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Putting process on track: empirical research on start-ups’ growth drivers
Pugliese, Roberto; Bortoluzzi, Guido; Zupic, Ivan - In: Management Decision 54 (2016) 7, pp. 1633-1648
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the growth drivers of start-up firms from the process perspective. Increasing scholarly attention to the growth of start-up firms has led to a more sophisticated understanding of their drivers. However, the richness of the...
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Family involvement and organizational ambidexterity in later-generation family businesses
Hiebl, Martin R. W. - In: Management Decision 53 (2015) 5, pp. 1061-1082
promising concept to explain survivability, that is currently heavily discussed in the management literature is organizational … suggest that the level of family involvement in ownership and management affect the ability of later-generation FBs to reach … shareholders, and generational involvement of the controlling family in management moderate these relationships. Originality …
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The “Barolo brothers”
Monti, Alberto; Salvemini, Severino - In: Management Decision 52 (2014) 9, pp. 1750-1781
-to-face interviews with family members and the company's top management. The case explores from a theoretical and empirical point of view … case is useful in entrepreneurship and managing small or family business courses but also for students attending management … of foods and beverage or cultural management courses.  …
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Why do employees have counterproductive work behavior? The role of founder’s Machiavellianism and the corporate culture in China
Zheng, Wenzhi; Wu, Yen-Chun Jim; Chen, XiaoChen; Lin, … - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 3, pp. 563-578
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the mechanism of how Machiavellian corporate culture (MCC) affects employees’ counterproductive work behaviours. Design/methodology/approach Through a three-phase grounded study on the data of a single case amounting to over 170,000 words, this...
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Venture capital in China: a culture shock for Western investors
Pukthuanthong, Kuntara; Walker, Thomas - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 4, pp. 708-731
Purpose – This study seeks to examine the peculiarities of the venture capital market in China and seeks to compare it with Western markets. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides insights based on both the practitioner and academic literature in the field. Findings – It is noted...
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Entrepreneurship and organizational design: investor specialization
Casson, Peter D.; Nisar, Tahir M. - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 5, pp. 883-896
Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the impact of venture capital firm organization (VC) on operations at portfolio companies, emphasizing particularly value added and involvement. Design/methodology/approach – Prior literature indicates the importance of organizational design on the...
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Optimal allocation of decision rights for value‐adding in venture capital
Eldridge, Derek - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 5, pp. 897-909
Purpose – The paper aims to evaluate decision‐making processes in venture capital (VC). Design/methodology/approach – The paper develops a conceptual framework to analyse optimal allocation of decision rights in venture capital environments. How investors and investees seek mutual...
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The role of partners in investor firms
Casson, Peter D.; Martin, Roderick - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 5, pp. 910-922
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of human capital in venture capital organizations. New trends in investor behaviour have emerged in recent years. There is evidence to suggest that venture capital (VC) firms involve themselves more actively in the companies in...
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Performance effects of venture capital firm networks
Abell, Peter; Nisar, Tahir M. - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 5, pp. 923-936
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the networking effects of venture capital (VC) firms on portfolio companies. VCs can bring specific skills and abilities to their ongoing relationships with their portfolio companies and thus add value by influencing key portfolio company...
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Performance in sports teams
Espitia‐Escuer, Manuel; García‐Cebrián, Lucía Isabel - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 8, pp. 1020-1030
Purpose – The purpose of this research is twofold: to evaluate the performance of Spanish First‐Division soccer teams, comparing the sports results that they actually obtain with those that they should have obtained on the basis of their potential, and to propose a future course of action....
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