The main objective of the paper is to identify and explore patterns and dynamics of transatlantic scientific collaboration in the field of strategic management between the United States (US) and European countries (EUC) during the last quarter century. Scholarly connections between countries,...

Research on functional members of top management teams (TMTs) has increasingly drawn interest to the strategic management field over the past few years. Studies have documented the rise of the chief financial officer (CFO) to pivotal importance and considerable power within the organization. By...

An increasing number of companies, in order to improve their competitive stance on the market, decide to outsource some of their service functions to external subjects. Outsourcing of this type of activity is frequently regarded as a strategic decision. A properly conducted outsourcing project...

International stehen Forderungen im Raum, die betriebswirtschaftliche Ausbildung so auszurichten, dass sie der gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung von Unternehmen einen systematischen Stellenwert beimisst. Der hierfür erforderliche Dialog zwischen BWL und Unternehmensethik kommt jedoch derzeit...

Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt, dass die Festlegung der Fertigungstiefe in der Gegenstromplanung von Strategien kein stringentes Instrument der Unternehmensführung ist. Die Top-Down und Bottom-Up Analyse über die hierarchischen Ebenen der Unternehmens-, Wettbewerbs- und Funktionalstrategie...

The paper shows how traditional organizational structures within the production sector, such as quality circles, learning groups ("Lernstatt") and project teams reflect the constructivist and postmodern concepts of strategic management with their wide ignorance of purely plan deterministic...

In the German automobile industry the vertical integration, as an indicator of value added, is on average low. Beyond the argument of relative high labour costs for manufacturing, several specific reasons for the level of vertical integration, linked to the flexibility of business administration...

The increased international competition amongst higher education institutions caused by rapid globalization now requires universities to evaluate, alter or devise new and innovative strategies which will enable them to boost their international activities. There is a need to gain a competitive...

The emergence of halal hotel businesses has attracted many scholars' and practitioners' attention. However, the halal hotel concept and the required human resources are still not very clear. This study aims to examine the internal and external aspects of halal hotel human resources in Indonesia...

New public management emphasizes the organizational and behavioral aspects of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The main assumption is that, if governments constitute SOEs as "market" enterprises and allow their management to follow the logic of the "market," SOEs will become productive,...