Staff behaviour is a strategic factor in the profit and loss, so why is HR not the driver of organizational results?The OPD-Theory™ of organizational design was born from the question ‘why?' beginning with the background science, developing improved social science tools and then applying...

In today's competitive environment and global world, where the boundaries have disappeared as a result of the continuous development in communication and technology, the attitudes and behaviours of the employees in their organisations are becoming more important in terms of employees'...

International stehen Forderungen im Raum, wirtschafts- und unternehmens-ethische Inhalte in die Managerausbildung zu integrieren. Der Beitrag ent-wickelt aus ordonomischer Sicht zwei Argumente, warum es im Interesse der Betriebswirtschaftslehre liegt, diese Forderungen konstruktiv aufzugreifen....

This paper explores various strategic options available to Japanese firms faced with the increasing market pressures in the global economy. Whether Japanese firms are able to retain the competitive edge will depend on the continuing gains in their manufacturing capability, their capacity to...

What is a disruptive innovation? This study confronts this question here by presenting different approaches, which endeavor to explain the dynamic behavior of disruptive technologies in competitive markets. Firstly, this study introduces destructive technology as a radical innovation, based on...

Firms increasingly rely upon trademarks, but research exploiting trademark data is still rather limited and scattered across research domains. Yet, there is an emerging understanding that trademark data can be used to capture several elements of how, when and to what extent firms bring (new)...