In this era of tight competition among companies in running their business, companies' performance required to be assessed, observed, and evaluated to gain information about what needs to be done in order to develop further. As one of the most crucial business segment in the economy, banks and...

Nowadays, sustainable management seems more likely to be a guarantee of competitiveness for companies, regardless of their size. Besides offering those strategic opportunities, sustainable management practices also play a significant role in gaining acceptance and legitimacy in the marketplace....

This article extend earlier research concerning the relationship between corporate social performance and corporate financial performance, with particular emphasis on methodological inconsistencies. Research in this area is extended in three critical areas. First, it focuses on a particular...

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is associated with superior performance, although the mechanisms through which EO translates into an advantageous market position are still poorly understood. Drawing on EO and resource-based theory (RBT) literature, this study highlights the role of a systemic...

Objective – The purpose of this empirical study was to examine the degree of alignment between the implementation of strategy and organization's culture, and its implication on company performance.Methodology/Technique – The study is quantitative in nature using survey questionnaires. A...

When organizations that have survived traumatic reversals – for example, product failures, ethical scandals or market disruption – attempt turnarounds, they usually seek a fresh start, adopting a new strategy and installing new leadership. But if this new initiative doesn't work and the...

Prodded by economists in the 1970s, corporate directors began adding stock options and bonuses to the already-generous salaries of CEOs with hopes of boosting their companies' fortunes. Guided by largely unproven assumptions, this trend continues today. So what are companies getting in return...

Energy sector firms are highly affected by the imposition of costs and community attitudes related to their environmental impact. In this chapter, we study the impact of environmental strengths and concerns of firms in the energy sector on their firm performance. We aim to uncover whether...

Organizational culture has been studied widely by researchers over the past three decades and the literature on Organizational Culture is vast and diverse. This paper intends to find answers to certain questions such as: 'how does culture evolve in the organization?' and 'Can culture really...

This study defines SHRM as employee/business performance relationship. Employee performance has an impact on performance of business departments in this model; and, performance of business departments have an impact on firm performance. In addition, American model of SHRM defines SHRM with HR...