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Historical, practical, and theoretical perspectives on green management

Pane Haden, Stephanie S.; Oyler, Jennifer D.; … - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 7, pp. 1041-1055

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive definition of green management. In the quest to systematically develop an inclusive definition, it seeks to take an exploratory approach to investigate the existing literature on green management from three different...

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Population ecology theory: implications for sustainability

Salimath, Manjula S.; Jones, Raymond - In: Management Decision 49 (2011) 6, pp. 874-910

ecology theory and provide a review and critique of this influential organizational theory. The review is both broad and … extensive, covering all major theoretical streams in population ecology. Second, the paper aims to highlight a new and hitherto … unexplored area for future research, which lies at the intersection of population ecology and sustainability. Design …

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The pursuit of immortality: a new approach beyond the competitiveness paradigm

Xavier, M.J.; Ramachander, S. - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 7, pp. 480-490

Discusses the death of inter‐firm and intra‐firm competition as we know it and propose an approach beyond competition – “the pursuit of immortality”. Our digital age offers immense and unprecedented opportunities to bring forth the latent potential of organizations, by allowing...

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Knowledge management: strategy or software?

Beckett, Alan J.; Wainwright, Charles E.R.; Bance, David - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 9, pp. 601-606

Knowledge management is a rapidly growing, and rapidly changing discipline. While the link between knowledge assets and competitive advantage has been accepted for some time, it is not obvious how this translates into the techniques and software tools that are labelled as knowledge management...

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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

Organizational performance is greatly influenced by employee behaviours and the resulting market orientation that they possess. Market orientation is a behavioural culture that affects strategy formulation and strategy implementation, and how an organization interacts with its environment and...

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Competitive advantage: what’s luck got to do with it?

Ma, Hao - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 6, pp. 525-536

Luck remains an elusive theoretical concept in the business literature yet a fascinating practical phenomenon in business reality. In addition to effective strategic maneuvering and well‐run internal management, luck often plays a non‐trivial role as a determinant of competitive advantage...

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Added value, enterprise value and competitive advantage

Walters, David; Halliday, Michael; Glaser, Stan - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 9, pp. 823-833

This paper attempts to answer the questions raised in a previous paper by the authors (“Creating value in the ‘new economy”’, Management Decision , Vol. 40 No. 8) which dealt with how business has had to reevaluate the importance of its assets in the “new economy”. The present paper...

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To win without fighting: an integrative framework

Ma, Hao - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 1, pp. 72-84

“To win without fighting” is perhaps the supreme ideal in strategic management. This article coalesces extant strategy literature under the overarching theme of “to win without fighting” as a style of strategy. It draws on managerial wisdom gained from the structural approach, the...

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First mover advantages in emerging economies: a discussion

Rahman, Zillur; Bhattacharyya, S.K. - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 2, pp. 141-147

It is essential for a firm to create and capture value to justify its existence in competitive settings. In this context, first mover advantages in an emerging economy constitute an important topic of research in management because the order of entry of a firm to a new market influences its...

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A framework for concentric diversification through sustainable competitive advantage

Rijamampianina, Rasoava; Abratt, Russell; February, Yumiko - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 4, pp. 362-371

This article investigates the issue of diversification around the core business, namely concentric diversification. There have been many diversification failures reported over the last few decades. Little guidance has been available to firms who plan to diversify in order to grow. The literature...

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