European Business Review: Volume 23 Issue 5

Product/customer scope: Competition antecedents, performance effects and market context moderations

Anders Pehrsson

The purpose of this paper is to explore the competition antecedents and performance effects of firm product/customer scope, and the moderating role of market growth.

Does market context impact payoffs to internationalization?

B. Elango

International strategy literature has shown that market context varies in terms of importance to international operations and competition. The purpose of this paper is to examine…

Clashes between contending market regimes: a challenge for firms in converging industries

Maria Bengtsson, Marlene Johansson

The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework that describes three contending market regimes in converging industries, and to use this framework to study clashes…

Understanding managers' marketing strategy choice in a collaborative competition industry

Jie Meng, Roger A. Layton

Competition and cooperation co‐exist in various sub‐fields of organizational strategies, while a research gap remains in the links between how managers perceive their cognitive…

Can Brazilian firms survive the Chinese challenge?: Effects of globalization on markets, strategies, and performance

Syed H. Akhter, Paulo Fernando Pinto Barcellos

The purpose of this paper is to apply the structure‐conduct‐performance theory and the strategic fit concept to examine the effects of globalization on markets, strategies, and…

Indices, firm identity and performance: implications from the European financial services

Tarek Eldomiaty, Mohamed Behery, Chong Ju Choi, Omar A. Ramzy

The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the significant qualitative factors that affect the financial performance of financial firms. The authors argue that those…

Business strategy in different contexts

Anders Pehrsson, Goran Svensson