Management Decision: Volume 51 Issue 7

Revisiting business strategy under discontinuity

Antonio Ghezzi

Business strategy and its quest for sustainable competitive advantage and success is challenged by external and internal change, which increasingly takes the form of radical…

Extending resource-based theory: considering strategic, ordinary and junk resources

Vanessa Warnier, Xavier Weppe, Xavier Lecocq

The purpose of this paper is to answer the question: how to extend resource-based theory to take into account the contribution of all kinds of resources (including the less…

Upper echelon compensation, performance, and the rhythm of firm internationalization

Wen-Ting Lin, Kuei-Yang Cheng

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the compensation level and the gap between the chief executive officer (CEO) and the top management team (TMT) with respect…

Selecting a target segment: market structure and new venture entry strategies

Jiatao Li, Weiping Liu

– The purpose of this paper is to explore new banks ' market niche position choices at the time of founding.

Factors affecting the performance of mobile office outsourcing: An approach using the FORT model and the MoBiS-Q

Jongtae Lee, Myeong-Cheol Park, Junghoon Moon

A mobile office can be defined as software and hardware that support business work and that are accessible via smartphones. Organizations are adopting or trying to adopt the…

An empirical investigation of dynamic capabilities in managing strategic flexibility in manufacturing organizations

Doordarshi Singh, Jaspreet Singh Oberoi, Inderpreet Singh Ahuja

– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relative impact of dynamic capabilities on various dimensions of strategic flexibility in Indian manufacturing industry.

Is environmental disclosure an effective strategy on establishment of environmental legitimacy for organization?

Lopin Kuo, Vivian Yi-Ju Chen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between level of environmental disclosure and establishment of a legitimacy image of operation among Japanese firms…

Mediation of strategy on intellectual capital and performance

Kuo-An Tseng, Yu-Wen Lan, Hao-Chun Lu, Pin-Yu Chen

The purpose of this paper is to explore the mediating effect of business strategy (BS) on intellectual capital (IC) and financial performance (FP). The impact of financial crisis…

Post-entry internationalisation activity of retailers: An assessment of dynamic capabilities

Marta Frasquet, John Dawson, Alejandro Mollá

The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework, based on empirical research, to explain the strategic processes of post-entry development in international retailing through…

Financial crisis impact on sustainability reporting

M Antonia García-Benau, Laura Sierra-Garcia, Ana Zorio

The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on the effect of the current financial crisis on corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and CSR assurance strategies that…

Generating satisfaction towards e-learning platforms

Manuel Rey Moreno, Ramón Rufín Moreno, Cayetano Medina Molina

– The purpose of this paper is to examine how satisfaction is generated towards e-learning platforms.

Business strategy – applications and advancing tools

Joao J.M. Ferreira