This paper examines the strategy of firms in export markets and its relation with firm export performance. A taxonomic approach is adopted and export strategies are based on three dimensions: geographical scope, degree of marketing mix adaptation and competitive basis adopted. Using data from 88...

Management, as a social science, and Strategic Management, as a specific scientific discipline of this science, require research methodologies that can deal with all of the complexities of the business phenomena to be analysed. Certain circumstances call for methodologies that can combine...

We analyze the influence of the firms' internationalization process of firms on the adoption of a proactive environmental strategy. Using direct interviews with the CEOs of 103 export Spanish firms from the food industry, we show that a high degree of international diversification encourages...

Alrich and Martínez (2001) pointed out that in "entrepreneurship many are called, but few are chosen". Many entrepreneurs try seriously to create a lasting organization, but most of them do not pass through the three stages of the entrepreneurial startup process. There is scarce research...

This study focuses on the management skills of respondents from Sahiwal, Pakistan, to see if gender and education can be significant factors in their technical, human and conceptual competencies. The results of 470 Pakistani adults show that there are significant differences in their management...

The purpose of this study is call for further academic conversations into how to practice common sense leadership in a 21st century organization. This qualitative study was performed from July 29th through December 7th, 2010, which involved 26 participants from across the United States who were...

The present investigation aims to measure the employment relationship of a team coworkers in a metal working company from the city of Frontera, Coahuila; it is vital to assess the effect of the interaction of the motives of the individual, the incentives that provides the organization and the...

The peculiarity and uniqueness of family businesses set them apart from other businesses in many things. Natural need of man to survive in these harsh circumstances forces him to constantly seek new sources of funding or simply tries to improve the existing. Secure existence is difficult to...

The environment, where the changes are everyday occurrence and the competition continuous threat, forces the leading people in the organizations to look after everything that goes on inside the organizations, as well as everything that goes on outside of them. Thus, depending on the founder’s...

Previous research on high-performance work systems (HPWSs) has primarily analyzed the effects of HPWSs on organizational performance from a management perspective. The current study distinguishes between management and employee perspectives of HPWS and examines how the two perspectives relate to...