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Tenure and Contracts: The Experience of UK CEOs

Conyon, Martin J. - In: Personnel Review 23 (1994) 5, pp. 25-33

Describes the tenure and contract experience of approximately 300 UK chief executive officers (CEOs) in 1993. Draws on the results of a retrospective postal questionnaire and examines whether the recommendations of the Cadbury report regarding contract provision of senior executives are being...

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Outsourcing and keeping control: the key legal issues

Graham, R. - In: Property Management 11 (1993) 2, pp. 141-145

and practical aspects of outsourcing are so complex that individually tailored contracts between user and supplier are …

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Defining the most desirable outsourcing contract between customer and vendor

Platz, Leah A.; Temponi, Cecilia - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 10, pp. 1656-1666

Purpose – The purpose of this work is to identify commonalities that exist within the contracts between customer and … vendor companies, the nature of the problems commonly associated with these contracts, and to provide a theoretical model … contractual elements that exist between most outsourcing contracts. The nature of the particular industry the companies exist …

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Multiple‐objective bidding strategy using goal programming technique

Tan, Yongtao; Shen, Liyin; Lu, Weisheng; Shen, Qiping - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 4, pp. 656-672

find out its own most competitive strategy in bidding for construction contracts where multiple selection criteria are …

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To trust or not to trust?

Camén, Carolina; Gottfridsson, Patrik; Rundh, Bo - In: Management Decision 49 (2011) 3, pp. 365-383

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how contracts are used to build and develop long‐term relationships … contractual dyads between contractors and fulfillers within the public transport sector. Findings – The analysis of contracts in … the public sector reveals the importance of formal contracts in relationship building, as a result of a number of factors …

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Toward a new theory of the firm: a critique of stakeholder “theory”

Key, Susan - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 4, pp. 317-328

Argues that stakeholder theory may be an appropriate model to describe firm behavior and replace the dominant paradigm, the economic model of the firm. However, current conceptualizations of stakeholder theory do not meet the requirements of scientific theory. Thus, looks at the historic roots...

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Sectoral decision making: structures, processes and trust

Henderson, Sybil S.; Smith-King, Erma Jean - In: Management Decision 53 (2015) 7, pp. 1545-1559

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to synthesize multi-sector, cross-sector, and other interorganizational alliance structures and processes with particular focus on their saliency in partnership/alliance decision making. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper focusing...

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