Organizations wishing to measurably and continuously improve processes often look towards maturity models, such as OPM3 and CMMI, as their panacea. However, selecting the wrong model for the organizations goals and resources can result in project failure. This study, focusing on OPM3 and CMMI,...

Ein empirisch belegtes Phänomen ist die steigende Anzahl strategischer Allianzen von Unternehmen, speziell in dynamischen Wettbewerbsumgebungen. Über strategische Allianzen versuchen Unternehmen, auch in einer dynamischen Wettbewerbsumwelt unter hoher Unsicherheit Wettbewerbsvorteile...

Today we live in a world that is characterized by a constantly changing environment. During the last decade, this highly volatile environment forced companies to implement strategies that identify, track and minimise the risks that entrepreneurial activity entails. Unfortunately, risks only...

Ziel und Inhalt der Arbeit ist es, auf Basis von Ressourcen und der Organisation (Koordination und Kontrolle) von Ressourcentransaktionen Erkl?rungen f?r die Generierung von Renten ?konomischer Akteure zu gewinnen. Dazu wendet sich die Arbeit folgenden Fragenkomplexen zu:1. Welche Renten- und...

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of an exploratory study on the characteristics of New Zealand start up IT firms that survived the dot.com collapse. The paper is based on the in-depth interviews of nine entrepreneurs of start-up IT firms in New Zealand. The findings reveal how...

Purpose ? There has been increasing interest in Australia regarding corporate boards, their role and the contribution they make to organisations' performance and success. There is however, a gap in our knowledge about what board members do. To better understand boards, we need to know more about...

The current study seeks to answer a number of key questions concerning the strategicmanagement of frontline employees (e.g. individuals who do not occupy an executive,managerial or supervisory role in functions such as production, maintenance, service andclerical functions) and their...

In order to improve our understanding of mediating variables inside the‘black box’ of the firm’s labour management, this paper examines the relationship betweenhigh-performance work system (HPWS) practices and employee attitudes. Using arandomly selected, national population sample, clear...

This study reports research about innovation and change in the professional practice of the staff at the Library and Information Service (LIS) staff at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, in Western Australia. The historical context of the study is Australian higher education and university...

The strategic leadership research stream characterisd by the predominantly instrumental upper-echelon research stream has provided extensive support for the strategic choice school of thought. In recent years it has been ctiticised for failing to develop from an exploration of whether...