Strategic management of the firm includes the strategic management of information technology in the context of business relationships. Firms do not exist in isolation. Multiple constituents make up a relationship network that constitutes the vital resources needed to fulfil the mission of a...

Corporate diversification continues to be an important phenomenon in the modern business world. More than thirty years of research on diversification suggests that the degree of relatedness among a firm's business units is a factor that can affect firm performance, but the true effect of...

This paper investigates whether financial obstacles, and, more generally, financial pressure faced by firms, significantly affect firm growth. For this purpose, we use an unbalanced panel of about 1,000,000 observations for around 155,000 non-financial corporations in five euro area countries....

En este estudio analizamos el impacto de las restricciones al crédito en la inversión, los inventarios y el crecimiento empresarial con una muestra grande de pequeñas y medianas empresas de 12 economías europeas durante el período 2014-2016. Los datos provienen de la Encuesta sobre el...

Bei einerseits wachsendem Umweltbewusstsein der Gesellschaft und andererseits abnehmender Ressource "Natur" gewinnen Naturschutzprojekte zunehmend an Bedeutung. Gleichzeitig werden die Durchführungs- und Unterhaltskosten für eine Projektrealisation zunehmend wichtiger. Aus dieser Entwicklung...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the intense research activity with regard to the project inception stage. The need to establish the project parameters and performance requirements is crucial to the success of any construction project. Many organizations have been developing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis of methodological issues that accompany the articles reviewing past research in strategic management. Design/methodology/approach – The topic of the philosophical underpinnings and implications of historicism in...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework that can be used to identify capabilities needed in the management of infrastructure assets.Design/methodology/approach - This paper utilises a qualitative approach to analyse secondary data in order to develop a conceptual...

This literature review summarizes the knowledge in the field of the strategic management of international NGOs operating in developing countries based on the analysis of 161 books and articles published since 1980. The review yielded five major themes: 1) relationships with donors, 2)...