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Research on functional members of top management teams (TMTs) has increasingly drawn interest to the strategic management field over the past few years. Studies have documented the rise of the chief financial officer (CFO) to pivotal importance and considerable power within the organization. By...
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We investigate how luck, namely, changes in a firm’s performance beyond the CEO’s control, affects strategic risk-taking. Fusing upper echelons theory with insights from psychology and behavioral strategy research, we hypothesize that there is a positive association between luck and...
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A number of theories postulate the influence of industry factors and various forms of organizational capital on the strategies and performance of small firms. This study is an empirical test of such assertion by examining how industry and firm-related factors as well as managerial attributes...
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This study argues theoretical framework for strategic human resource management (SHRM), and implementation of SHRM in firms. HRM field is related to skill development and performance improvement. So, theoretical framework of SHRM is established by performance and skills. HR systems improve...
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The objective of the research is to analyze the relationship between manag-ers' competencies and their businesses … performance. The study was approached from the quantitative paradigm, applying a questionnaire to 114 managers of small and medium …
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The underlying tenet of this study was that perception of the environment and firm performance influences executives’ propensity to choose a given strategy. Hypotheses were formulated and tested using senior executives from the largest corporations in South Africa, and from the largest U.S....
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The article presents an original research on 1) the information theory of the board of directors and 2) the strategy creation by the interlocking interconnecting directors in the boards of directors in the firms in an information century. We review the possible structures of the board of...
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Ideally, corporations are directed by boards whose directors provide valuable human capital that match the firms' strategy. We investigate how directors' human capital (international experience, industrial know-how, CEO experience, and financial know-how) affects firm performance including the...
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