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Asked 24 March 2013
How to measure strategic orientation of a firm using archival data?
Are you aware of any proven methodology to assess the strategic orientation of a company using archival data (technology orientation; customer orientation and competitor orientation) (Gatignon and Xuereb 1997)?
The only solution I found in the literature, was run a content analysis of the letter to the shareholders, but the R2 tends to be low.
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Archival data can be used for measures of strategic orientation in terms of innovativeness - R&D expenditures are often used. Strenght of this measure is that it can be compared and assessed through time, you can therefore investigate changes in strategic orientation of a firm. Weakness is that it really only measures a small part of what innovativeness is.
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