Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how much value national governments worldwide place on political, economic, scientific, artistic, religious, legal, sportive, health-related, educational and mass media-related issues. This knowledge is critical as governments and policies are...

Purpose: This conceptual article aims to contribute to the design of a theory of family-influenced firms by a framework for the management of business-family dilemmas. Design/methodology/approach: It combines systemic principles with the tetralemma, a tool from ancient Indian logic that...

Purpose: This study aims to present a solution-focused approach to current problems and criticisms faced by business schools. Design/methodology/approach: To facilitate the required shift from problems to solutions, this study outlines a theory method and demonstrates how it has informed my...

Purpose: This article is devoted to conditions and examples of how theories may be applied as methods in the fields of management research and organization studies. Design/methodology/approach: An introduction to minimum requirements for a successful refunctionalization of theory as method as...