Organizational Creativity and Competitive Advantage: A GCC Perspective

Knowledge Creation for Competitive Advantage: An Organizational Networks Perspective

The importance of knowledge as a key organizational resource contributing to competitive advantage is undisputed in research and in practice. Yet, the way in which such knowledge is created in organizations is relatively poorly understood. This paper develops a theoretical model elucidating how organizations create knowledge for the purpose of gaining competitive advantage. I have cast this inv...

Creating a Competitive Advantage in Sports Businesses: The Role of Input Sources, Market Position and Creativity

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of input sources, market position and creativity in creating a competitive advantage for sports businesses. This research was a descriptive-survey and in terms of practical purpose. The statistical population of this study consisted of managers of water sports recreational complexes in Tehran. To collect the data needed to test the hypothese...

Benefits Management Enhances the Organizational Competitive Advantage

To gain competitive advantage organizations need to have something that the competitors do not have and cannot achieve in the short-term. In the past organizations invested large amounts of financial resources to the finest equipment to increase competitiveness. Today, the paradigm has changed and so the quest is more knowledge and innovation driven, where the answer relies on the people’s capa...

Competitive Advantage and the Complexity Perspective

This paper is interested in exploring the competitive advantage of businesses. Current understanding of competitive advantage arises from the strategic management paradigm, but with the recognition that business environments are quite complex, this theory is not proving itself to be adequate. The early theory that underpins this comes from optimising economic theory, the inadequacy of which led...

Impact of Business Intelligence and IT Infrastructure Flexibility on Competitive Advantage: An Organizational Agility Perspective