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Integrating lean and green management
Hallam, Cory; Contreras, Carolina - In: Management Decision 54 (2016) 9, pp. 2157-2187
improving environmental performance. The majority of studies suggest highly optimistic outcomes from integrating Lean and Green … integrated model of firm performance.  …
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Managing currency bands and the future of European monetary integration
Abu‐Rashed, Jamal; Cameron, Lance; Rankin, Carol H. - In: Management Decision 33 (1995) 2, pp. 22-30
In late July 1993, the European Monetary System threatened to unravel. The Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), which ties European Community members′ currencies together, faced the possibility of collapse as the French franc and other currencies pushed perilously close to the permissible bounds of...
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Market orientation and market strategy profiling: an empirical test of environment‐behaviour‐action coalignment and its performance implications
Dobni, C. Brooke; Luffman, George - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 8, pp. 503-522
seeking to maximize performance in a high technology environment. This relationship becomes dynamic when one considers the …Organizational performance is greatly influenced by employee behaviours and the resulting market orientation that they … organization interacts with its environment and adjusts to changes within that context. The relationship between market orientation …
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The strategic planning/finance interface: does sophistication really matter?
Phillips, Paul A. - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 8, pp. 541-549
added value. The added value in this study is measured by enhanced performance (efficiency, effectiveness and adaptability …
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The cult of risk taking and social learning: a study of Irish entrepreneurs
McCarthy, Breda - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 8, pp. 563-575
crisis; as well as business‐related factors such as the type of venture founded and the nature of the industry environment …. Also discusses whether risk‐taking behaviour helped or hindered venture performance. The paper concludes with a brief …
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Does strategic planning create value? The stock market’s belief
Desai, Ashay B. - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 10, pp. 685-693
This article addresses a key issue: is strategic planning rewarded by the stock market? Using event‐study methodology, this article examined the market values of companies during the time period that they revealed information about their strategic planning focus, function or orientation. The...
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The strategic states model: optimum strategies to reach high performance
Pehrsson, Anders - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 6, pp. 441-447
high performance, and this strategy emphasizes a specific combination of competitive edges. In the model, the environment … high performance vary within the frame given by the two dimensions.  …
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Developing personal responsibility and leadership traits in all your employees: part 1 – shaping and harmonizing the high‐performance drivers
Smith, Peter A.C; Sharma, Meenakshi - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 8, pp. 764-774
Proposes that to optimize enterprise performance and longevity, organizations must develop and sustain appropriate … accomplished. Part 1 of this paper deal with shaping and harmonizing the high performance drivers. Part 2, which will appear in …
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Developing personal responsibility and leadership traits in all your employees: part 2 – optimally shaping and harmonizing focus, will and capability
Smith, Peter A.C.; Sharma, Meenakshi - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 9, pp. 814-822
Proposes that to optimize enterprise performance and longevity organizations must develop and sustain appropriate … accomplished. Part 1 of this paper dealt with shaping and harmonizing the high‐performance drivers and appeared in Management …
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On the internal drivers of export performance among Nigerian firms: empirical findings and implications
Ibeh, Kevin I.N. - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 3, pp. 217-225
identified as influential drivers of positive export performance. Among these are decision makers’ previous experience …
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