Proposing a strategic transformation model for universities (Case study: A public university) by Zahra Bagheri, Seyed Javad Hosseininezhad, Nasser Safaie

“…Also, the environment of change, competitors, and effective communication with the industry are influenced by different factors and do not affect other factors.Originality/value: Traditional management and leadership methods lack effectiveness in today's changing and dynamic conditions. …”
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A New Class of Heavy-Tailed Distributions: Modeling and Simulating Actuarial Measures by Jin Zhao, Zubair Ahmad, Eisa Mahmoudi, E. H. Hafez, Marwa M. Mohie El-Din

“…Finally, an application to the insurance loss dataset is analyzed, which revealed that the proposed distribution is a superior model among the competitors and could potentially be very adequate in describing and modeling actuarial and financial data.…”
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Fake news and the political economy of the media: A perspective of Ghanaian journalists by Paul Achonga Kabah Kwode, Nkosinathi Selekane

“…With several of the country's media owned by politicians or persons with a vested interest in politics, it became a practice for players to utilise fake news as a propaganda tool to outwit their competitors through the media. For these architects to fully achieve their goal, social media and affiliated mainstream media were used as instruments to propagate fabricated content against their opponents, especially during the 2020 general elections. …”
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A Reliability Check of Privilege Summaries Printed by Balthasar Moretus I (1610-1641) by Kristof Selleslach

“…For publishers in the Habsburg Netherlands, printed summaries represented the most accessible source of information about their competitors’ privileges. The same applies to present-day scholars. …”
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Digital transformation of the Russian media business in the face of uncertainty by A. M. Druzhinin

“…The factors, under which the organisation avoids risky experiments in management of media production, have been highlighted.It has been concluded that modern media players have to adapt to changing environmental conditions faster than their competitors, and the adaptation process is the basis for developing a competitive advantage in the market. …”
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Plant Trait Composition in Lowland Calcareous and Acidic Semi-Dry Grasslands by Sonja Škornik

“…Calcareous grasslands hosted more competitors, plants with leafy stems and plants with perennial main roots. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF TEA LOCAL COMPANY THROUGH BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY by Akbar Daffa Raharja, Roaida Yanti, Qurtubi, Rahma Fariza

“…This strategy method offers a concept for companies looking for new areas that have not been entered by competitors. The purpose of this study is to find out and explain the external and internal environment through SWOT analysis, how to apply the Blue Ocean Strategy in increasing sales, and excel in compete so that it can be applied to the smooth running of the business in the future. …”
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Converting tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge in organisations by M.M. Hugo-Burrows

“…But it is precisely the tacit knowledge that often delivers a sustainable competitive advantage, as it is this part that competitors have difficulty in replicating. Many organisations are realizing that they must explicitly manage their knowledge resources and capabilities, and they have initiated a range of knowledge management programmes. …”
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The effect of absorptive capacity on the financial performance of Brazilian and Portuguese companies in a low technological intensity sector by Juliane Laviniki, Claudionor Guedes Laimer, Carlos Rodrigues, João Lourenço Marques

“…In this way, the use of information and knowledge can provide companies with higher performance before its competitors. Thus, this study seeks to verify the effect of absorptive capacity (ACAP) on the financial performance of Brazilian and Portuguese companies that operate in low technological intensity sectors. …”
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The role of digital technologies in increasing the competitiveness of branded products by N. V. Kokoreva, S. A. Silina

“…The results of the analysis allowed us to draw the following conclusions: companies, when forming competitive advantages with the help of digital tools, need to develop purposefully comprehensive digitalisation programs, and not be limited to the implementation of short-term projects for the introduction of a particular technology; identify and implement a strategy for creating value for consumers that would be inaccessible to competitors; coordinate the resources and efforts available to the organization in terms of the formation of digital competencies of employees.…”
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The Competitiveness of the Indonesian Furniture Industry in Global Trade: A Comparative Study with Vietnam by Muhammad Haidar Daulay, Emma Soraya, Ahmad Maryudi

“…Therefore, this research aimed to determine the competitiveness of the Indonesian furniture industry in terms of marketing by making a comparison with Vietnam due to being one of Indonesia's main competitors in the furniture trade for decades. This research employed a literature study to collect data and an integrated comparative analysis using the 5P mixed market framework of position, product, place, promotion, and price. …”
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The importance of product innovation in maintaining a competitive advantage by Ahmed Saeed Sarkar, Omer Mohammed Hazhar, Amjad Muhamed Rawa, Fayaq Othman Rezhwan

