Competitive environment changing

The job for the resource manager is formidable it is not certain that even the best processes will become commercial in a competitive environment. Many external factors can cause the commercial environment to change with great effect. A few examples are the availability of cheap Mexican and Canadian gas, an Iranian shutdown of oil production, a larger OPEC price increase than anticipated, very high interest rates. 

This fast-paced, competitive environment has changed the way most pharmaceutical companies do business. Alliances with academic institutions and biotechnology firms pump new life into R D, while at the same time license agreements and mergers offer a quick fix for dwindling... 

A cost, profit, price model to establish the competitive environment and anticipate future price changes... 

Survival techniques of insects and small animals in a fiercely competitive environment take many forms. For example, chameleons have developed the ability to change color to match their surroundings and the butterfly Limenifis has evolved into a form that mimics the poisonous and unpleasant-tasting monarch butterfly [Danaus], A less passive defense mechanism is employed by bombardier beetles [Brachinus], which repel predators with a "chemical spray."... 

In a highly competitive environment, production methods must be sufficiently flexible to respond to changing market demands, types of products, production rates, and production quantities and to provide on-time dehvery to the customer. 

For the past ten years, a consistent theme in the agribusiness literature has been the ever increasing rate of change in the competitive environment bought on by globalization and technological innovation (Boehlje et al, 1995 Boehlje, 1999 Dunne, 2001 O Keeffe and Mavondo, 2004). This era is characterised by discontinuity and uncertainty and has been described by Huyett and... 

This description of Golden Circle fits that of what Limerick et al. (2000) refer to as a functional organization that is appropriate under conditions of stability but inappropriate under conditions of change because of its inherent formality and the presence of functional silos that inhibit the organizations responsiveness to changes in its competitive environment. 

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