The article proposes that basic social attitudes and associational networks of employees influence their interaction with coworkers and managers at the workplace and thereby also shape work attitudes and behavior. Two terms are introduced to analyze this hypothesis: Civic Social Capital...

This article develops a relational practice perspective on the strategic formation of project networks as organizational forms, based on structuration theory and an in-depth case study of a European researcher and his project network. Project networks are defined as strategically coordinated...

Tipping is a phenomenon that has been studied for many years, but is receiving increased attention in recent years. The magnitude of tips is very large - in the US, for example, tips in the food industry alone amount to about $42 billion each year, and tips are given in many other establishments...

Consulting firms (CFs) sell services on a project basis to many clients and must therefore continuously tender for new contracts. One frequently used strategy by CFs is to visit the clients in connection to the tenders. The reason to the visits is either: 1) to influence the client in his...

Das Vorhaben INNOSTRAT ist im Zusammenhang der Marketingstudien für das Innoregio Projekt Kunststoffkompetenzzentrum Westmecklenburg zu sehen,die mit der Vorstudie Ermittlung des Marketingniveaus im KKMV(Neunteufel/Rössel/Sassenberg 2002) begonnen wurden. In der Vorstudie wurden Defizite in...

When modeling the behavior of firms, marketers and micro-economists routinely confront complex problems of strategic interaction. In competitive environments, firms make strategic decisions that not only depend on the features of the market, but also on their beliefs regarding the reactions of...

This study investigates the relationship between firm resources, strategic management practices and firm performance of small agribusiness firms. Looking at level of managerial expertise and access to market information as primary resources, this research presents various arguments about their...

Customer Relationship Management concept is tendency of banking sector to establish and maintain long-term relationships with customers in order to provide value for customers and banks. This concept allows bank to identify, segment, communicate and build long-term relationships with customers...

All firms need to work out strategic plans to exploit the existing market, but they differ in their capacity to implement and manage strategies. Considering the industrial organization and resource-based views in the strategic management literature, we understand that firm attributes, resources...

There is a saying that any organization will be doomed if it does not produce managerial innovations. The successes of many companies in today's environment are basically due to their innovative approaches. Today, for survival of any organization innovation is a key factor. No wonder, many...