We apply information processing theory and research on regional units to investigate the evolution of regional management. Based on a longitudinal case study of a European multinational we capture the overall structural development of the firm and within this context, we conduct an in-depth...

The concept of fit and its many applications in management research is discussed. An historical perspective is given and a pool of recent papers using fit concepts on several management research areas is inspected closer. The main purpose of this essay is to grasp the epistemological variety of...

The study mainly focuses on assessing (a) the level job satisfaction and (b) whether the groups of a demographic factor have mean difference between them. The main objective of this study is to provide a basic idea of using T-test and ANOVA test. However, the survey results show that overall job...

Traditionally, organizations have relied on tangible assets for their competitive advantage. This appears the easiest and most common practices. However, it should be noted that intangible assets, such as; information, relationships with customers, employees' skills/competence, managerial...

Carrying out successful succession in family businesses is an issue of vital significance for businesses themselves, and a great challenge for the pragmatics of family business management. It is also an issue important for the dynamics of Poland's economic development since it regards a wide...

Some strategy scholars and practitioners contend that markets have become increasingly hypercompetitive in recent years. We examine this contention by analyzing industry and business performance patterns in a broad sample of firms drawn from the Compustat Industry Segment database for the...

Drawing upon the literature on knowledge management, leadership, and innovation, this study investigates the possible associations among customer knowledge management, knowledge-oriented leadership, innovation quality, and firm performance in 283 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in...

In crafting their definition of a stakeholder , Post, Preston and Sachs (PPS) paraphrase what they call “Freeman's loose statement” that a “stakeholder in an organization is (by definition) any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the activities of an...

This Internet Appendix includes supplementary discussion and analyses. The original paper "Market (in)attention and the strategic scheduling and timing of earnings announcements" is available at the following URL: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2545966" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2545966

This paper examines the role of budgeting and decision tools in the strategizing and decision processes and their effect on future routines of the firm. It argues that some conditions must be fulfilled by the decision tools to facilitate the change of the firm routines. The reflection is...