Strategic Theory Research Articles

La Nueva Teoría Estratégica (NTE) de la Comunicación como modelo para la construcción de una estrategia de Vinculación con el Medio (VcM) en dos instituciones de educación superior del sur de Chile

En este artículo se analizan y comparan las estrategias de Vinculación con el Medio (VcM) de dos universidades del sur de Chile: Inacap sede Coyhaique y Universidad del Bío Bío. El acercamiento al objeto de estudio se realiza desde el enfoque de la Nueva Teoría Estratégica (NTE) de la Comunicación, que revela aprendizajes significativos y que contribuye a optimizar tanto las áreas de VcM como de comunicaciones al interior de las Instituciones de Educación Superior (IES) bajo estudio. Preliminarmente hay un trabajo que profundiza y aclara aspectos que, a la luz de la Nueva Teoría Estratégica de la Comunicación, se aplican al estudio comparativo, para finalizar con los principales hallazgos y conclusiones.

Environmental Issues of Livestock Production in Developing Countries: Need for Government Intervention Using the Truck Based Approach

Globally, the natural environment faces a range of unprecedented challenges which are require a well-structured strategic approach in solving it. One of these challenges is the ever-increasing greenhouse gas emission. Currently majority of our daily activities directly or indirectly contributes to greenhouse gas emission. An effort was taken to understand better the principal function of livestock production in the pollution of the natural environment and to ascertain mitigation policies to curb the effects on human life.Theories such as the Enforcement Strategic Theory, Utilitarian Commitment Theory, Deterrence Theory, and the Social factors Commitment Based theory were used in this study. Already processed statistics, policy strategies, laws in economics as well as authors intuitive proposals and ideas were used in this study. It was ascertained that population growth, fluctuating economies, food preferences, and urbanization had imposed pressure on livestock production and the agricultural sector, thereby leading to the release of odor, ammonia, pathogens, excess phosphorus and nitrogen harming the natural environment and also contribute to greenhouse gas emission. A more significant proportion of the growth in crop production is anticipated because of a rise in the demand for livestock feed. It was found that most livestock farmers do not have a well-regulated operation in most developing countries. To reduce or eliminate these effects, the “truck-based approach” was therefore propounded and proposed to enhance the smooth movement of the livestock droppings to either the crop farm or to the processing house or to the storage room to reduce or prevent unnecessary dumping. Keywords: Livestock Production, Environmental Issues, Green House Gas, Truck Based Approach, Government Regulation, and Developing Countries. DOI: 10.7176/JBAH/10-22-04 Publication date: November 30 th 2020

The Effect of Visual Merchandising, Store Atmosphere, and Emotional Response on Impulsive Purchases

This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of visual merchandising and store atmosphere on emotional response and its impact on impulsive buying. The population uses non-probability techniques using judgmental sampling. The sample consisted of 130 consumers of Mimi Kado. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression and the T test. The results showed that visual merchandising has a positive and significant effect on the emotional response of Mimi Kado visitors with a beta coefficient value of 0.219 and t value (2,387)> t table (1,978), shop atmosphere. has a positive and significant effect on the emotional response of Mimi Kado visitors with a beta coefficient value of 0.431 and a value of t count (4.699)> t table (1.978), emotional response has a positive and significant effect on impulsive buying of Mimi Kado visitors with a beta coefficient value of 0.450 and a value of t arithmetic (5.703)> t table (1.978). So it can be suggested the following: take more samples in order to represent perceptions more broadly, take data during peak season, understand priorities in doing research, use the same model but with different research objects, pay attention to linking an indicator with strategic theory , Doing with a planned time and with attention to the respondents only those who have visited and made transactions.

