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Competitive Pressure: Competitive Dynamics as Reactions to Multiple Rivals
Competitive dynamics research has focused primarily on interactions between dyads of firms. Drawing on the awareness-motivation-capability framework and strategic group theory we extend this by proposing that firms’ actions are influenced by perceived competitive pressure resulting from actions by several rivals. We predict that firms’ action magnitude is influenced by the total number of rival actions accumulating in the market, and that this effect is moderated by strategic group membership. We test this using data on the German mobile telephony market and find them supported: the magnitude of firm’s actions is influenced by a buildup of actions by multiple rivals, and firms react more strongly to strategically similar rivals
Impact of College Rankings on Institutional Decision Making: Four Country Case Studies
Examines how global or national rankings influence colleges' strategic positioning and planning, staffing and organization, quality assurance, resource allocation and fundraising, and admissions and financial aid in Australia, Canada, Germany, and Japan
Competitive Pressure: Competitive Dynamics as Reactions to Multiple Rivals
Competitive dynamics research has focused primarily on interactions between dyads of firms. Drawing on the awareness-motivation-capability framework and strategic group theory we extend this by proposing that firms’ actions are influenced by perceived competitive pressure resulting from actions by several rivals. We predict that firms’ action magnitude is influenced by the total number of rival actions accumulating in the market, and that this effect is moderated by strategic group membership. We test this using data on the German mobile telephony market and find them supported: the magnitude of firm’s actions is influenced by a buildup of actions by multiple rivals, and firms react more strongly to strategically similar rivals.Competitive rivalry; competitive dynamics; strategic groups; mobile telecommunications
Marketing higher education in Africa : challenges and opportunities
This chapter examines the global marketing environment of today’s higher education institutions (HEIs). (Semi) Autonomous HEIs and business schools are increasingly behaving like for-profit organisations as they seek new opportunities and resources to prioritise revenue creation. Therefore, they are diversifying the portfolio of their student populations by recruiting domestic and international students. In this light, this contribution deliberates on contemporary integrated marketing communications that are intended to support HEIs to promote their quality, student-centred education as well as their high-impact and meaningful research in global markets. Moreover, it reports on how HEIs’ marketing endeavours will be able to forge fruitful and collaborative relationships with industry stakeholders; foster student mobility and engagement in exchange programmes, as they can create partnership agreements with other institutions, among other strategic avenues. These issues imply that tomorrow’s educational institutions will have to keep investing in adequate resources, competences and capabilities to leverage themselves amid intensifying competition in challenging socio-economic environments.peer-reviewe
An Efficient Data Structure for Dynamic Two-Dimensional Reconfiguration
In the presence of dynamic insertions and deletions into a partially
reconfigurable FPGA, fragmentation is unavoidable. This poses the challenge of
developing efficient approaches to dynamic defragmentation and reallocation.
One key aspect is to develop efficient algorithms and data structures that
exploit the two-dimensional geometry of a chip, instead of just one. We propose
a new method for this task, based on the fractal structure of a quadtree, which
allows dynamic segmentation of the chip area, along with dynamically adjusting
the necessary communication infrastructure. We describe a number of algorithmic
aspects, and present different solutions. We also provide a number of basic
simulations that indicate that the theoretical worst-case bound may be
pessimistic.Comment: 11 pages, 12 figures; full version of extended abstract that appeared
in ARCS 201
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