{"title":"Navigating Competition through Alliances: An Analysis of Toyota's Strategy in the Japanese Auto Industry","authors":"Ikujiro Y. Takeuchi","doi":"10.53819/81018102t4188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t4188","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed at examining Toyota's strategy of forming alliances to navigate competition in the Japanese auto industry. Utilizing data from 2000 to 2020, the study found that Toyota engaged in 17 strategic alliances, of which 65% were with other Japanese companies. Quantitative analysis showed that these alliances led to an average revenue increase of 8.7% and a market share growth of 5.1% for Toyota within three years of each alliance's initiation. Regression models confirmed that these alliances had a statistically significant positive impact on Toyota's overall market position (p < 0.05). The study employed a mixed-method approach, combining statistical analysis with in-depth case studies of three key alliances: partnerships with Panasonic for battery technology, with Suzuki for compact cars, and with SoftBank for mobility solutions. Interviews with senior executives revealed that these alliances were not just opportunistic but were deeply ingrained in Toyota's long-term competitive strategy. Thematic analysis of the interviews pointed towards objectives such as technology sharing, market penetration, and risk diversification as the primary motivations behind these alliances. The findings have significant implications for understanding the role of strategic alliances in competitive strategy, particularly in highly competitive and mature markets like the Japanese auto industry. They also add to the existing literature by demonstrating that such alliances can serve as a powerful tool for sustaining and even increasing market share in a challenging environment. The study thereby confirms the effectiveness of Toyota's alliance-based approach in maintaining its leadership position in the Japanese automotive market. Keywords: Strategic Alliances, Competitive Strategy, Toyota, Japanese Auto Industry, Market Share","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73109115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Innovation Management in U.S. Automobile Manufacturing: Electric Vehicles and Competitive Advantage","authors":"Michael W. Porters","doi":"10.53819/81018102t4189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t4189","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the role of strategic innovation management in the U.S. automobile manufacturing sector, focusing on the development and deployment of electric vehicles (EVs). Utilizing data from 2010 to 2020, the research sought to understand how innovation in electric vehicles contributed to competitive advantage among American manufacturers. Our analysis revealed that companies investing in EV technology experienced a 25% average increase in market share compared to those that did not. Moreover, investment in EV research and development correlated with a 30% rise in profitability over the same period. Companies like Tesla led the market, capturing 60% of the EV market share in the United States by 2020. Traditional manufacturers like General Motors and Ford were observed to gradually adapt to this trend, with GM committing to go fully electric by 2035. The study concluded that strategic innovation in electric vehicles was a critical factor for competitive advantage in the U.S. automobile manufacturing industry. Adoption of such strategies was found to be both environmentally sustainable and financially rewarding for companies willing to embrace this technological shift. Keywords: Strategic Innovation, U.S. Automobile Manufacturing, Electric Vehicles, Competitive Advantage, Market Share","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74941646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality Management Practices and Service Delivery: A Case of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa","authors":"Chai Teresia Wangari","doi":"10.53819/81018102t2187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t2187","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81157809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Transformational Leadership on Digital Innovation and Performance in Large Organizations","authors":"Ehud Gachugu","doi":"10.53819/81018102t2186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t2186","url":null,"abstract":"Transformational leadership is a leadership style that emphasizes the importance of inspiring and motivating employees to achieve a common goal. The role of transformational leadership on digital innovation in large organizations is critical. Transformational leaders are able to inspire and motivate their employees to embrace the digital innovation process. They are able to create a vision of the future that is compelling and inspiring. This paper sought to determine the role of transformational leadership on digital innovation and performance in large organizations. The paper adopted a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes. The study was conducted in large organizations. The study finds that role of transformational leadership on digital innovation and performance in large organizations is vital. Transformational leaders have the ability to inspire and motivate their followers to achieve common goals, and this is particularly important in the context of digital innovation and performance. The study concluded that digital innovation has become a critical aspect for large organizations to remain competitive in the rapidly evolving business landscape. As organizations continue to embrace digitalization, there is a growing need for transformational leadership to drive digital innovation initiatives successfully. The study recommends that leaders should develop a clear vision and strategy for digital innovation that is aligned with the organization's overall objectives. This should be clearly communicated to all stakeholders and employees. The leaders should foster a culture of innovation that encourages experimentation, risk-taking, and creativity. This can be achieved by promoting an environment that rewards new ideas and initiatives. Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Digital Innovation, Performance, Large Organizations","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135716808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ARE WE THERE OR DO WE HAVE MORE TO DO? METAVERSE IN FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS","authors":"Asmae El Jaouhari, Jabir Arif, Ashutosh Samadhiya, Ashok Kumar, Vaidotas Trinkūnas","doi":"10.3846/ijspm.2023.19516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2023.19516","url":null,"abstract":"Businesses are eager to adopt new technologies such as augmented reality, blockchain, extended reality, and artificial intelligence, among others, as they see beneficial applications for strategic empowerment. As one of the technological disruptions, metaverse has caught the attention of the larger business community and facility management (FM) sector. In a world where various virtual realities converge, the hyper-connected digital universe known as the metaverse has the potential to fundamentally alter how FM and business interactions are conducted in the future. More people are spending time conducting business online, increasing the metaverse’s potential. Businesses are also making significant investments in the development of metaverse techniques. This study reviews the current literature to comprehend how metaverse techniques have shaped the building blocks of FM by looking at 206 papers. There is currently a dearth of functional metaverse research. This article aims to provide a thorough analysis of the integration of metaverse techniques for facility management. The review reveals several opportunities for further research into the FM-metaverse ecosystem, including improving data interoperability, enhancing the precision of point cloud data for as-built models of existing facilities, and producing efficient virtual property database integration.","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84772519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aligning Strategic Intelligence and Graduate Employability: A Conceptual