INTEREST RATE LIBERALIZATION TO BANK’S RISK RESISTANCE: MODERATOR OF STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND MEDIATOR OF MONETARY POLICY TRANSMISSION

Purpose: Most prior studies on interest rate liberalization focused on banking system reforms and technological reforms, as well as liberalization’s impact on the profitability of commercial banks. Rarely considered were the effects of monetary policy or management’s leadership ability. This paper aims to investigate the influence of these two missing aspects and to explore whether or not such liberalization has had any influence on commercial banks’ risk resistance capacity and, if so, to identify the nature of that influence.
 Methodology: This article considers 18 commercial banks in China, operating from 2003 to 2018. Analyses include descriptive statistics, the Sobel test, the ADF stationarity test, and the VAR model co-integration test.
 Main Findings: Our results show that China’s interest rate marketization reform has a net positive effect on reducing bank risk, despite the new risks created by reform. Commercial bank anti-risk capabilities were also found to be improved both by China's monetary policy transmission for interest rate liberalization and by the strategic leadership capabilities of individual bank managers.
 Results: Based on these research results, this article encourages the Chinese government to strengthen appropriate laws and regulations to reduce the bankruptcy risk of commercial banks during interest rate liberalization. Commercial banks should build competent risk management teams with the ability to anticipate risks to allow their banks to better resist the disadvantages of interest rate liberalization reforms.
 Application: Based on these research results, this article can provide insights for the Chinese government, showing that appropriate laws and regulations should be strengthened to reduce the risk of bankruptcy that commercial banks may face as a consequence of interest rate liberalization.
 Originality/Value: This paper contributes to the theory of interest rate liberalization and anti-risk capability of commercial banks, by conceptualizing new constructs from strategic leadership and monetary policy transmission theory. It finds that market-oriented rate reform has increased interest rate risk and complicated the term structure. Commercial banks should, therefore, improve their operational management capabilities and optimize their internal governance decision-making mechanisms.

Strategic Culture

Patrick Hinton pits the concept of an international rules-based order against a more nuanced reality. Employing a framework based on strategic culture theory, this article argues that states behave in ways predicated on their history and lived experience. This must first be acknowledged before states’ actions can be understood.◼

The visual politics of the 2015 Iran deal: narrative, image and verification

This article explores the role of visuality and narrative in the forging of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the United Nations Security Council P5 + 1. We advance strategic narrative theory by explaining how narrative alignment between longstanding antagonists can occur through protagonists’ coordination of communication – a methodology of orchestration – across public and private spaces of diplomacy. Analysis of news, policy and social media materials as well as interviews with protagonists allows us to trace the gestures and performances through which actors sought to reinforce or overcome an identity narrative of Iran as untrustworthy and dangerous. We draw on Foucault’s concept of alethurgy to show how verification mechanisms were constructed to ensure Iran’s actions (if not its intentions) could be brought into public view. US and Iranian leaders’ political will was significant, and sanctions and sabotage exerted considerable pressure on Iran. This article demonstrates how communication can enable alignment and peace-making rather than confusion and conflict in world affairs.

“vago, longínquo, mas pontual como sempre”: um breve olhar sobre a ensaística joyciana

O presente artigo visa a apresentar de forma sucinta algumas das principais características da produção ensaística do autor irlandês James Joyce. Muito celebrado por sua produção ficcional, Joyce apresenta, em seus ensaios, uma faceta menos conhecida de sua obra, principalmente no Brasil. A publicação, em 2012, do volume De santos e sábios mudou consideravelmente esse panorama. Trata-se da tradução para o português de 57 textos não-ficcionais escritos por Joyce realizada por um grupo de estudiosos brasileiros da obra joyciana. Quatro ensaios presentes na coletânea são abordados neste artigo com dois propósitos que se complementam. Primeiramente, espera-se demonstrar que existe de fato uma relação intrínseca entre temas, noções e ideias que são tratados nessa parcela da produção de Joyce e o ‘projeto’ da obra joyciana como um todo, como defende Caetano Galindo. Para tanto, demonstram-se vinculações existentes entre os ensaios de Joyce e suas produções ficcional e epistolar. Por outro lado, os quatro ensaios serão também abordados para ilustrar os três principais aspectos da ensaística joyciana elencados por Kevin Barry: a política do jornalismo de Joyce; a estratégica teoria da arte de Joyce; e a análise de Joyce da história cultural irlandesa.

