The concept of “relatedness” between industries plays an increasingly central role in economics andstrategic management. However, relatedness has remained rather elusive in empirical terms. In thisarticle, we investigate relatedness between industries in terms of the extent to which the same...

The Leicester Business School Occasional Papers reflect the scholarship and research of staff, postgraduates and others associated with the school. Many of the papers take the form of preliminary reports of research in progress or explorations of theoretical ideas. Publication of such work in...

Whether HRM is perceived to be a ‘problem’ for smaller firms is explored in this paper usinglogistic regression. We analyse data from 523 responses to a survey of smaller firms in southeastMelbourne (Victoria, Australia), and consider the antecedents of a range of issues ofconcern reported...

Anhand von drei Fallstudien wurde im Projekt „Messung und Management der Material‐ undRessourceneffizienz in KMU mit dem Sustainable‐Value‐Ansatz (KMUSVA)“ die Anwendbarkeitdes Sustainable‐Value‐Ansatzes in KMU erprobt. Das Projekt wurde im Rahmen des...

Zukunftsfähigkeit, so definierte es die Einladung zu diesem Heft, resultiere „daraus, dass man sich für jede Vergangenheit und Gegenwart darauf verlässt, dass die Zukunft unbekannt ist. Denn nur dann hält man die Ressourcen, Kompetenzen und Situationen der Vergangen-heit und Gegenwart...

The paper deals with the search for optimal slack grade conditions. The evaluation of the optimal slack grade takes into account the relationship be-tween slack and organizational performance and efficiency measures of re-source allocation. Organization and behavioural theory deliver some...

The decline in oil prices, combined with high costs which are slow to deflate, has brought forward the date when some fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) will cease production. Measures are therefore urgently required to extend the producing life of these fields and to improve their...

Because of a long time frame, irreversible and specific investments, incomplete contracts andpolitical constraints, it is generally difficult for governments to commit themselves in a credibleway to a fixed petroleum tax regime. Many controversial renegotiations and tightenings of suchsystems...