In the literature of strategic management, most of the research on profitability focuses on conditions under which a firm can enjoy extraordinary profits in the long run, despite the efforts of its competitors. This paper extends this line of thinking by considering not only the role played by idiosyncratic resources in the final equilibrium, but also the dynamic process by which the sector app...

Nilai perusahaan ditentukan oleh keberhasilan dalam menjalankan usahanya, yang seringkali dikaitkan dengan harga saham. Memaksimalkan nilai penting untuk bisnis, karena identik memaksimalkan keuntungan. Untuk meningkatkan perusahaan, mengenali faktor-faktor mempengaruhi saham pasar perusahaan. Perusahaan memiliki tinggi mengindikasikan bahwa juga tinggi. Motivasi penelitian ini adalah mengetahu...

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of board size, the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) duality, and corporate liquidity on the profitability of Canadian service firms. This study also seeks to extend the findings of Kajola [1] and Gill [2]. A sample of 75 Canadian service firms listed on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) for a period of 3 years (from 2008-2010) was selected. This study ...

We analyse the hitherto unexplored relationship between intra-firm conflict between the research and development (R&D) department and central management, conflict alleviation and the choice of ‘open’ versus ‘closed’ innovation, in the context of a simple formal model. We find that in the presence of (intentional or unintentional) divergence of preferred (R&D) output between the R&D department a...

When a firm implements analytical CRM, the value of a customer is assessed by profitability analysis. In a sense, a firm retains profitable customers but “fires” unprofitable ones. In this paper, we show that this typical customer selection strategy is not appropriate for a firm of goods and services that exhibit network externalities because of the strategic network value of unprofitable custo...