Review","authors":"D. O. Lawrence","doi":"10.53819/81018102t4178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t4178","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for scholars carrying out reviews of research that meet international standards for publication. Conceptualizing the factors that determine graduate employability and how it relates to strategic intelligence. A set of propositions are presented using three themes namely: strategic intelligence, career counselling and skill gap. This is primarily a conceptual paper focusing on the approach of performing systematic reviews. Nevertheless, the paper builds on a database of previously done research in graduate employability, career development, and strategic intelligence. The paper uses narrative examples from empirical reviews to further explain the parts of the conceptual framework drawing from theoretical frameworks of human capital theory and adaptive theory. The study also alludes to specific findings from previous research to demonstrate general trends in how the framework's main aspects have been used in exemplary reviews. The contribution of this paper is to emphasize the importance of students developing strategic intelligence in order to be employable. It is intended that this conceptual framework would give helpful methodological input in enhancing long-standing efforts in graduate employability, and career development discipline to progress knowledge in a more methodical and coherent manner. The paper reveals that foresight and environmental intelligence are proxies for strategic intelligence and when applied to career counselling, they will result in new capacity outcomes that are more suitable to the energy requirements and other sustainable green technologies via university career counsel partnerships with government and industry. It also revealed that, when a student can predict the direction of their desired industry, he or she can develop the necessary skill sets to be employable after graduation. Finally, it found out that the alignment of strategic intelligence and graduate employability helps in recruitment effectiveness and improves efficiency in the entire career ecosystem processes. Apart from undergraduates, the paper proposes a practical framework for universities, graduates, and industry to help produce employable personnel and entrepreneurs, as well as a set of requirements for maintaining employability in a career ecosystem. The paper contributes to theory by integrating strategic intelligence and graduate employability literature by recognizing shared characteristics of fast and continuous learning, as well as foresight. Thus this paper helps to bridge the gaps in respective research agendas. As a result, this research is unique in that it contributes to the advancement of human capital theory, graduate employability, and strategic intelligence. Keywords: Graduate Employability, Strategic Intelligence, Career Counselling, Skill Gap, Education for Sustainable Development","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74486662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corporate Parenting Strategies and Performance: A Conceptual Review","authors":"C. Adim, D. Emumena","doi":"10.47672/jsm.1530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47672/jsm.1530","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The success and performance of corporate entities heavily depend on the strategies adopted by their parent companies. This conceptual review aims to explore the relationship between corporate parenting strategies and organizational performance. Through a comprehensive analysis of existing literature, this review identifies and examines the key components of corporate parenting strategies that influence performance outcomes. The dimensions of corporate parenting are stand-alone influence, linkage influence, central functions and activities and corporate development influence. Performance is measured in terms of sales growth, product quality and innovativeness. \u0000Methodology: A desk research methodology is employed in reviewing extant literature on the conceptualized variables. \u0000Finding: From the review of literature, it is concluded that corporate parenting influences performance of subsidiaries. \u0000Recommendation: The paper recommends that an empirical study should be carried out using various variables in the conceptual model developed so as to test the validity of the concepts reviewed in this paper.","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80087143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HOW TO MAKE URBAN RENEWAL SUSTAINABLE? PATHWAY ANALYSIS BASED ON FUZZY-SET QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (FSQCA)","authors":"Yijing Huang, Wanyue Wei, Fernando A. F. Ferreira","doi":"10.3846/ijspm.2023.19352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2023.19352","url":null,"abstract":"Even though urban renewal has attracted much attention in recent years, relatively few studies focus on the sustainability of urban renewal projects, which is surprising given the associated economic benefits. To fill this gap, we review 31 typical cases of urban renewal in China that have existed for over 10 years and utilize fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to identify causal configurations that lead to a high level of stakeholder satisfaction. Our findings show that: (1) there are four antecedent configurations that lead to the sustainability of urban renewal of urban renewal (these are: ~ preservation of history and culture * differentiation * project reformation * ~ incremental innovation; ~ preservation of history and culture * differentiation * commercial publicity * incremental innovation; preservation of history and culture * commercial publicity * ~ project reformation * incremental innovation; and preservation of history and culture * differentiation * ~ commercial publicity * project reformation * incremental innovation); (2) compared with other conditions, differentiation and incremental innovation play more important roles in the sustainability of urban renewal; and (3) not only the improvement of the environment but also the operation and management of projects should be considered carefully. This paper contributes to urban renewal literature and offers practical suggestions for sustainable urban development.","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77764513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Controls and Organizational Performance in Rwanda. A Case of Duterimbere IMF PLC","authors":"","doi":"10.53819/81018102t3096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t3096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78762970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-Efficacy and Sustainability of Oil and Gas Companies in Nigeria","authors":"Sam Damiebi Achebelema","doi":"10.53819/81018102t4173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t4173","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the relationship between self-efficacy and sustainability of oil and gas companies in Nigeria. The study adopted the cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary source of data was generated through structured questionnaire. The population of the study was eleven (11) indigenous oil and gas companies quoted in Nigeria Exchange Group. The entire population was adopted as a census since the study population was small. Hence, the entire population of 11 indigenous oil and gas companies in Nigeria were adopted as a census. However, the respondents/ participants in the study were two hundred and sixty-four (264) Managers of the 11 indigenous oil and gas companies in Nigeria. The research instrument was validated by my supervisors vetting and approval while the reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between self- efficacy and sustainability of oil and gas companies in Nigeria. Based on the finding, the study concludes that self-efficacy correlates with economic, social and environmental sustainability respectively. Keyword: Self-Efficacy, Sustainability, Economic Sustainability, Social Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability","PeriodicalId":14424,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Property Management","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87012640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}