The objective of this research is to test multifaceted measurement of the innovation activities of companies based on “Innovation Radar†methodology. The authors conducted both qualitative and quantitative studies: first, the methodology was assessed during fifteen in-depth interviews...

The results of survey of specific sets of deliberate intra-firm activities called intra-firm orientations are discussed. The authors distinguish between entrepreneurial orientation, change orientation and knowledge orientation. Factor analysis and structure equation modelling methods are used to...

The research provides a comprehensive review of research on outsourcing from a variety of research domains and traditions. The received perspective on explaining outsourcing of transaction cost economics is supplemented fi rst with the resource-based view of the fi rm and second with the...

The article examines the optimal production output decisions problem in case of shift work and import opportunities over finite and infinite horizons in case the firm does not know the exact demand (informational uncertainty of demand). We develop the optimal production output strategy, which...

Contemporary literature posits that knowledge workers differ significantly from other employees by their structure of motives. However, there are too few empirical studies to support this idea. This paper presents results of an empirical study aimed to discover what motives are most important...

This paper is the first to analyze importance of monitoring costs in real options analysis. Monitoring costs, in this context, are tied to the process of making key investment or management decisions. Monitoring costs differ from previously considered types of frictions, as they make it optimal...

We construct a brand equity model for fashion industry. To capture specificity of this industry we introduce two new factors of exclusivity and conceptual consistency. This gives a possibility to modify Global Brand Equity valuation model to fashion businesses developing the Fashion Global Brand...

The article presents the main topics and findings of the Analytical Study of the Corporate Philanthropy in Russia. Based on the analysis of the corporate philanthropy practices in 2007–2009 the article discovers the connections of the leading Russian companies’ philanthropic...

Supply chain management is an effective strategy of building competitive advantages. It attracts attention of the researchers who try to explain the nature of this concept, to find the determinants of its evolution and to examine the perspectives of its development. One of these perspectives is...

A real option is the opportunity to make flexible decisions in a continuously changing environment. Real options were used by people long before this concept was formally introduced to academics and the public. Meanwhile research analysis provided better understanding for existing options and...