In this paper a metaphor borrowed from the performing arts, more specifically from the theatre, is used to spotlight the actors and their performances in determining the sales budget of a business organization. In a longitudinal participation study it was observed that the participants acted...

This paper deals with the concept of "organizational success" and success criteria. The discussion reveals that success may be conceptualized and measured in several ways. A variety of criteria for describing, explaining and predicting organizational success dealt with in the literature are...

Managerial cognition is central to strategic processes in several ways, since the perception and interpretation of strategic stimuli affects the way strategic issues are conceptualized. In this paper strategic stimuli are analysed according to the dimensions of strength and structure. It is...

This paper reports a case study conducted to identify barriers to the successful implementation of activities as part of a planned strategy in a Norwegian ferry-cruise company. Data were gathered among workers on one of the company's vessels using a structured sequence of questions with...

Legal tax planning instruments can be considered as rather complex innovations whose adoption requires knowledge and motivation. A set of interrelated hypotheses is derived from the adoption of innovations literature and is tested empirically. A LISREL causal modelling approach was used in...