121286 20250122145317.0 doi 10.1108/FS-11-2018-0094 sideral 113209 ART-2019-113209 eng Vicente Oliva, Silvia (orcid)0000-0002-9958-9972 Towards a contingent approach to firm strategy on the lowest levels of the hierarchy of the defence industry 2019 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Purpose – This paper aims to provide a strategic analysis of firms at the lowest hierarchical levels of the defence industry. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents the main results of an exploratory, multiple-case study that analyses the current strategy drivers and their views about the future ones, and their impact at the lowest hierarchical levels of the defence industry in Spain. Findings – This investigation develops and analyses a contingency model regarding the strategy impact and effects of firms’ drivers and clients, both mediated by the strategy players because of their huge impact on the defence industry. The research model focuses on the internal relations between technical and commercial activities due to the cause and effect of their capabilities. Simultaneously, pull and push mechanisms boost firms’ capabilities and requirements to provide strategic foresight. Practical implications – Ministries of Defence (MoDs) and prime contractors will remain mediating players in the near future even with further implications for the competition of Defence Technological and Industrial Base (DTIB) firms. It implies that firms and MoDs must maintain a close relation and implement more flexible practices, such as open innovation, property rights or new commercialization schemes. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/Construyendo Europa desde Aragón info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S42-17R-CREVALOR info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/CUD2014-SOC-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/ 0.282 2019 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) 2019 Q2 Management of Technology and Innovation 2019 Q3 Management Science and Operations Research 2019 Q3 Business and International Management 2019 Q3 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Martínez-Sánchez, Angel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6602-8901 Escribano-Bernal, Francisco (orcid)0000-0001-8857-2094 4012 650 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas Área Organización de Empresas 21, 5 (2019), 582-604 Foresight Foresight 1463-6689 1224361 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/121286/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1295439 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/121286/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:121286 articulos driver 2025-01-22-14:52:03 ARTICLE