A text mining-based review of the literature on dynamic capabilities perspective in information systems research

PurposeWhile the dynamic capabilities perspective is the most cited strategic theory in the information systems field of research, little effort has been made to review and integrate the associate literature of this perspective in the field. Accordingly, this paper aims to systematically analyze the information systems literature on dynamic capabilities and provide a holistic understanding of the topical composition and trend of dynamic capabilities studies in information systems research.Design/methodology/approachUsing latent Dirichlet allocation as the text analysis algorithm, the author conducted a topic modeling of the dynamic capabilities corpus in the information systems field of research to quantitatively review, summarize and classify the prior literature. The review covered 191 articles published on dynamic capabilities between 1998 and 2018 in pioneering information systems journals and conference proceedings.FindingsIn accordance with the topic modeling results, the topical composition of the dynamic capabilities corpus in information systems research dominantly includes seven themes titled T1. Information systems value, T2. Information systems change, T3. Digitalization, T4. Information systems agility, T5. Big data, T6. Information systems innovation and T7. Information systems alignment. Also, the overall and topical trend of dynamic capabilities studies in the information systems field of research were revealed. The trends indicated that the investigated domain and its prominent sub-domains have generally had positive productivity over the past years.Originality/valueThe current study contributes to the domain by developing knowledge and improving literature on dynamic capabilities in information systems research, discovering the main topics of interest for information systems researchers to deploying the dynamic capabilities perspective in their studies, and prioritizing the future information systems research on dynamic capabilities based on the identified trends of topics.

Persuasive or Pipe Dream? The Potential Influence of the Feminist Judgments Project on Future Judical Decision Making

Abstract The Feminist Judgments Project (“FJP” or the “Project”) rewrites existing judicial opinions from a feminist perspective. This article explores whether and how the FJP's alternative jurisprudence can influence future legal decisions. The FJP seeks to change the law by revealing unconscious bias and opening judicial minds to previously unknown perspectives - a method that draws on psychological theories of decision making such as cultural cognition. This article takes a different approach and evaluates the FJP using theories from political science. In light of the increasingly conservative judiciary and the Republican administration, the attitudinal and strategic theories of decision making would give the FJP little prospect of actually influencing the law. Thus, this article focuses on historical institutionalism to present a theoretical explanation for why and how the FJP's re-envisioned law could possibly persuade the judiciary. Specifically, the article examines the degree to which the FJP draws on social facts highlighted by the #MeToo and LGBTQ rights movements and whether the Project thereby creates the conditions for social construction and resultant legal change. It also uses theories on displacement to present a critique of the FJP's more radical re-writes and points to the more moderate approach of ideational salience amplification as effective. Ultimately, it concludes that the FJP's path of persuasion is somewhat narrow and limited, but possible.

Pursuing justice or protecting local firms? Shenzhen courts move beyond judicial local protectionism

Emerging economies represent a vivid market for firms worldwide who are massively investing in R&D. This tendency is generating an increase in the number of intellectual property (IP) registrations and is expanding the markets for IP. However, emerging economies tend to show unfair judicial systems, being unable to ensure IP rights protection, and to allow companies to benefit from their inventions. China is one of the most important emerging economies, and both domestic and foreign companies are investing a considerable amount of money in R&D and IP activities, especially in innovative cities such as Shenzhen. In this study, we aim to investigate whether the Chinese judicial system, using the city of Shenzhen as our empirical context, is fair in protecting IP rights. We use data about IP litigations from 2014 to 2016, targeting the three most relevant outcomes: settlement, judgment, and the amount of damage awards recognized by the court. The study shows no evidence that Shenzhen courts rule in favor of local firms, and the findings show consistency regarding settlement, the winning probability in judgment, and amount of damage awards. Accordingly, we derive managerial implications demonstrating that Shenzhen is a very international arena and firms act following the classic strategic theories of innovation appropriation.

