{"title":"The Influence of the Barriers of Hybrid Strategy on Strategic Competitive Priorities: Evidence from Oil Companies.","authors":"Alhamzah Alnoor, Khai Wah Khaw, XinYing Chew, Sammar Abbas, Zeeshan Zaib Khattak","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00335-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40171-022-00335-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the impact of the barrier of adopting hybrid strategy on strategic performance using the oil sector in Iraq as a case. International oil companies consider various strategies in order to achieve superior performance. The procedure needs to overcome certain essential barriers for the adoption of the hybrid strategy that combines the cost leadership and differentiation strategy. The questionnaire was distributed online due to the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the closure of companies in the country. Out of the 537 questionnaires answered, 483 were used for further analysis which yielded usable response rate of 90%. The structural equation modeling results confirmed that the high costs of technologies, the priority of other external matters, inadequate industry regulation, insufficient supply, organizational capabilities, strategic capabilities, and financial capabilities are significantly related to strategic performance. The researchers recommend conducting an in-depth study of the phenomenon based on theoretical and empirical foundations, especially considering the relationship between the barriers of a hybrid strategy and strategic performance based on linear and non-compensatory relationships. This research sheds light on the barriers to adopting the hybrid strategy required by the oil sector as it relies on continuous production.</p>","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"24 2","pages":"179-198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9812355/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10644416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novelty Score and Technological Relatedness Measurement Using Patent Information in Mergers and Acquisitions: Case Study in the Japanese Electric Motor Industry","authors":"Katsuyuki Kaneko, Y. Kajikawa","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00330-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00330-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"163 - 177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44669636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Multidimensional Information Management Framework for Strategic Digital Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Canada and Brazil","authors":"Alex Volnei Teixeira, D. Rezende","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00325-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00325-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"107-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42649858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Margherita Bernabei, M. Eugeni, P. Gaudenzi, F. Costantino
{"title":"Assessment of Smart Transformation in the Manufacturing Process of Aerospace Components Through a Data-Driven Approach","authors":"Margherita Bernabei, M. Eugeni, P. Gaudenzi, F. Costantino","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00328-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00328-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"67-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42813954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovation in Agriculture Financing Using Inter-Organizational Governance Flexibility: Case Study of an Agriculture Value Chain Financier in India","authors":"S. Shankar","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00331-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00331-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"65 - 75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48235106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CEO Transformational Leadership, Supply Chain Agility and Firm Performance: A TISM Modeling among SMEs","authors":"H. M. Prabhu, A. Srivastava","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00323-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00323-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"51-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41619688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Y. Sánchez-García, Juan E. Núñez-Ríos, Carlos López-Hernández, Alejandro Rodríguez-Magaña
{"title":"Modeling Organizational Resilience in SMEs: A System Dynamics Approach","authors":"J. Y. Sánchez-García, Juan E. Núñez-Ríos, Carlos López-Hernández, Alejandro Rodríguez-Magaña","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00322-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00322-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"29-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48585081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Leader’s Behavioural Flexibility on Intra- and Inter-organizational Governance Flexibility","authors":"Priyanka Jaiswal","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00314-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00314-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"29 - 38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43430833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adoption of Battery Management System in Utility Grid: An Empirical Study Using Structural Equation Modeling","authors":"Laxmi Gupta, R. Shankar","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00319-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00319-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"573-596"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42119000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling Enterprise Flexibility and Competitiveness for Indian Pharmaceutical Firms: A Qualitative Study","authors":"Mohammad Asim, S. Nasim","doi":"10.1007/s40171-022-00318-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-022-00318-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34933,"journal":{"name":"Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"551 - 571"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45584599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}