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Managing Growth: Best Practices of Family-Owned Businesses

Andrews, Justin M - 2010

Family-owned businesses represent the majority of business in the United States. As consumers and employees, we are … compelled to their sense of trustworthiness that all too often disappears in the business world. Our economy depends on the … family-owned businesses exist as evident by specific transitions in terms of ownership, family and business. Therefore, the …

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The performance implications of temporal orientation and information technology in organization-environment synergy

Dibrell, Clay; Davis, Peter S.; Craig, Justin B. - 2009

Purpose: This paper aims to provide new evidence regarding the firm performance implications of using temporal orientation (time pacing) and information technology (IT) to align an organization with its task environment. Design/methodology/approach: Using questionnaire data provided by top...

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A consumer perspective of green event performance

von der Heidt, Tania; Firmin, Rose - 2009

This paper looks at the under-researched area of assessing organisational green performance and its drivers from the consumer’s point of view. Drawing on the green literature, a model is advanced in which certain environmental attitudes held by consumers drive or restrain the performance...

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Does industry matter? Examining the role of industry structure and organizational learning in innovation and brand performance

Weerawardena, Jay; O'Cass, Aron; Julian, Craig C - 2006

A manager's perception of industry structure (dynamism) has the potential to impact various organizational strategies and behaviors. This may be particularly so with regard to perceptions driving organizational learning orientations and innovation based marketing strategy. The position taken...

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Top management teams of international joint ventures in Thailand: the effects of Heterogeneity on group processes and goal attainment

Julian, Craig C; Mueller, Carolyn B; Wachter, Renee B; … - 2004

The relationship between top management team composition, group processes, and the effects of those processes on goal attainment were examined for International Joint Venture (IJV) teams in Thailand. For these culturally diverse teams, heterogeneity was defined by demographic (member age, length...

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The role of customer-contact personnel in the marketing of a retail bank's services

Julian, Craig C; Ramaseshan, Balasubramanian - 1994

Examines the role and importance of customer-contact personnel in the marketing of a bank's financial services and the importance of customer service in retail banking. Customer-contact personnel from suburban branches of an Australian retail bank identified their level of agreement with...

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Examining the antecedents of export marketing performance of Thai export market ventures

Julian, Craig C - 2003

This study identifies the statistically significant predictors of export marketing performance for Thai export firms. The export performance scale developed by Cavusgil and Zou (1994) is refined and tested in Thailand. A set of potential determinants of export marketing performance is considered...

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Evolutionary theory: a 'good' explanatory framework for research into technological innovation

Myers, Stephen Keir - 2006

This study attempts to answer the question; does evolutionary theory provide a ‘good’ explanatory framework for examining the phenomenon of technological innovation? In doing so, the study critically examines mainstream marketing’s in-place explanatory frameworks, offers an explanation of...

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Export marketing performance: a study of Thailand firms

Julian, Craig C - 2003

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Strategic Dependence on the IT Resource and Outsourcing: A Test of the Strategic Control Model

Straub, Detmar; Weill, Peter; Schwaig, Kathy Stewart - 2008

quantitative data on the control of IT functions and services, the research team gathered 5 years of data on 54 business units (BUs … lead to positive business unit outcomes, but the moderating influence of Extent of Control is found to establish the … complex statistical relationship with business unit performance. For these reasons, it is critical that a theoretically …

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