Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the adoption of managerial innovations in the public sector, identifying the reasons why their uptake and use may fail. Design/methodology/approach – The problem is investigated empirically through a case study approach. The change processes...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a qualitative analysis of change in order to understand which factors inhibit or, conversely, facilitate the enactment process of managers' performance appraisal and reward systems. Design/methodology/approach – The problem is investigated...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the processes whereby organisational actors can seize the opportunities opened up through social media, and the way in which the relative information is managed. This allows these actors to move their occupational boundaries, exploiting the...

Purpose – To describe the main characteristics of Internal Audit Departments in six Italian companies and investigate the influence of enacted regulations on their development. Design/methodology/approach – The research has been carried out through a multiple case study, which compared the...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the design and use of scenarios in planning and management control processes. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on an exploratory case-study approach. Qualitative data have been collected between 2008 and 2011 from three energy companies...

Purpose: Although innovation ecosystems (IEs) are generally considered capable of creating shared value (SV), this potentiality has often been taken for granted and not deeply analysed, yet. As a result, in the literature, there is not a framework that defines the process of SV creation in IEs...

An increasing number of firms are planning to become “time‐based companies”, that is to consider time as the main issue of their manufacturing strategy. However, such change in attitude, in order to be effective, must be supported by a performance measurement system focused on time. This...

Environmental issues are rapidly emerging as one of the most important topics in strategic manufacturing decisions. Growing public awareness and increasing government interest in the environment have induced many companies to adopt programmes aimed at improving the environmental performance of...