This research provides new insight in the application of IT to optimize the corporate strategy of notaries in the Netherlands. Since the forced liberalization of prices and the freedom of establishment introduced by the 1999 Notary Act, notaries have become entrepreneurs. Notaries are forced to adopt a competitive corporate strategy. This has brought new opportunities for the application of IT....

There is little consensus on the corporate diversification-efficiency relationship in the diversification literature. The study aims to contribute to the literature by looking jointly at two dimensions of corporate diversification as product diversification and international diversification and the relationship between them. The results show negative relationship between product diversification...

There is little consensus on the corporate diversification-efficiency relationship in the diversification literature. According to the corporate diversification, firms have a tendency to get more market share with diversifying in the local segment or in the international market. Theoretically, a contradictory exists between the profitable strategy and the value reducing strategy in the diversif...

360 www.palgrave-journals.com/crr/ ABSTRACT Over the past decade or so, corporate image has become an essential strategy for many organizations. However, non-profit organizations have only recently adopted this strategy in order to better communicate with their stakeholders. The purpose of this case study is to trace the integrated marketing communication (IMC) strategy of the Magen David Adom ...

This study investigates the relationship between corporate environmental responsibility and corporate philanthropy. Using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2008 to 2013, this paper examines the role of corporate environmental responsibility in corporate philanthropy and the moderating influence of the institutional environment using multilevel analysis. The results show that corporate eco-f...

F or twenty-five years, competition has been at the heart of corporate strategy. Today, one can hardly speak of strategy without involving the language of competition: competitive strategy, competitive benchmarking, building competitive advantages, and beating the competition. Such focus on the competition traces back to corporate strategy’s roots in military strategy. The very language of corp...

Company strategy expresses a basic idea of how to reach company objectives. A whole range of models of strategic management are used in practice. The concept of strategic management should fulfill some basic requirements to make it applicable for both the typical, but also more specific company environment. The financial strategy plays an important role in corporate strategy. The paper develops...