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Are The Professional Engineering Services Threatened By Substitutes?

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  • Gabriel Sorin STROE

    (General Manager, UZINSIDER ENGINEERING S.A. Galati, Romania, University „Politehnica” of Bucharest, Romania)

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Substitutes pose a permanent threat on firms’ products or services in any industry. As the extant literature on strategic analysis is abundant in examples of substitutes for goods and traditional services, the paper aims at analyzing in-depth the concept of substitutes in the case of engineering services industry which is a knowledge-based, project-based, and professional type one. The assessment of the threat of substitutes for these services has been supported by an empirical study among a number of managers of Romanian engineering companies. The paper ends up with a set of conclusions and an invitation to further debate and research.

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  • Gabriel Sorin STROE, 2014. "Are The Professional Engineering Services Threatened By Substitutes?," Risk in Contemporary Economy, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, pages 160-169.
    • Handle: RePEc:ddj:fserec:y:2014:p:160-169
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