Management Decision: Volume 48 Issue 6

The impact of different types of market orientation on product innovation performance: Evidence from Chinese manufacturers

Jing Zhang, Yanling Duan

This study aims to examine the role of responsive market orientation and proactive market orientation in product innovation performance directly and indirectly via innovativeness…

An alternative methodology for formulating an operations strategy: the case of BTC‐Egypt

Sherwat E. Ibrahim

This study seeks to present a structured methodology that can be used to develop an operations strategy for the IT service sector in developing countries that would in turn help…

Older workers' motivation: against the myth of general decline

Christian Stamov‐Roßnagel, Guido Hertel

The purpose of this paper is to establish a theory‐based and empirically grounded platform to assess age‐related changes in work motivation, and to derive motivational…

Business‐level strategy and performance: The moderating effects of environment and structure

M.K. Nandakumar, Abby Ghobadian, Nicholas O'Regan

This study aims to examine the moderating effects of external environment and organisational structure in the relationship between business‐level strategy and organisational…

Playing devious games, budget‐emphasis in performance evaluation, and attitudes towards the budgetary process

Cheng‐Li Huang, Mien‐Ling Chen

The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating effect of playing devious games on the relationship between budget‐emphasis in performance evaluation and attitudes towards…

Imitative innovation strategies: Understanding resource management of competent followers

Ju‐Yu Huang, Tzu‐Chuan Chou, Gwo‐Guang Lee

Imitative innovation, defined as applying innovation in the same way in another organization, has been adopted by many companies. This paper seeks to focus on how a competent…

Corporate competitive strategies in a transitional manufacturing industry: an empirical study

Ting Chi

This study aims to take a strategic approach to analyze how the US technical textile companies manage their business operations and to determine whether there are differences on…

Analyzing firm performance heterogeneity: the relative effect of business domain

Noël Houthoofd, Sebastian Desmidt, Eduardo González Fidalgo

An ongoing discussion in strategic management concerns the relative impact of specific strategic decisions on firm performance. In line with that tradition, this research seeks to…

When in India do as the…: An insight into an Italian automotive company's experiences in India

Guru Prakash Prabhakar

The emergence of India as an economic power over recent years has created a need to understand the way in which business is carried out in that part of the world. It is also…

Negotiation. An A‐Z Guide

Rosa María González Tirados