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Electrically Readable Lateral Flow Assay Using Organic Transistors for Diagnostic Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Electrolyte‐gated organic field‐effect transistors (EGOFETs) are integrated with lateral flow (LF) paper fluidics to create a reusable, portable, and low‐cost point‐of‐care (PoC) diagnostic test. The devices are validated for Human Immunoglobulin G detection, achieving high sensitivity (0.1 fm), selectivity, and reproducibility with rapid results in 20–
María Jesús Ortiz‐Aguayo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable competitive advantage or temporary competitive advantage

Journal of Strategy and Management, 2008
PurposeCompetitive advantage is an important construct in the strategy discipline. The purpose of this paper is to explore an appropriate definition of competitive advantage, seek to identify sources of competitive advantage for firms and improve understanding of why in many industries for many firms competitive advantage is only a temporary outcome ...
exaly   +2 more sources

The Competitive Advantage of Seaports [PDF]

open access: possibleInternational journal of maritime economics, 2000
This article aims to identify empirically the most important location advantages determining the port of Antwerp's competitive position for containers and conventional cargo as compared to its main rivals in the Hamburg-Le Havre range. A conceptual framework is developed for analysing the competitiveness of seaports, based on an extended version of ...
Haezendonck, Elvira   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Competitive Advantage

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of competitive advantage in the relationship between managerial competence and financial performance of commercial banks in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional ...
Andrew C. Wicks, Jenny Mead
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Brokers and Competitive Advantage

Management Science, 2007
The broker profits by intermediating between two (or more) parties. Using a biform game, we examine whether such a position can confer a competitive advantage, as well as whether any such advantage could persist if actors formed relations strategically.
Michael D. Ryall, Olav Sorenson
openaire   +2 more sources

The Competitive Advantage of Honesty

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
We theoretically and experimentally study the influence of producers’ honesty on consumers’ purchasing decisions. In a competitive market, producers can save wage costs by lying to their workers. Our treatments vary consumers’ observability of within-firm honesty. We show that when producers’ honesty is fully transparent, honesty provides a competitive
Mark Pigors, Bettina Rockenbach
openaire   +1 more source

From Temporary Competitive Advantage to Sustainable Competitive Advantage

British Journal of Management, 2015
Both industrial organization theory (IO) and the resource‐based view of the firm (RBV) have advanced our understanding of the antecedents of competitive advantage but few have attempted to verify the outcome variables of competitive advantage and the persistence of such outcome variables. Here by integrating both IO and RBV perspectives in the analysis
Kuo‐Feng Huang   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Competitive Advantage

Nature Physics, 2015
If a small business is going to survive it must be competitive. Internally, efficient operations will contribute to lower costs. A positive environment will allow employees to gain and apply the necessary skills. Management knowledge of information systems will provide leadership.
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 1994
The understanding of strategic marketing has evolved to an integrated part of market‐oriented business policy. Subsequently, marketing and management concepts have become even more closely related. Recently, the “competence‐based perspective” added an innovative approach to strategic management concepts.
Uta Jüttner, Hans Peter Wehrli
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