STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
<p class="RF-resumo" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;">This work addresses an entrepreneurial phenomenon of strategic administration...
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doaj-fb47351f63fe46b09b1742be4930f1222020-11-24T21:12:34ZengFundação Instituto de AdministraçãoFuture Studies Research Journal: Trends and Strategies2175-58252010-07-011214216310.7444/future.v1i2.3827STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRYAfonso Carneiro Lima0Edison Fernandes Polo1Fátima Regina Ney Matos2FIA/USPUSPUECE<p class="RF-resumo" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;">This work addresses an entrepreneurial phenomenon of strategic administration within the automobile industry: the creation of the automaker Troller Veículos Especiais (TVE). The case study at hand is justified by the positioning of this company around two market niches and its relative success in an industry characterized by few and powerful players. Our aim was to analyze the entrepreneurial and strategic process of discovering opportunity, the analysis used for internal and external factors, and the adoption of its strategic positioning in exploring two automobile market niches: in the B2B market, vehicles adapted to specific operational functions; and in the B2C, off-road vehicles with a strong appeal to consumers’ life styles. This case study allowed us to visualize the challenging path of a genuinely Brazilian small company in a sector dominated by large multinational groups, besides demonstrating decision-related dilemmas and aspects related to managerial creativity.</span></span></p><p class="RF-resumo" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Key-words: </span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Automobile industry. Case study. Strategic entrepreneurship. Discovery theory. Strategic positioning.</span></span></p>http://www.revistafuture.org/FSRJ/article/view/38 |
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Afonso Carneiro Lima Edison Fernandes Polo Fátima Regina Ney Matos STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY Future Studies Research Journal: Trends and Strategies |
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Afonso Carneiro Lima Edison Fernandes Polo Fátima Regina Ney Matos |
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Afonso Carneiro Lima |
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STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY |
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STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY |
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STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY |
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STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY |
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STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY |
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strategic entrepreneurship: a case in the brazilian automobile industry |
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Fundação Instituto de Administração |
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Future Studies Research Journal: Trends and Strategies |
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2010-07-01 |
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<p class="RF-resumo" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;">This work addresses an entrepreneurial phenomenon of strategic administration within the automobile industry: the creation of the automaker Troller Veículos Especiais (TVE). The case study at hand is justified by the positioning of this company around two market niches and its relative success in an industry characterized by few and powerful players. Our aim was to analyze the entrepreneurial and strategic process of discovering opportunity, the analysis used for internal and external factors, and the adoption of its strategic positioning in exploring two automobile market niches: in the B2B market, vehicles adapted to specific operational functions; and in the B2C, off-road vehicles with a strong appeal to consumers’ life styles. This case study allowed us to visualize the challenging path of a genuinely Brazilian small company in a sector dominated by large multinational groups, besides demonstrating decision-related dilemmas and aspects related to managerial creativity.</span></span></p><p class="RF-resumo" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Key-words: </span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Automobile industry. Case study. Strategic entrepreneurship. Discovery theory. Strategic positioning.</span></span></p> |
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