The linkage between the interrelationships of a firm's lines of business and corporate financial performance has been the subject of extensive research in the strategy field. Yet very little research has examined this key relationship within firms operating in Continental Europe. This study...

We propose that due to financial market pressures, managers are forward-looking in their search and decision processes and focus on meeting performance targets set by the financial community. Using panel data on S&P 100 companies, we find that pressure felt by management to meet the analyst...

Activist hedge funds are the new breed of corporate raiders, yet we know little about how the management and board of target firms respond to activist investors. Using a behavioral perspective, we propose that the activist's reputation for being confrontational may serve as a signal that conveys...

To more completely understand the basis for firm performance differences, we need greater clarity on the drivers of differentiation in managerial strategic decision-making, as well as on the impact these decisions have on the composition and configuration of the firm's resource portfolio. In...

Scholars studying upper echelons have found that executive succession can serve as an important adaptation mechanism. The bulk of these findings, however, derive from market-based governance settings, which raises an issue of contextual robustness. This study examines this issue by investigating...