Although business scholars express significant interest in the sources of firm competitive advantage, little research exists on the use of law as a value capturing resource. This is surprising given that legal issues demand a significant percentage of available time for managers. This manuscript...

In most countries of the developing world such as India, Korea, and Thailand, business groups (or business houses) dominate the industrial scenario. We studied the linkage between financial performance and corporate characteristics (including their product diversity) of 240 large Indian business...

Knowledge management theory has struggled with the concept of knowledge creation. Since the seminal article of Nonaka in 1991, an industry has grown up seeking to capture the knowledge in the heads and hearts of individuals so as to leverage them for organizational learning and growth. But the...

I have worked for many years as senior consultant and advisor for the majority of European Pulpamp;Paper companies, the majority of Nordic Packaging and Nuclear companies and other industries, and have found that values corresponding to billions of dollars are destroyed in the industry. Not...

We examine the relation between dean turnover and changes in rankings in a comprehensive sample of business schools with ranked MBA programs from 1990-2002. We find little evidence that dean departures are related to changes in a school's overall rank in the U.S. News amp; World Report rankings....

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide commentary on the utility of Altman's Z-score as a strategic assessment and performance management tool. This possibility is suggested in the recently published book Measuring Organizational Performance - Metrics for Entrepreneurship and...

Six studies explored the hypothesis that third parties are averse to resolving preference disputes with winner-take-all solutions when disputing factions belong to different social categories (e.g., gender, nationality, firms, etc.). Studies 1-3 provided empirical support for the claim that...

Objective - The purpose of this paper is to promote and to enhance sound management practices in organisations.Methodology/Technique - In particular, this paper identifies four interrelated management practices which, in my experience, constitute 'mismanagement': (i) the appointment of managers...

To improve the trust of citizens and delivery of services, employing good governance principles in the public sector is very crucial. Despite efforts to improve service delivery, criticisms and complains toward public services remain evident. This study aims to assess the status of good...

In developing countries, facts show that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in the country's economical development (Jasra, Khan, Hunjra, Rehman, & Azam, 2011, p. 274). Some contributions of MSMEs (Abimanyu, et al., 2011, p. 2) include substantial supports in...