Examining strategic fit and innovation in terms of competitive strategies and knowledge management

Employees working for knowledge management change traditional concept of labor and become an important activator of organizational value. Therefore, in the age of technology, organizations started to give importance to "knowledge management" to reach their performance targets. Knowledge management plays a key role in organizations' accumulation of intangible assets and the organizations use information resources of social networks to maintain their competitive advantage and increase their level of competitiveness. Knowledge management is an important intangible asset for the organizations. Therefore, it is necessary to examine how the information and knowledge management affect organizational performance, and what are the best strategies to achieve good impact. The path to successful strategy and innovation goes through well-implemented knowledge management

Examination of the extent and effects of strategic management on e-commerce companies

Internet technology can be used not only in commercial applications but also in the implementation and distribution of public services like education and health, making e-commerce essential not only for the business world but also for all of society. Thus, companies can take advantage of internet opportunities in order to develop their strategies in e-commerce environment, creating working groups by bringing together employees in different geographical locations with tools such as newsgroups, communication rooms, etc., benefiting from customer suggestions. Therefore, it is important to examine and analyze the companies that have commercial activities in e-commerce environments in terms of strategic management. From a strategic point of view, the aim of companies should be to increase their activities by influencing their existing customers and continuously gaining new customers within the e-commerce environment

Cultural effects of global businesses and multinational businesses: Localization versus globalization - middle-point cultural hybridization

The concept of globalization is a process in which countries, cultures, organizational cultures, and even organizational structures converge with each other and a single standard point of view in the world emerges, and it identifies and defines the differences of the elements. This shows that the processes of globalization and localization are always in interaction. Convergence brought by globalization shows that multinational enterprises perform standard activities at the global level. However, in contrast to this convergence, with the effect of localization, hybrid organizational structures are becoming important especially in order to provide competitive advantage in the national market. While creating hybrid organizational structures, attention is paid to establish a structure that will not hinder the coordination between the host country and the home country. In this context, the definitions of globalization, localization, hybridization, and how the complexity of their interactions are reflected in business strategies are discussed from a theoretical point of view

Strategic approach to business intelligence and its impacts on organizational performance

Organizational structures have changed as a result of the widespread use of information technology, as well as the development of software programs and its daily use in all departments. When such technologies became more widespread throughout every sector, enterprises began to understand its effectiveness and have established information technology department requirements in their organizations. With time, these requirements have become integrated into whole organizations, thereby increasing the importance of business intelligence. Competitors, increasing uncertainties, and risks of the sector have resulted in the further development of the concept of business intelligence to support organizations and senior management wishing to achieve a competitive advantage and make strategic decisions. In other words, analyzing data and sharing it among the departments within the organization became significantly important as senior management use this information to make strategic decisions