People’s Conception about Revenue-Expenditures and Governmental Accounting Procedure in Bangladesh: A Strategic Way Forward and Philosophical Analysis

At Present governmental policy making emphasizes what departments produce rather than on what they have available to spend. The study helps in developing a theoretical framework of accrual-based governmental accounting systems in Bangladesh. It also helps to conceptualize accounting information used by the politicians (users of information) and public financial managers/civil servants (producer of information). As the people of the country are the owners of public money, the government and the civil servants have some responsibility to ensure welfare to the citizenry at all levels by effective utilizing of the money. For developing the theory exploratory research has been conducted. To reach the result descriptive statistical techniques were applied to analyze on thirty respondents who are directly/indirectly practitioner/service receivers of governmental accounting information systems operating in Bangladesh. In conducting this research twenty structured ‘Yes”/’No” simple dichotomous questionnaires were used to measure people’s philosophy about taxation and accounting in Bangladesh to develop a strategic theory of the subject. This is done because all of the laws and regulations in the parliament of Bangladesh have been passed through a “yes”/”no” oral votes basis. The outcomes of the research will help the citizenry, the government, and other stakeholders for setting their services providing and revenues generation agenda, policy formulation, financial decision analysis, implementation, and performance evaluation of the government functions by department, ministries, local self-government, and many other components units.

La organizaci�n desde las teor�as de la comunicaci�n. Entre tradiciones y met�foras

El objetivo de este texto es explorar las aportaciones que la teor�a de la comunicaci�n humana puede hacer al estudio de las organizaciones. Para ellos utilizamos el m�todo siguiente: la definici�n de organizaci�n en lo general desde los niveles de la comunicaci�n humana, la explicaci�n de la relaci�n comunicaci�n-organizaci�n desde las tradiciones de la comunicaci�n acad�mica definidas por Robert Craig y luego comentadas por Littlejohn, Foss. En la segunda parte examinamos algunas de las met�foras convencionales para definir las organizaciones y, desde ellas, analizamos el concepto de comunicaci�n. Finalmente, dentro del espectro existente de teor�as aplicadas resumimos la teor�a estrat�gica de Sandra Massoni, quien de alguna manera parte de una idea de comunicaci�n organizacional como meta-comunicaci�n.

The effects of industry dynamism, firm size, and ownership on HR strategic integration in China

HR strategic integration is a key factor reflecting the strategic use of human resources for competitive advantage. It has been argued that the changing business environmental factors such as industry conditions, institutional factors and organizational characteristics drive the emergence of HR strategic integration. However, empirical evidence about the environment factors and HR strategic integration relationship in China is inconsistent, which might be attributed to methodological and theoretical considerations. To address these issues, we draw on strategic tripod theory and employ a multi-source (combining HR managers’ subjective evaluations and Statistical Yearbook objective data), time-lagged (across three years), and multi-level research design to examine the environmental factors and the HR–strategic integration relationship. We explore the main and interactive effects of three key environmental variables (industry dynamism, firm size, and firm ownership) on HR strategic integration. We find that three-way interactions of environmental variables are more effective in explaining the relationship between context and HR strategic integration than are two-way interactions and main effects. Our study contributes to the HRM and strategy management literature.

A game theory analysis of China’s maritime cross-border insolvency policy: from the perspective of Hanjin shipping’s bankruptcy case

ABSTRACT Financial difficulties experienced within the shipping industry have caused an increasing number of maritime cross-border insolvencies. The UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (the Model Law) is designed to assist countries in equipping their insolvency laws with a modern framework that more effectively addresses cross-border insolvency proceedings. This paper discusses whether China should adopt the Model Law, using the method of strategic game theory based on the Hanjin Bankruptcy case. Our results show that, from the perspective of a mathematical evaluation, China should not adopt the Model Law, since Hanjin declared bankruptcy with South Korea’s adoption already having taken place. Even if the Model Law is adopted, its application in China will be very limited due to the structure of Chinese shipping enterprises.

