Change in performance
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0.94 |
0.76 |
How much was your firm affected by the recession, in terms
of: |
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Operating revenue |
0.90 |
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Operating profit |
0.94 |
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Net profit |
0.93 |
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Cash flow |
0.87 |
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Market share |
0.69 |
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Opportunity recognition
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0.81 |
0.58 |
Particulary about the 2008-2009 recession: |
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Our firm's management treated the
downturn more like an opportunity than as a threat. |
0.90 |
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Our plans for the downturn basically
involved hunkering down and riding out of the recession. ( R ) |
0.63 |
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We viewed this downturn as an
opportunity to leapfrog over our competitors. |
0.75 |
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Innovativeness
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0.75 |
0.50 |
Innovative ideas are well accepted in our firm. |
0.72 |
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Our performance appraisal system rewards people for new ideas
and process improvement. |
0.75 |
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Our firm accepts errors as a way of learning |
0.64 |
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Proactiveness
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0.82 |
0.60 |
Our firm typically initiates actions which competitors then
respond to. |
0.57 |
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Particularly about the 2008-2009 recession: |
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We were very proactive in developing
plans to counter the downturn. |
0.90 |
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We responded more quickly to the
market changes caused by the downturn than our competitors. |
0.83 |
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Risk taking
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0.72 |
0.57 |
The top managers of this firm believe that bold strategies are
required to achieve our business objectives. |
0.71 |
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In general, people at our firm accept changes promptly. |
0.80 |
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Creativity
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0.81 |
0.59 |
Our employees know how to improvise when necessary. |
0.72 |
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Our firm has great ability to adress new situations through
new ideas of using the resources at hand. |
0.80 |
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In our firm, people are encouraged to resolve problems in
creative ways. |
0.79 |
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Spontaneity
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0.76 |
0.62 |
In our firm, actions are always carefully planned before
execution. ( R ) |
0.71 |
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To respond to unexpected events, our firm encourages balance
between established plans and flexibility. |
0.85 |
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Operational flexibility
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0.79 |
0.56 |
Our firm's structure has high fixed costs, wich hinders
changes. ( R ) |
0.57 |
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In responding to changes in the business environment, our
strategy emphasys flexibility... |
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in the allocation of production
resources to manufacture a broad range of products or services. |
0.82 |
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in the design of products or services
to support a broad range of applications. |
0.82 |
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Strategic flexibility
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0.78 |
0.55 |
In responding to changes in the business environment, our
firm... |
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is able to reconfigure its
organizational resources to support different strategies. |
0.74 |
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has difficulties in repositioning
products or services to target diverse market segments. ( R ) |
0.70 |
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In responding to changes in the business environment, our
strategy emphasizes flexibility... |
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in the allocation of marketing
resources to market a broad range of products or services. |
0.78 |
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Structural flexibility
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0.75 |
0.61 |
Our employees are capable of performing different
activities. |
0.90 |
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In our firm, employees do not have autonomy to change the way
they organize their activities. ( R ) |
0.64 |
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Supply strategy
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0.90 |
0.74 |
What was the strategy adopted by your firm with regard to the
following topics? |
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In the total number of employees |
0.80 |
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In the production of goods or service
offerings |
0.89 |
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In the purchases of materials for
those products and services |
0.89 |
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Demand strategy
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0.81 |
0.60 |
What was the strategy adopted by your firm with regard to the
following topics? |
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In research and development
invstiments |
0.89 |
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In marketing investments |
0.89 |
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In product prices, on average |
0.48 |
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Capital strategy
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0.77 |
0.53 |
What was the strategy adopted by your firm with regard to the
following topics? |
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In the ease of credit offered to
clients |
0.71 |
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In fixed assets investments |
0.80 |
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In investments in other firms |
0.68 |
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