Purpose – The paper aims to study the effect of external managerial social networks on strategic flexibility for a Quality Management perspective. External social networks can affect strategic flexibility positively. QM also contributes to developing these networks. However, there is currently...

Technology-based start-ups operate in high-velocity environments that make considerable demands on the comprehensiveness and speed of strategic choices. This study argues that characteristics of top management team (TMT) organization as well as TMT processes, namely debate and trust,...

Today's executive faces a number of potential threats and opportunities which, in many ways, will help to determine who the corporate winners and losers will be in the coming years. Sixteen years ago, the United States government faced a number of threats following the tragic September 11th...

This study identifies why conflict reactions vary, focusing on the role attributions play on the relationship between conflict and anger within executive teams. Two attributions were examined: intentionality and controllability. Intentionality was a significant moderator between cognitive...

Purpose: Many firms did not have mechanisms in place prior to 2007 to identify and track the weak signals of an impending financial crisis, and as a result they were not prepared for the stresses and opportunities the crisis generated. This paper offers a solution for identifying the weak...

We present interview evidence from financial executives that highlights how thinking about culture in a quantitative way and making continuous investments in culture can amplify success, improve firm value, and help employees thrive in the new world of work. By reporting financial executives’...

This paper examines the interplay between top and middle level managers as strategy-making settles and in subsequent managerial action. It reports on an exploratory case study at a car service company that has an aggressive expansion strategy. The study examines the context and characteristics...

This research studies whether Executive MBA student's participation in a business strategy simulation course significantly impacts on self-perceptions of their strategic competencies and decision style, which involves crossing psychological and strategy fields, and aims to contribute to the...