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Information use in strategic decision making
Johan FrishammarThis paper addresses the issue of information use in strategic decision making. The study employs a case study as a research strategy together with personal interviews and…
Strategy is personality‐driven, strategy is crisis‐driven: insights from entrepreneurial firms
Breda McCarthyThe objective of this study was to explore the main factors influencing the development of strategy in small firms. Among its contributions, the study found that strategy was…
Chief executive personality and export involvement
John Halikias, Leda PanayotopoulouThis paper presents the results of an empirical research concerning the influence of the Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO) personality on the export behaviour and performance of 81…
The dynamics of business ethics: a function of time and culture – cases and models
Göran Svensson, Greg WoodExamines the construct of ethics in general and of business ethics in particular. Provides a conceptual discussion of the dynamics of ethics in society and the dynamics of…
A framework for concentric diversification through sustainable competitive advantage
Rasoava Rijamampianina, Russell Abratt, Yumiko FebruaryThis article investigates the issue of diversification around the core business, namely concentric diversification. There have been many diversification failures reported over the…
Meaning, legitimacy and impact of business models in fast‐moving environments
Kazem Chaharbaghi, Christian Fendt, Robert WillisThis paper explores the underlying principles on which effective model building can be explained in fast‐moving environments through an examination of qualities that govern the…
Strategic stakeholder perspective to ESOP negotiations: the case of United Airlines
Juha‐Antti Lamberg, Grant T. Savage, Kalle PajunenEmployee stock ownership programs (ESOP) may become a source of competitive advantage but a threat to a firm’s survival as well. Strategic stakeholder negotiation, on the other…
Strategic staffing of international joint ventures (IJVs): an integrative perspective for future research
Jelena Petrovic, Nada K. KakabadseDrawing on the literature on international joint ventures (IJVs) and strategic international human resource management, the paper proposes a model for strategic staffing of IJVs…
And all who jumped died: the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire
Patricia Lanier Pence, Paula Phillips Carson, Kerry D. Carson, J. Brooke Hamilton, Betty BirkenmeierSuggests that the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York City in 1911 was the veritable genesis of laws safeguarding workers. The events of the 18‐minute inferno which…
Operations management and operations research: a historical and relational perspective
Jack A. Fuller, Ali H. MansourThe focus of this research paper is to briefly trace the historical development of Operations Management (OM) and Operations Research (OR). The problems and challenges resulting…
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