Measuring the success of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: findings on the strategic and tactical outcomes of the uses of terrorism

The study establishes the degree to which terrorist organisations are successful in achieving their stated goals and objectives. The analysis is undertaken within the framework of the strategic actor theory, which argues that terrorist organisations are rational actors that undertake a series of calculated actions towards the achievement of predetermined goals. The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) methodology, borrowed from the discipline of Management, was used as the analytical framework to measure the performance of the Islamic State. The study notes that the Islamic State's ideology and brand continue to attract sympathisers, but the organisation has lost significant territory, financial resources, and the ability to carry out terrorist attacks that produce mass casualties. This has undermined the attainment of its key goals of spreading radical Islam worldwide and establishing a caliphate in the Levant.

Modeling of production processes in rural areas: management and development effectiveness

In the modern economy, the process of studying independent and alternative approaches to studying a business (organization) is happening more and more. Such alternative approaches of today include: “neoclassical theory”, “theory of transaction costs” (theory of specific assets), “theory of incomplete contracts” (theory of property rights), and also “agent theory” (theory of incentives). Such integrated systems and approaches of economics and management as “resource theory”, “knowledge theory”, “strategic theory”, “entrepreneurial theory”, “network theory”, “theory of resource dependence”, “theory of institutional isomorphism”, “theory of situational choice", "The theory of strategic choice" is currently promising and relevant. The article discusses the basic model of neoclassical theory. The main superiority of this theory is expressed in the fact that it predetermines the technological component as a whole as an economy in the broad sense of the understanding and depends on the scale of activity of the economic entity. Moreover, this theory provides for the reflection of savings in the activities of an economic entity, taking into account the scale of activity and business processes (factors) that characterize the volume of production and turnover of organizations. In the framework of the approach under consideration, a certain macrostructure is determined that incurs costs of economic resources: fixed assets, the number of employees that affect the turnover of organizations. The rational management task that the Udmurt Republic encounters is to determine the forecast for the turnover of organizations for given resources and in calculating the fixed assets necessary for its value and the number of employees. It was revealed that the rural economy of Udmurtia has a negligible effect on the scale of resources, since with a simultaneous increase in labor and capital by 1%, the turnover of organizations increases by 1.82%, and the final product is most dependent on the state of the workforce, as the current state the equipment used is in critical condition in terms of wear and efficiency.

유엔군사령부 재활성화에 따른 대응방안 연구 : 전략적 삼각관계를 중심으로

본 연구의 목적은 한반도 평화체제를 구축하는 과정에서 주한유엔군사령부 위상과 역할변화를 검토해 보고, 바람직한 정책적 대안을 세워보는데 있다. 이를 위하여 1953년 7월 27일 정전협정에 서명주체로 참여하였던 미국과 중국, 북한 등이 전략적 삼각관계를 형성한다는 이론적 모델을 설정하였다. 전략적 삼각관계의 관점에서 보면 미국과 중국, 북한 등이 안정적 결혼 낭만적 삼각관계 3자 동거 낭만적 삼각관계 등 순으로 삼각관계를 맺어왔다. 미국은 2006년 한국과 전시작전통제권 전환 논의를 계기로 유엔사 재활성화를 추진하였고, 한국은 해당 논의를 연기하거나 꺼리는 경향을 보였다. 이에 따라 한국은 한미동맹을 우선적으로 고려해 미국의 유엔사 재활성화 정책에 편승해 가칭 ‘한미 워킹그룹’을 결성해야 한다. 한국은 워킹그룹을 통해 유엔사에서 소재국(host state) 위상 정립과 유엔사와 주둔군지위협정(SOFA) 체결, 유엔사 의사결정기구 참여 등을 위해 외교적 역량을 강화해야 한다는 결론에 도달하였다.

