Organising environmental scanning: Exploring information source, mode and the impact of firm size

Robinson, Craig V.; Simmons, John E.

doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2017.10.004

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“…First, smaller and larger businesses differ from each other in many aspects, including the strategic design (“fire-fighting” style of SMEs vis-à-vis formal planning of larger firms), the access to financial and human resources, organizational structure, and their vulnerability to changing market conditions (Man et al, 2002). Also, the limited capacity of small firms to develop networks affects their market behavior, that is, the way in which they compete (Robinson & Simmons, 2018).…”

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“…Scholarly studies often treat firm size as a control variable, assuming that this variable only has a direct effect on firm performance. By examining only the direct impact of firm size, research fails to recognize part of the heterogeneity of businesses and their underlying (direct and indirect) performance consequences (Fang et al, 2016; Lafuente et al, 2018; Robinson & Simmons, 2018).…”

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A nonparametric analysis of competitiveness efficiency: The relevance of firm size and the configuration of competitive pillars

Lafuente

Leiva

Moreno-Gómez

et al. 2020

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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This study employs a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model with a single constant input to analyze the competitiveness performance of a unique sample of 103 knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS) firms from Hungary, Spain, Colombia, and Costa Rica for the year 2017. Also, we assess how the configuration of competitive pillars—strengths and weaknesses—affects efficiency and how firm size moderates this relationship. The mean efficiency scores by which the competitiveness output can be optimized is 47.43%. The results suggest that the configuration of competitive pillars has important implications for efficiency analyses. For small businesses, competitive-enhancing actions should focus on mitigating competitive weaknesses that are detrimental to efficiency. Also, a configuration of competitive pillars in which one or various competitive strengths prevail is more beneficial for small businesses. Managerial tools such as the proposed competitiveness measure may offer useful information on what strategic actions can contribute to optimize business competitiveness. JEL CLASSIFICATION C14; L19; L25

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A nonparametric analysis of competitiveness efficiency: The relevance of firm size and the configuration of competitive pillars

Lafuente

Leiva

Moreno-Gómez

et al. 2020

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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“…Hiltunen (2008) shows that some sources are efficient regardless of the domain, while others are considered to be highly specialized. Moreover, their selection may be influenced by more emotional and social factors, such as the popularity of the source (Robinson & Simmons, 2017), and the image of the source can affect their selection or exclusion.…”

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Renewal of Design Teaching Resources by the Practice of Environmental Scanning

Akue¹

2019

Proc. Int. Conf. Eng. Des.

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Teachers' resources renewal is a critical aspect of design education. Design teachers update and renew their resources to keep their lectures and project topics up to date, in line with contemporary issues and societal changes, and to assure their lifelong learning and professional development. Yet, few studies were published on resource renewal process in design education. Researches usually focus on teaching resources and cultural capital qualification. This paper analyses the resource renewal process in design education. Our methodology comprehends the construction of a conceptual framework based on Environmental Scanning, which was studied through a qualitative study involving fifteen design teachers in France. Our results show that design teachers update and renew teaching resources according to their personal areas of interest and students' needs. Their renewal process is different depending on whether they are creating lectures and topics, they are working with other teachers or with external partners. Relationships and networks appear important, teachers rely on their network of colleagues, design practitioners and project partners to access emerging issues.

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“…Collaboration among organizations can be for strategic alliancing, marketing agreements and for research & development (Albusaidi et al, 2017;Barringer et.al, 2000). Resource dependence theory considers the formation of alliances and partnerships between organizations for reducing uncertainty and complexity in the business environment (Robinson, 2017;Pfeffer, 1978;Xia et al, 2018)). The environment for innovation is different for mature and emergent industries in terms of parameters of knowledge, strategies for innovation, networking and technological orientation (Robertson, Tunzelmann, 2009).…”

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Industry Academia Collaboration in the Context of Open Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Khan

2018

SJMS

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Industry & academia are building pillars of a country's knowledge base economy. Industry focus is on practical significance while role of academia is to disseminate knowledge. Although they seem different in their focus; however, there are similarities for innovation-based partnerships. Once Industry & Academia are embedded in the notion of "open innovation", both parties can benefit from collaboration. This is a quantitative study in which drawing upon resource dependence theory, a framework is developed for collaborating factors between industry and academia in the context of Pakistan. Sample from industry and academia is studied using survey instrument and impact of collaboration is measured on magnitude and level of innovation. LISREL based modeling technique is used for quantitatively analyzing proposed framework. Two questions are addressed in this study; What are the antecedents of industry and academia to collaborate in the context of open innovation, and the impact of collaboration on magnitude and level of innovation? This study contains key implications for education sector, industry and policy makers for enhancement of knowledge base in Pakistan.

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Organising environmental scanning: Exploring information source, mode and the impact of firm size

Cited by 54 publications

References 49 publications

A nonparametric analysis of competitiveness efficiency: The relevance of firm size and the configuration of competitive pillars

A nonparametric analysis of competitiveness efficiency: The relevance of firm size and the configuration of competitive pillars

Renewal of Design Teaching Resources by the Practice of Environmental Scanning

Industry Academia Collaboration in the Context of Open Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

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