"Inspired by the Coase (1937) theory of the firm, we analyze the performance of Healy, Palepu, and Ruback (1992) sample …). Our individual, firm-level, year-by-year analyses indicate that the managerial performance of the merged firms generally … interest in yearly or even quarterly managerial performance at the individual firm level." …

, all with experience in implementing the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. The theory of high performance work …Only a small number of U.S. businesses have adopted the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The purpose of this … Performance Excellence. The study population consisted of six business executives and two organizations in the U.S. state of Texas …