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Improved capital budgeting decision making: evidence from Canada

Bennouna, Karim; Meredith, Geoffrey G.; Marchant, Teresa - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 2, pp. 225-247

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to evaluate current techniques in capital budget decision making in Canada, including real options, and to integrate the results with similar previous studies. Design/methodology/approach – A mail survey was conducted, which included 88 large firms in...

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Self‐regulation and decision heuristics in entrepreneurial opportunity evaluation and exploitation

Bryant, Peter - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 4, pp. 732-748

Purpose – The paper seeks to explore the role of self‐regulation in the use of decision heuristics by entrepreneurs … phase. In addition, entrepreneurs appear to employ heuristics in an effective fashion by using skills of self‐regulation … played by self‐regulation in the use of heuristics by entrepreneurs, and also one of the first to explore the conditions …

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Housing price bubbles in Beijing and Shanghai

Shen, Yue; Chi‐man Hui, Eddie; Liu, Hongyu - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 4, pp. 611-627

Purpose – This study investigates whether there was a housing price bubble in Beijing and Shanghai in 2003. The existence of a bubble can be interpreted from (abnormal) interactions between housing prices and market fundamentals. Design/methodology/approach – With monthly data from the two...

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Short‐term strategic alliances: a social exchange perspective

Bignoux, Stephane - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 5, pp. 615-627

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a social exchange perspective of planned short‐term dyadic strategic alliances. Design/methodology/approach – The article adopts a conceptual approach drawing on social exchange theory to elicit innovative conclusions about short‐term...

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Leverage and IPO under‐pricing: high‐tech versus low‐tech IPOs

Kim, Jaemin; Pukthuanthong‐Le, Kuntara; Walker, Thomas - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 1, pp. 106-130

Purpose – The extant literature on initial public offerings (IPOs) generally assumes that a high degree of pre‐IPO leverage serves as a positive signal of firm quality as it forces a firm's managers to adhere to tough budget constraints. The purpose of this paper is to question the validity...

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R&D tax credit and operating performance: implications for managers

Anandarajan, Asokan; Chiang, Shuling; Lee, Picheng - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 8, pp. 1198-1211

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on helping managers understand a factor that stimulates investment in R&D, namely, the R&D tax credit. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a sample of firms in Taiwan; the study period is 1999‐2004. Four variables are used to categorize firms in...

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Stock repurchase effect with loan or idle fund

Chieh Liang, Wei; Chun Tsao, Yao; Kuei Chen, Wen; Chau … - In: Management Decision 52 (2014) 7, pp. 1236-1244

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to integrate Modigliani-Miller (MM) theory and stock repurchases strategy to procure a practical concept for capital decision. Design/methodology/approach – No-arbitrage proof model deduction was used in this study. The authors consider corporate tax...

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Levels of strategic decision success

Harrison, E. Frank; Pelletier, Monique A. - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 2, pp. 107-118

This article posits a paradigm of levels of success for strategic decision outcomes. A high level of strategic decision success is normally preceded by a positive strategic gap in which the strengths of the organization clearly outweigh its weaknesses. Three comprehensive cases are set forth as...

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What happened is prologue: creative divergence and corporate culture fabrication

McLarney, Carolan; Chung, Edward - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 6, pp. 410-419

Culture is an overarching phenomenon that helps individuals make sense of their world. However, culture is not an unchanging “given.” Members of a society actively create culture and, through their activities and interactions, sustain or change this culture. In an organizational setting,...

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Strategic issue classification in transition economies

McKenzie, Brent - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 7, pp. 453-461

The classification of strategic issue terms, as used by managers and management teams in decision making, has previously been shown to have an impact on organizational performance. The question of the extension of such research to include managers in transition economies is less known. In order...

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