Due to their particular characteristics, transnational companies (TNC) face numerous challenges, in particular dealing with uncertainty in both external and internal transactions. In this paper, we investigate whether and how far individual and inter-personal interactions among members of the...

Der ressourcen- und kompetenzorientierte Ansatz gewinnt im Strategischen Management zunehmend an Bedeutung. Der vorliegende Band, der die Ergebnisse des ersten an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum durchgeführten Workshops zum Strategischen Kompetenz-Management präsentiert, leistet einen wichtigen...

Betriebswirtschaftliche Entscheidungs- und Umsetzungsprozesse vollziehen sich im Spannungsfeld zwischen der handelnden Unternehmung und den sie umgebenden Märkten. Insofern muss Unternehmungsführung stets marktorientiert sein. Diesen Sachverhalt greifen die Autoren auf, indem sie die...

This paper deals with the still under-researched peculiarities of knowledge-intensive service start-ups (KISS) and their impact on the firms' competitiveness. It is argued that the value-added structure of KISS firms is different from other companies and involves particular uncertainties that...

Why does a managerial vacuum in case of inter-family business succession occur? Latest insights of entrepreneurship theory and path dependency are used to address this research question. Employing a co-evolutionary view, the managerial vacuum will be conceptualized from both the macro and micro...

Although primarily focusing on the internal resource endowment of the firm, RBV has the potential to address the firm’s embeddedness in the business environment as well. At present, RBV research lacks a sound understanding of the development of competitive advantages in industries. A change...

Law and economics has arguably become one of the most influential theories in contemporary legal theory and adjudication. The essays in this volume, authored by both legal scholars and economists, constitute lively and critical engagements between law and economics and new institutional...