“…Companies can differentiate themselves from competitors by constantly improving, introducing new products, and appealing to customers. …”
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مواقع التواصل الاجتماعیة الأکادیمیة by ایمان على سعد, د. خالد عبد الفتاح محمد Mohamed, د. اسماعیل رجب غریب Ghareeb

“…The research deals with the definition of social networking sites foracademic purposes, the date of their launch, the intellectual production ofacademic communication sites, the need to use them, the dangers of using them,and the exclusion of the most popular social networking sites.(1) Research Gate, founded in 2008 in Berlin by Ijad Madisch, HorstFickenscher, and Sören Hofmayer, (2) the site of Academia.edu, which wasfounded in 2008 in San Francisco by Richard Price, (3) Mendeley, founded in2007 by three German doctoral students; and (4) the Zotero site, launched in2006.The study pointed out that it is advantageous to use social networkingsites for academics Such as: sharing and discovering sources, supportingcooperation, developing identity and self, and communication.The risk of using it to researchers: wasting time, lack of enough activeusers, inefficient use, and lack of digital identity management.The risk of using it on institutions: the spread of knowledge that can beused badly by competitors, and lack of control over the reputation of institutions.Finally, the study pointed to the existence of two views on the relationshipbetween the use of social networking sites and academic achievement: The firstpoint of view: confirms that the relationship is negative between social networkingsites and academic achievement, and the second view assumes a positiverelationship between them.…”
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French Сolonizers on “Other” Сolonizers: Britain and Germany in Narratives of Paul Leroy‑Beaulieu and Jules Ferry by Taisiia M. Demicheva

“…Thus, France’s main competitors were presented in very different ways: Great Britain as an equal rival, and Germany as a petty, suddenly appeared opponent, from whom one could not know what to expect.…”
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Leading the way – presence of brown bear Ursus arctos, lynx Lynx lynx and grey wolf Canis lupus underlines the integrity and corridor function of the upper Neretva Valley in Bosnia... by Manuela Habe

“…Based on information from local practitioners, the main threats to large carnivores are hunting pressure and a negative perception as competitors. A likely decline in habitat quality and fragmentation, due to the planned hydropower plants expansion and logging activities, exacerbate these threats. …”
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Digitalisation as a competitive advantage of Rosatom State Corporation by V. V. Degtyareva, D. A. Murzintseva

“…The purpose of the study is to identify the digital competitive advantages of Rosatom and analyse global competitors. The main prospects and trends in the development of the state corporation have been identified. …”
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RETAIL MARKETING STRATEGIES AND INNOVATIONS IN THE PRACTICE OF A RETAIL CHAIN by Jakub Berčík, Jana Gálová, Elena Horska

“…In the domestic market which is torn by strong multinational competitors, our retailers are able to ensure the right timing and adjusting marketing only by forming alliances such as COOP Jednota Slovakia. …”
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STRATEGI PEMASARAN AGROINDUSTRI KERIPIK TEMPE DI DESA BULUH RAMPAI KECAMATAN SEBERIDA KABUPATEN INDRAGIRI HULU (Studi Kasus Agroindustri Keripik Tempe Dua Putri Mbak Siti) by NIRMALA SARI, EVY MAHARANI, SHOREA KHASWARINA

“…External factors include: Opportunities: products already well known, a product that can compete with similar products, the market is still wide open, the exhibition and promotion opportunities. Threat; Many competitors of similar products, the market demand fluctuates, and the limitations of market information and for marketing strategies Dua Putritempechips agroindustry is to maintain existing markets and seek new markets including exhibition, the exhibition is there to improve their skills in providing products with flavor worth nutrition, make packaging more attractive in order to reach the marketing of products inside and outside the district, improve the taste and quality and maximize promotion, looking for alternative marketing channels. …”
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Private Damages Actions in EU Competition Law and Restorative Justice: Towards a New Streamlined Institutional Framework? by Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel

“…Coupled with deterrence-focused public enforcement, the European Union has taken a necessary and welcomed step towards enhancing justice for all those individuals and competitors damaged by competition law infringements. …”
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Sociétés chorales et Renaissance de la musique anglaise, 1840-1910 by Gilles Couderc

“…Paradoxically, the Renaissance of English music in the late 19th century benefited from the craze for choral singing but also somehow triggered its demise when native composers, who had assimilated the lessons of their foreign competitors and raised their standards of composition, required more from their amateur choristers, gradually forced to give up in favour of professionals, increasing the gap between popular and high brow culture.…”
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