Presents a practical exploration of business manoeuvre theory, examining the application of a developing military war fighting doctrine and how this can be transferred to the business mindscape in order to influence future planning. Suggests that attackers have strategic advantage over defenders...

Purpose – In this paper, the aim is to present an algorithm to identify the most motivated employees according to the corporate human resources policies applied in a knowledge‐based company. Design/methodology/approach – First, the author presents a complete table with motivation factors...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the research-practice gap in management and advocate the need for an independent organization, called the evidence-based management (EBMgt) collaboration to facilitate generation and dissemination of knowledge that is rigorous, relevant, and...

Purpose – This paper offers a conceptualization of the internationalization decision confronted by a firm in an environment of terrorism‐induced risk. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is a conceptualization of the internationalization decision framed from theoretical...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the supplier selection issue as a way to mitigate the overall supply risk, through the proposition of a new approach which is as practical as a total cost of ownership approach and, at the same time, a real support for the supplier...

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a risk identification method which is a synthesis of existing tools and techniques. Design/methodology/approach – Risks are viewed as a temporal hierarchy of major decisions or events at the highest level, projects at the middle level, and routine...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate optimal decision methods under a cooperative situation in two-echelon logistic models. Design/methodology/approach – The authors propose the optimal strategies of exporters in the three types of rival game behaviors: Stackelberg,...

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...

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,...

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...