Management Decision: Volume 48 Issue 5

Conceptualisation of management and leadership

Hester Nienaber

The divide in the conceptualisation of the terms “management” and “leadership” is not clear. The purpose of this paper is to explore the concepts of management and leadership.

Exploring the impacts of intellectual property on intellectual capital and company performance: The case of Iranian computer and electronic organizations

Morteza Namvar, Mohammad Fathian, Peyman Akhavan, Mohammad Reza Gholamian

This paper aims to empirically explore the effects of intellectual property (IP) on intellectual capital (IC) and firm performance in Iran.

Internal and lateral communication in strategic alliance decision making

Colin J. Butler

The purpose of this paper is to investigate differences in decision‐making processes between UK and non‐UK managers in the defence manufacturing industry.

Organizational design approaches in management consulting

Klaasjan Visscher, J. Irene, A. Visscher‐Voerman

The purpose of this paper is to map the variety in organizational design approaches, to clarify their differences, and to find out what constitutes good designing in practice.

Organizational support for intrapreneurship and its interaction with human capital to enhance innovative performance

Lutfihak Alpkan, Cagri Bulut, Gurhan Gunday, Gunduz Ulusoy, Kemal Kilic

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and interactive effects of organizational support and human capital on the innovative performance of companies…

Influences of supplier capabilities and collaboration in new car development on competitive advantage of carmakers

Joongsan Oh, Seung‐Kyu Rhee

This study aims to investigate relationships among supplier capabilities, collaboration in new car development, and the competitive advantage of carmakers based on the…

The analytic hierarchy process and analytic network process: an overview of applications

Seyhan Sipahi, Mehpare Timor

The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed literature review of the recent applications of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and analytic network process (ANP) group…

Alliance structuring behavior: relative influence of alliance type and specific alliance experience

Noushi Rahman, Helaine J. Korn

Further understanding of structural hierarchy is critically needed to assess the usefulness of different alliance structures. This study goes beyond transaction cost reasoning and…

Cultural forces and historical events to shape organizing principles in Korea: An exploratory perspective

Bowon Kim

This paper aims to explore how cultural forces and historical events interact to form a country's organizing principles.

The Search for Social Entrepreneurship

Rafael Fernández Guerrero