Strategic Leadership to Prevent Corruption in Indonesia

In the General Explanation of the 2002 KPK Law, it states: Increased corruption unhindered creates disasters, not only for the national economy, but also for national and state life in general. Extensive and systematic corruption is also a violation of the social and economic rights of the community and, therefore, corruption can no longer be classified as an ordinary crime, but rather as an extraordinary crime. By any standard, Indonesia's corruption level is high. There are indications that since the fall of Suharto, overall corruption has actually increased. Regional autonomy is generally blamed for dispersing power to regional officials, many of whom are expected to exploit their offices for personal gain.
 This study uses a qualitative analysis approach that aims to analyze strategic leadership to prevent corruption in Indonesia, using Hughes's strategic leadership theory as an analysis tool.
 The results of this study are: (1) good governance requires transparency in the management of regional development using the budget originating from the APBN (state budget) and APBD (local budget); (2) strategic leaders always encourage the creation of clean bureaucracy; Organizational principles are encouraged to prohibit illegal actions against the internal environment and, in particular, external organizations will have an impact in the long term and grow the organization to be healthier; and (3) a strategic leader in running an organization must hold fast to the principle of legality and anti-corruption.
 Keywords: corruption, strategic leadership.

The Impact of Product Category Lifecycle and Marketing Capabilities on New Product Performance: the Mediating Role of Marketing Program Planning and Launch Proficiency

Theory underlines the role of new product development for company survival and success. However, the success rates of new products launches are always at underwhelming levels. Practical wisdom shows that new product performance is the outcome of both controllable, internal factors and external, uncontrollable factors. The authors contrast the role of product category lifecycle as an external factor and of marketing capabilities as an internal factor, to find the balance between these two determinants. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to compare the impact of both types of factors on launch proficiency and further product growth. We apply PLS-SEM on a sample of 213 Mexican firms to test a theoretical model grounded on resource-advantage theory and strategic choice theory. Results show that both determinants are significant, but marketing capabilities exert a much stronger influence on new product performance. The relationship between marketing capabilities and unique product performance is mediated by marketing program planning. In contrast, the relationship between product category lifecycle and new product performance is mediated by launch proficiency. In this context, marketing program planning efficiency represents the mid-term and long-term quality of strategic marketing. At the same time, the overall launch proficiency reflects the short-term ability of the company to launch new products. From the perspective of strategic choice theory, the results of our study reinforce the importance of a successful launch for the short-term and mid-term new product performance. Besides, our empirical research finds that product category lifecycle strengthens the positive relationship between marketing program planning and unique product performance. This makes marketing program planning more critical for new product performance as the product category matures. From a managerial standpoint, our findings dismiss the uncontrollable market forces as the main reason for new product failures. We show that new product failures are most often caused by the marketing manager’s inability to devise an appropriate marketing plan. The paper also contributes to the literature of resource-advantage theory by providing compelling evidence regarding the foremost importance of marketing capabilities for new product success. Our findings also emphasize the essential role of launch proficiency in further product success, as it is difficult to recover from an early product failure. In practical terms, managers are advised not to postpone new product launches under the «bad timing» argument. Keywords launch proficiency, marketing capabilities, marketing program planning, new product performance, product lifecycle.

Parcerias intersetoriais estratégicas para o desenvolvimento urbano sustentável: proposição de um modelo conceitual

Esta pesquisa propõe-se a analisar as possibilidades de relações entre as teorias de liderança estratégica e as parcerias intersetoriais aplicadas no contexto da sustentabilidade urbana. As temáticas pesquisadas são sintetizadas em forma de princípios gerais, criando um modelo conceitual que fornece temas-chave e que subsidia lideranças urbanas para que atuem na temática da sustentabilidade como articuladores entre os setores público e privado e sociedade civil. Procedeu-se à revisão de literatura dos temas de sustentabilidade urbana, parcerias intersetoriais, liderança e abordagem estratégica. Com essa pesquisa, identificou-se que parcerias intersetoriais organizadas de forma estratégica podem contribuir significativamente para que as cidades obtenham êxito na inserção da temática da sustentabilidade urbana em suas práticas de desenvolvimento. É possível inferir que o modelo proposto pode ser aplicado tanto em cidades brasileiras quanto na comunidade internacional para a promoção do desenvolvimento urbano sustentável.