That said, companies in
mature industries still can drive value creation by improving efficiency, allocating capital prudently, and returning cash to shareholders rather than investing it in low-return growth opportunities.
When I think of
mature industries I tend to think of products whose usefulness has been displaced by something new, such as desktop PCs being replaced by tablets.
European business scholars discuss the role of education and cognitive research in helping to develop entrepreneurship, with discussion of a doctoral program, evaluating educational programs, validating an entrepreneurial intention questionnaire, and the role of developmental networks in enhancing behavioral and cognitive competences; the contexts of cultural values, universities, and teams; innovative strategies, including a corporate strategy, the service business and strategic human resource management, and the development of absorptive and adaptive capabilities; and the joint influence of context and strategy, through case studies of music festivals in Norway, African small and medium enterprise clusters,
mature industries, and the social economy.
But the larger truth is that in solidly
mature industries such as ours, getting full value from planning does not require us to regularly endure an expansive (and expensive) full-scale reexamination of the business and its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
At a minimum, it is time to end redundant and costly fiscal incentives for
mature industries, as proposed first in 1995," ECCP and AmCham said.
The lack of economic diversification and excessive reliance on
mature industries is limiting its growth prospects.
Individual papers address such topics as relationships between business model design and technological development, entrepreneurial strategies in
mature industries through research and development alliances, and implementing the corporate entrepreneurial dynamic.
The textile industry is the foremost and
mature industries in Pakistan, but it is losing its edge to other countries, especially to South East Asia.
Lawn mowers are a "mature" industry, and no doubt the housing slump is part of the problem, but even
mature industries can be stimulated with a little desirable innovation.
How do firms in
mature industries design the organization models for client-supplier exchanges?
Industri Kapital is a Nordic private equity group investing mainly in mid-sized companies operating in
mature industries.
Our collective business acumen worldwide is just beginning to learn how to deal with
mature industries.
