The purpose of this paper is to shed more light on the value of qualitative research methods as a heuristic research tool that could provide a better understanding of the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the basic/key role played by the owner/manager/entrepreneur in the...

The similarities between the Social Structures of Accumulation perspective and the Regulation Theory are well known and established in the relevant literature. However, most of the comparisons focus on the founding texts of both approaches. During recent years there appear to be significant...

Economic Sociology’s May issue includes the continuation of our conversation with Prof. Victor Nee held in October 2012. (See the March issue for the first half, Vol. 15. No 2. Pp. 11–21.) The interview was conducted by Alexander Kurakin, a senior lecturer at National Research University...

The development studies community needs to work towards building cumulative knowledge that lies between all-encompassing universal truths that leads to a ‘one solution fits all’ approach, on the one hand, and empirically rich atheoretical context-specific details, on the other....

The reliability of Critical Infrastructure is considered to be a fundamental expectation of modern societies. These large-scale socio-technical systems have always, due to their complex nature, been faced with threats challenging their ongoing functioning. However, increasing uncertainty in...

This study is conducted within the IS-Impact Research Track at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The goal of the IS-Impact Track is, “to develop the most widely employed model for benchmarking information systems in organizations for the joint benefit of both research and practice”...

This research sets out to test the proposal that if business banks were to adopt a business development process focussed upon assisting SME customers rather than concentrating upon their own ROIs and stock prices, both parties would experience significantly enhanced business outcomes in both the...

Six Sigma is considered to be an important management philosophy to obtain satisfied customers. But financial service organisations have been slow to adopt Six Sigma issues so far. Despite the extensive effort that has been invested and benefits that can be obtained, the systematic...

While board involvement in strategy is seen as increasingly important, our understanding of how boards fulfil this role is limited. This article draws on indepth qualitative research with directors and senior managers to develop a Strategy as Practice view on how boards “do” strategy. Two...

Despite the necessity of close integration between marketing and sales, managers report less than satisfactory results in this area. This paper aims to examine what keeps the two functions apart. It propses going beyond surface level behaviour to examine the different sub-cultural mental frames...