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Economic, social and institutional conditions of network governance

Yoon, Woojin; Hyun, Eunjung - In: Management Decision 48 (2010) 8, pp. 1212-1229

governance embedded in non‐contractual and social relations to emerge and persist. Design/methodology/approach – Building on the … extant theoretical literature on network governance of varied research strands and drawing empirical observations from … research on East Asian network governance, the paper explores the effect of social and institutional mechanisms in allowing …

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Magnet plc: The Test‐case?

Pogue, Michael - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 2

Reports on an attempt to launch an unprecedented management buyout, which was seen to have important repercussions for the whole of the £12 billion British buyout industry, and to represent a “test case” regarding the viability and suitability of American‐style leverage deals in Britain....

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The Operating Cycle: Risk, Return and Opportunities

Groth, John C. - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 4

Highlights the operating cycle, its importance, and reviews basic relationships related to the cycle. In particular, it focuses on capital “flow through”, invested capital, capital at risk, and economic returns generated relative to capital employed. Reveals an amplification effect that...

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Corporate ethical lapses: do markets and stakeholders care?

Cormier, Denis; Gordon, Irene M.; Magnan, Michel - In: Management Decision 54 (2016) 10, pp. 2485-2506

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess if a firm’s ethical lapses, which result from unethical behavior or actions, influence its social disclosure (SD) practices as well as how ethical lapses affect both the firm’s legitimacy within society and its standing in financial markets....

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Rumour and gossip in organisations: a conceptual study

Michelson, Grant; Mouly, Suchitra - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 5, pp. 339-346

Explores the issue of rumour and gossip in organisations. Given that rumour and gossip can break the harmony of the workplace unless well managed, it is rather surprising that they have not been sufficiently examined in management and organisational studies. In addition to providing an analysis...

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An investigation of the decision process for selecting an ERP software: the case of ESC

Verville, Jacques; Halingten, Alannah - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 3, pp. 206-216

Decribes how ESC, a holding company for a gas and electric utility and non‐utility energy business, completed the acquisition of Oracle’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution (finance and related applications) at a cost of US$6.5 million in March 1997. From initiation to completion,...

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Competitive determinants of organizational risk‐taking attitude: the role of strategic reference points

Shoham, Aviv; Fiegenbaum, Avi - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 2, pp. 127-141

theory, based on prospect theory, to explain how risky strategies are determined within organizations. They argued that …

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The application dilemma – a sceptic's perspective

Smith, Roger C. - In: Management Decision 42 (2004) 3/4, pp. 542-551

Management researchers, academics and educators and self proclaimed management gurus have produced an enormous literary output on the topic of management and organisations over the past 100 years or so. There is no dearth of information available to practitioners on almost any topic in this...

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The institution of tenure: freedom or discipline?

Wicks, David - In: Management Decision 42 (2004) 5, pp. 619-627

Tenure, the permanency of employment offered to university professors, is discussed in the context of an institutionalized practice. This article examines the bases of legitimacy of this institution, specifically as a mechanism to protect academic freedom and trade‐off for higher pay. An...

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The differentiating function of modern forms of leadership

Torpman, Jan - In: Management Decision 42 (2004) 7, pp. 892-906

According to recent developments in decision‐making theory organizational decisions are governed by organizational values and identities according to a logic of appropriateness rather than calculative and preference‐driven rationality. Similarly, leadership theory has developed from ideas...

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