Purpose – The main aim of the present study is to propose a framework for selecting an appropriate electronic business (e-business) model in managerial holding companies with a chain structure acting in the area of the automobile industry. Design/methodology/approach – This is an applied study conducted as a survey and case study. First, the factors affecting selection of an appropriate e-busin...

Not only do individuals and firms compete with each other within an industry, there is also industry competition with other industries and competition of an industry with its customers and vendors. The rules of industry competition are embedded in market structure and difficult to modify. These rules are discussed under the headings of overall market growth, barriers to entry, rivalries within ...

This paper examines the evolution of the pharmaceutical industry. After a brief discussion of the main stylised facts about the industry, we present a history-friendly model that aims at capturing the underlining mechanisms and the logic that guides the evolution of this industry. Simulation results show the mechanisms and dynamic processes linking the patterns of innovation, demand structure, ...

Drawing from archival and qualitative data from the UK building construction industry, we develop an inductive framework that explains why industries gravitate for long periods around vertical specialization; and how and why they shift from specialization to reintegration. First, we observe that various industry groups, including professionals and their associations, play an active role in shap...

China’s automobile industry has made great progress and contributed a lot to national economic development, but the problems such as dispersion, small, disorderly, worse" in the industry is still very serious. Starting from the SCP paradigm theory in China’s automobile industry, the article analyses the problems including the market structure, market conduct and market performance in China’s au...

Sustainable product innovation is a key issue facing agri-food companies to maintain and increase their competitiveness. Based on sample of 320 international for the period 2002–2017, this paper analyzes role that ownership structure capital play with regard sustainable as well whether these financing decisions differ depending firm's structure. The results indicate family-owned firms show an a...