This study is framed against the increasingly stringent environmental demands on the pulp and paper industry since the late-1980s to reduce water and air pollution, and the global economic slowdown of the early-1990s. The primary focus of this paper is an observation-based analysis conducted by...

In an effort to ensure accountability and consistency, business leaders often struggle with organizational change. Business Architecture has traditionally prioritized organization, stability, and continuity, but what if organizational structure was engineered for change? In a world consumed by...

Increasing societal expectations regarding responsible business conduct as well as an increasingly fierce enforcement environment are placing integrity and compliance highly on the list of management priorities. However, although many companies are investing serious efforts into compliance...

Personal strategies of owners/founders of small business startups are related to performance and to environmental uncertainty. This is done using a longitudinal data set of some 50 Dutch startups. The results suggest a dynamic process between strategy and performance.A discrimination is made...

This paper builds on Riordan and Williamson (1985) by exploring the economizing choice of organizational form by firms competing in a homogeneous-good market. The paper investigates rivalrous firms' investment and organization choice in a Cournot competition. The model suggests that both...

This paper builds on Riordan and Williamson (1985) by exploring the economizing choice of organizational form by firms competing in a homogeneous-good market. The paper investigates rivalrous firms' investment and organization choice in a Cournot competition. The model suggests that both...

Corporate Purpose as a Competitive AdvantageVicente Salas-FumásUniversity of Zaragoza March 2023AbstractThere is a widely held belief that capitalism delivers superior social outcomes if the reason why corporations come into existence, their purpose, is to create social value rather than to...