributes. Our results support the unhealthy-tasty intuition hypothesis only to a certain degree with consumers’ utility increasing in sodium and saturated fat levels but decreasing in energy and total fat content. Results further suggest strong impacts of price, brand, and flavor effects on band-level market shares. Our analysis underlines the trade-offs involved in food manufacturers’ decisions to reformulate products in order to comply with policy and public demands for healthier products options that do not sacrifice taste.
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DOES TASTE TRUMP HEALTH? – THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENT PROFILES ON BRAND-LEVEL DEMAND FOR CHIPS IN THE U.S
2016Co-Authors: Matthias Staudigel, Sven AndersAbstract:Recent controversial policy proposals have aimed at creating a healthier food supply by means of taxation, minimum quality standards or nutritional labeling. Yet the outcomes of such policies strongly depend on the Competitive structures and thus substitution processes of individual products within categories, which are not well understood. The objective of this paper is to quantify the source and impact of differentiation in ingredient formulation and especially product health attributes on the Competitive Positioning of brands under heterogeneous consumer preferences. We employ Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes’ (1995) random-coefficient logit framework to estimate product-level demand for highly differentiated potato and tortilla chips in the U.S. We are specifically interested in the extent to which heterogeneous consumers respond to changes in product formulation, pricing and brand attributes. Our results support the unhealthy-tasty intuition hypothesis to a certain degree with consumers’ utility increasing in sodium and saturated fat levels but decreasing in energy and total fat content. Results further suggest strong impacts of price, brand, and flavor effects on band-level market shares. Our analysis underlines the trade-offs involved in food manufacturers’ decisions to reformulate products in order to comply with policy and public demands for healthier product options that do not sacrifice taste.
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does taste trump health the effect of nutrient profiles on brand level demand for chips in the u s
56th Annual Conference of the German Society of Economic and Social Sciences in Agriculture (GEWISOLA) September 28 – 30, 2016Co-Authors: Matthias Staudigel, Sven AndersAbstract:Recent controversial policy proposals have aimed at creating a healthier food supply by means of taxation, minimum quality standards or nutritional labeling. Yet the outcomes of such policies strongly depend on the Competitive structures and thus substitution processes of individual products within categories, which are not well understood. The objective of this paper is to quantify the source and impact of differentiation in ingredient formulation and especially product health attributes on the Competitive Positioning of brands under heterogeneous consumer preferences. We employ Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes’ (1995) random-coefficient logit framework to estimate product-level demand for highly differentiated potato and tortilla chips in the U.S. We are specifically interested in the extent to which heterogeneous consumers respond to changes in product formulation, pricing and brand attributes. Our results support the unhealthy-tasty intuition hypothesis to a certain degree with consumers’ utility increasing in sodium and saturated fat levels but decreasing in energy and total fat content. Results further suggest strong impacts of price, brand, and flavor effects on band-level market shares. Our analysis underlines the trade-offs involved in food manufacturers’ decisions to reformulate products in order to comply with policy and public demands for healthier product options that do not sacrifice taste.
Gerry Mcnamara - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Competitive Positioning within and across a strategic group structure the performance of core secondary and solitary firms
Strategic Management Journal, 2003Co-Authors: Gerry Mcnamara, David L Deephouse, Rebecca A LuceAbstract:Drawing from economic and cognitive theories, researchers have argued that firms within an industry tend to cluster together, following similar strategies. Their Positioning in strategic groups, in turn, is argued to influence firm actions and firm performance. We extend this research to examine performance implications of Competitive Positioning not just among but also within groups. We find that performance differences within groups are significantly larger than across groups, suggesting that some firms within groups develop better resource or Competitive positions. We also find that secondary firms within a group outperform both core firms within the group and solitary firms, the latter being those not belonging to any multifirm strategic group. This suggests that secondary firms may be able to effectively balance the benefits of strategic distinctiveness with institutional pressures for similarity. We conclude that the primary implication of strategic groups does not relate to the ability of firms to create stable, advantageous market segments through collusion. Instead, strategic groups represent a range of viable strategic positions firms may stake out and use as reference points. Moreover, our results concerning secondary firms indicate that firm Positioning within a group structure can have performance implications. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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The Influence of Competitive Positioning and Rivalry on Emerging Market Risk Assessment
Journal of International Business Studies, 2000Co-Authors: Gerry Mcnamara, Paul M. VaalerAbstract:Rating agencies play a pivotal role in international credit transactions. Their sovereign risk-assessments are largely thought to reflect objective evaluations of the creditworthiness of potential borrowers. We test this assumption by examining the role that Competitive Positioning and dynamics play in the risk-assessments these agencies provide. Our analyses of agency risk-assessments for emerging-market sovereign borrowers indicate that they are significantly related to agency Positioning as an incumbent or insurgent (new entrant), to agency specialization in sovereigns from particular geographic regions, and in some instances, to the level of agency rivalry in a specific sovereign market. Our findings suggest both significant general and contingent links between foreign investment risk-assessment and Competitive Positioning and rivalry among agencies.
Hans Werner Gottinger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Competitive Positioning through strategic alliance formation: review and synthesis
International Journal of Revenue Management, 2007Co-Authors: Hans Werner GottingerAbstract:This paper explores Competitive Positioning through network competition on the basis of alliance formation (strategic alliances, joint ventures). From a strategic perspective, technological competition will be refined and expanded into new markets, or new markets will be created through alliance formation. Alliance formation could speed up Competitive Positioning and technological leadership in strategically important, though geographically diverse, markets. Revenue management tools can help in linking alliance formation to better Competitive outcomes, thereby improving strategic directions.