Multilevel environment analysis is important for companies operating on the global market. Previous studies have in general focused on one level at a time, but the need to perform multilevel environment analysis has also been stressed. Multilevel analysis can partly explain the benchmarking gap...

State‐owned enterprises (SOEs) have been described as being inefficient and losing money. The theories pretend that private property rights will solve the problem. In practice, SOEs are reorganized to follow the model of the private firm, a period known as the public sector corporatization....

The ISO 9000 scheme has been reproved for being a paper driven process with little if no impact on firm performance. As international scientific literature indicates a wide range of factors leading to the adoption of the ISO 9000 schemes, the impact of this adoption should be viewed and examined...

The Malcolm Baldrige Award was created in 1987 to curtail the US loss of market share to foreign producers and to encourage a focus on management of quality and customer satisfaction. However, since its inception there has been a long‐running controversy on whether winning this award does...

In the strategic management literature mission statements are said to be an inseparable part of corporate strategy. It has been argued that they have an impact on the performance of the organization, yet the evidence is unclear. This study is an investigation into the relationship between the...

A comparative study of trade union finances, in particular those of SOGAT and the NGA, shows that these two printing unions face severe financial problems, although this is caused, in part, by their high levels of expenditure compared with other unions. Subscriptions are also much higher than...

During the 1990s, the rate of consolidation among agricultural cooperatives, including mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures, increased significantly. While post‐merger performance has been examined extensively for investor‐owned firms, this has not been the case for...

Describes research carried out on the financial performance and operational management of UK subsidiaries of parent organizations based in Eastern Europe and the former USSR. Summarizes earlier research when the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were planned economies, before discussing a recent...

This study presents a longitudinal analysis of patterns of investment in advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) and financial performance. Investments in AMT from fifty manufacturing plants in the metalworking industries are examined. Data was collected via mail surveys administered to fifty...

This study investigates the effects of CEO succession on the stock and financial performance of large publicly held corporations over the years 1977‐1994. Using a market signaling framework, this study examines how the stock market responds to the expected financial performance of the firm at...