Search results for "Market position"

The Early Entrepreneurial Stage in Finnish Family and Nonfamily Firms

2000

This study examined factors influencing the survival and success of 200 Finnish family and nonfamily firms in the metal-based manufacturing industry and business services over the first three years of their operation. The features that this study reviewed include owner-manager personality attributes, entrepreneurial competence, and motives for the start-up. Strategic choices of the firms were also examined. The study found that family firms were better equipped to survive beyond the early entrepreneurial stage than were nonfamily businesses. The entrepreneurial abilities and resources of the family business owners enabled them to operate relatively successfully in the nearby market, often w…

2018

The decision to search or not to search for work is usually considered a purely individual choice. However, this is a simplistic view, which ignores important structural and situational aspects of job search behaviour. This article discusses the reasons why long-term unemployed youth in Finland give up their search for work or a student place. The data comprise 28 life course interviews that were analysed by means of content analysis. The data show that young people’s job seeking behaviour is greatly influenced by how they view their labour market position and prospects. Job search abandonment is often temporary and young people soon resume their search because of the expectations of the so…

The Market Reorientation of Farms: The Case of Olive Growing in the Nebrodi Area

2014

In addition to safeguarding the landscape, olive growing makes a unique contribution to protecting the environment and the agricultural ecosystem. Olive growing in mountainous and hilly areas is severely constrained by structural limitations. Rural tourism can be a potential strategy to increase the competitiveness of olive-growing activities. After an initial analysis of the relationship between landscape, tourism, and olive growing, this study focused on olive growing in the Nebrodi area. In particular, we examined two case studies of olive farms to analyze the related production costs and market positioning strategies.

Wine list engineering: categorization of food and beverage outlets

2009

PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to identify and measure the main standards of the wine lists of upscale restaurants.Design/methodology/approachWine lists of a sample of 50 upscale restaurants were analyzed. A cluster analysis was performed.FindingsThree differentiated profiles of restaurants are identified according to their wine list management: selection, specialization and complementarity.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was exploratory and similar studies need to be performed covering more geographic locations.Practical implicationsRestaurants differ in their current practices and key standards of their wine lists according to their positioning strategy. Upscale restaurant…