Environmental velocity has emerged as an important concept but remains theoretically underdeveloped, particularly with respect to its multidimensionality. In response, we develop a framework that examines the variations in velocity across multiple dimensions of the environment (homology) and the...

This paper examines, in the tradition of descriptive approaches of decision-making, how Romanian executives actually make decisions. It is based on an investigation in which managers from Romania were interrogated about some aspects of the decision-making. The conclusion of this study is that...

In the history of management thought the conceptions of environment have very often changed. In different periods of history and different scientific schools of organization and management scientists has ascribed to the business environment different role and importance. The paper is a kind of...

The aim of this paper is to identify relation between intensity of competition in business environment and the strategy. The aim is also to identify the relation between intensity of competition and factors of influence on the business. The research was done in Slovakia on 382 companies. Main...

Tax risk has the potential to have far-reaching economic consequences, including the effect on late audit reports. This study aims to empirically investigate the effect of tax risk on audit report lag. This study took a quantitative approach. Companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange...

Total Quality Management denotes a path by which – both in a stable and a transitional environment, in a professional and scientific way and by applying a variety of methods and techniques, through constant improvements and involvement of all employees – one could get to a model that enables...

Das Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung veröffentlicht alle drei Jahre Rankings von Hochschulen zu einzelnen Studienfächern. Hierbei werden verschiedene Leistungsindikatoren (zum Beispiel zu Publikationen, der Reputation und der Studienzufriedenheit) herangezogen, um die Bewertung einzelner...

Die Erstellung qualitativ hochwertiger Benchmarkings für die Forschung betriebswirtschaftlicher Fachbereiche ist von hoher praktischer Relevanz. Den Studierenden, aber auch dem wissenschaftlichen Personal und der Hochschulpolitik, wird auf diese Weise ermöglicht, die Leistungen von...

Despite the importance and popularity of the stewardship concept in the current management literature, antecedents and the role of the surrounding framework of stewardship remains poorly understood. Similarly, relatively little is known about the outcomes of stewardship. In this study I set out...

In this article we tried to synthesize the existing literature on organizational legitimacy, showing its importance for business development. The article's central argument suggests the existence of certain organizational actions whose development address legitimacy to organizations. At the same...