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The Strategic Hybrids of Water Supply Companies as an Effective Management Tool

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  • Barbara Kożuch

    (Department of Human Resource Management, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Stanisława Łojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
    Scientific Institute of Management, WSB University in Poznan, Sportowa 29, 41-506 Chorzów, Poland)

  • Adam Jabłoński

    (Scientific Institute of Management, WSB University in Poznan, Sportowa 29, 41-506 Chorzów, Poland)

Abstract

The mechanisms of water supply company management have been dynamically evolving recently. This is particularly related to factors that regulate the functioning of companies in this sector. This applies both to embedding such entities in the legal structure, and the management rules at both the strategic and tactical-operational levels. It is increasingly important how decisions are made in the conditions of pressure, limitations, opportunities and threats that these companies, which create value for stakeholders, face. This way of making decisions is determined by the adopted model of business, strategy, business processes and strategic projects that create a kind of a strategic hybrid. The hybrid determines the effectiveness of water supply companies that operate in accordance with the rules of the regulated market.

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  • Barbara Kożuch & Adam Jabłoński, 2018. "The Strategic Hybrids of Water Supply Companies as an Effective Management Tool," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-43, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:12:p:4450-:d:185984
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