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Global Work Arrangements in the Virtual Enterprise – The Case Study of Automattic
No full textGlobal work arrangements tend to be particularly problematic for Virtual Enterprises, to the extent that there is a vast literature emphasising the challenges that these companies need to face in identifying, attracting, developing and retaining talent on a global scale. Drawing on the experience of Automattic, the paper outlines how the company has successfully addressed such challenges by implementing Global Talent Management in a very peculiar way. From the findings, it emerges that stemming from their experience there are some exemplary and valuable lessons for companies from all sectors on how to embrace Global Talent Management in a more creative way and the great benefits in terms of efficiency and effectiveness that can flow from doing so
Post-Acquisition Strategies – Some illustrative evidence from Chinese Acquisitions of Italian luxury Firms
No full textOutward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) from emerging economies has begun to increase significantly and has been growing at a faster pace than FDI from the developed world. This research seeks to assess the impact of Chinese acquisitions and their implications for the Italian firms in the luxury sector. By relying on two in-depth case-studies, this paper presents a cross-case analysis of four Chinese acquisitions in order to provide some in-depth insights into the post-acquisition integration strategies implemented by the Chinese investors in the luxury Made in Italy sector. The study contributes to our understanding of how emerging market firms implement post-acquisition integration strategies when acquiring firms from advanced economies. To this end, the benefits and challenges associated with the post-acquisition integrations strategies implemented by the Chinese investors were identified
The Circular Fashion Framework-The Implementation of the Circular Economy by the Fashion Industry
Full text linkBy drawing on the concept of Circular Economy (CE), this paper explores the implementation of the CE by the fashion industry by introducing a Circular Fashion Framework (CFF). The term CE has a long history, multiple definitions, and distinctive developments in different global contexts. In Europe and increasingly worldwide, a CE framework, originally devised and developed in the UK by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has been a catalyst at policy level and has become a prominent theme in the business arena. A key reason for the widespread popularity of this framework is that it matches a compelling business rationale with the need to decouple wealth creation from the consumption of limited resources. Moving towards a more CE is indeed desirable as it could deliver benefits such as reducing pressure on the environment, improving the security of the supply of raw materials, increasing competitiveness, stimulating innovation, boosting economic growth as well as creating jobs. The fashion industry is the second most-polluting industry after the oil industry and has always been regarded as a creative sector, dynamic and at the forefront of innovation. As such, the industry and its recent dynamics with the advent of new materials, new technologies and new business models is particularly prolific as a source of inspiration and valuable insights into the broader applicability of the CE to other industries.
The rest of the paper is as follows. By drawing on the relevant literature on the CE the paper develops and introduces a dynamic framework–the CFF - for the application of the CE by fashion firms. By relying on the prior work on the fashion industry, the paper provides a detailed description of the framework by outlining some examples as well as the benefits that stem from its application and then offers some concluding remarks
Global Work Arrangements in the Virtual Enterprise – Some Lessons from Automattic
Full text linkGlobal work arrangements tend to be particularly problematic for Virtual Enterprises, to the extent that there is a vast literature emphasising the challenges that these companies need to face in identifying, attracting, developing and retaining talent on a global scale. Drawing on the experience of Automattic, the paper outlines how the company has successfully addressed such challenges by implementing Global Talent Management in a very peculiar way. From the findings, it emerges that stemming from their experience there are some exemplary and valuable lessons for companies from all sectors on how to embrace Global Talent Management in a more creative way and the great benefits in terms of efficiency and effectiveness that can flow from doing so
Globalisation and the Viability of Industrial Districts.
No full textAs increasingly diversified patterns of growth are emerging and different avenues are followed by industrial districts to face globalisation, more attention should be paid to industrial districts response to global competition. How global forces shape industrial districts in different ways? This research addresses the theme of the viability of industrial districts in dealing with dramatic changes in their competitive environment. By relying on a cross-national comparison and a mono-sectoral investigation of the footwear industry, this study attempts to shed the light on the formulae or recipes for both success and failure in two industrial districts - Montebelluna in Italy and Northampton in Britain. In particular, the interpretative lens provided should help to shed some light on the response of industrial districts to global competition, and should be especially valuable to scholars, managers, small firm owners, policy makers and anybody else who has an interest in globalisation and the challenges faced by industrial districts in sunset industries
Digital Innovation in Luxury Heritage Firms
Full text linkThis paper explores the implementation of digital innovation strategy by luxury heritage firms through the analysis of dynamic capabilities and organisational ambidexterity. It specifically demonstrates how Swiss luxury heritage watch maker Jaeger-LeCoultre (JLC) has been successful in gradually transforming its traditional business model by successfully implementing a digital innovation strategy based on mass customization. The findings show that ambidexterity is crucial for luxury heritage firms to exploit their distinctive competence base – their unique capabilities, their unique skills, their know-how that allow them to produce authentic products – and to explore innovative digital strategies in order to take advantage of new opportunities
Global work arrangements and talent management in the born-virtual organization: The case of Automattic
No full textInternational talent management has become a critically important topic for scholarly discussion, in policy debates, and among the business community. Despite this, however, research into talent management tends to lack theoretical underpinnings, especially from an international, multidisciplinary, and comparative perspective. This Research Handbook fills this gap, bringing together a range of leading researchers, scholars, and thinkers to debate and advance the conceptualization and understanding of this multifaceted subject.
With chapters covering key topics within multiple domains of management and organization studies, the Research Handbook of International Talent Management explores the topic in innovative entrepreneurial enterprises to international businesses. It also examines how talent management relates to sustainability and public management, providing in depth coverage of the field for an interdisciplinary approach to what is one of the grand contemporary challenges facing the global economy today.
This Research Handbook will be a vital resource for students of human resources management, business studies and public management policy, as well as for researchers with an interest in talent management, international management, and entrepreneurship and innovation
Innovation, institutions and cultures: Exploring the European context
No full textThe aim of this explorative study is to provide a systematic mapping of the most innovative
firms in Europe, in order to identify their distinctive local innovation dynamics
in terms of geographical, sectoral and cultural distribution. The research seeks to
assess whether innovation performance in Europe is “culture-specific”. From the
findings, it emerges that the most innovative clusters are the Nordic Cluster, the Anglo
Cluster and the Germanic Cluster. This supports the idea that innovation performance
is indeed “culture-specific”
A cross-national study of product-service systems in the fashion industry: Assessing consumers' propensity in Russia and Italy
No full textThe Relational Architecture of the Business Group: A Distinct Form of Governance Structure for Strategic Alliances
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