Management Decision: Volume 57 Issue 9

Management as a profession: a typology based assessment

The purpose of this paper is to establish a typology of a profession and to then assess the circumstances under which management could be classified as a profession against such a…

Women in the boardroom and corporate social performance: negotiating the double bind

The purpose of this paper is to use insights from role congruity theory to explore how organizational context moderates the relationship between the representation of women on…

The moderating role of knowledge structure in the open innovation effect

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between open innovation (OI) and innovative performance, and to explore the moderating effect of knowledge structure…

Debt rating model based on default identification: Empirical evidence from Chinese small industrial enterprises

The purpose of this paper is to propose a debt rating index system for small industrial enterprises that significantly distinguishes the default state. This debt rating system is…

The economic and financial viability of sheltered employment centres: Is the level of managerial professionalization a determining factor for profitability?

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether sheltered employment centers (CEEs) which have a higher rate of professionalization of their managers have better economic…

Transactional leadership and dynamic capabilities: the mediating effect of regulatory focus

The mechanism of leadership’s impact on dynamic capabilities has aroused widespread interest, but few studies focus on transactional leadership, especially empirical research by…

Macroeconomic significance of transaction costs in microfinance intermediation

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the macroeconomic significance of transaction costs in microfinance intermediation and explain how the deposit mobilization and micro…

The home country boundness of technological resources and internationalization performance

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mixed results of the relationship between technological resources and internationalization performance. It argues that a high…

When do women reach the top spot? A multilevel study of female CEOs in emerging markets

The purpose of this paper is to link country factors which impact the selection of women as CEOs of firms in emerging markets.

The influence of boards of directors on environmental disclosure

The purpose of this paper is to verify the influence of the characteristics of boards of directors on the level of environmental disclosure by Brazilian companies. The board is…

Multinational companies and the corporate social responsibility at home: the stakeholder approach

The purpose of this paper is to integrate stakeholder and international business (IB) theories to explore the relationship between the international diversification of…

Job autonomy and employee voice: is work-related self-efficacy a missing link?

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, this work replicates the existing research by examining the links between job autonomy and work-related self-efficacy; and, second, it…

The effect of industry association on firm innovation in Chinese private ventures

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between industry association membership and firm innovation in Chinese private ventures. A secondary objective is to…

How does collaboration between universities and R&D firms influence performance?

How does university-firm collaboration affect the performance of both universities and firms? The purpose of this paper is to evaluate university-firm collaborations aimed at…

Consumers’ redemption behavior of recommended mobile coupons in social network sites

The purpose of this paper is to explore the key factors that affect consumer redemption intention toward mobile coupons recommended in social network sites (SNS).

A combined compromise solution (CoCoSo) method for multi-criteria decision-making problems

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the advantage of a combinatory methodology presented in this study. The paper suggests that the comparison with results of previously…

Developing an inverse range directional measure model to deal with positive and negative values

To manage cash flow in supply chains, the purpose of this paper is to propose inverse data envelopment analysis (DEA) model.

Entrepreneurial universities and women entrepreneurship: a cross-cultural study

Through a cross-culture study, the purpose of this paper is to understand about how entrepreneurial universities can foster entrepreneurship in women by attending to psychological…

The marketing discipline in trouble? Academic voices vying for supremacy

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there is no study that investigates the historical roots of quantitative paradigm hegemony over the qualitative paradigm in marketing using…

Decoding the elemental arcs of superior performance in sustainable supply chains: A knowledge-based view

The purpose of this paper is to delve into the intricate depths surrounding the development of sustainable supply chains by conceptualizing the elemental aspects of superior…

The relation between entrepreneurship and rural poverty alleviation in China

There is a recent growing interest to find a lasting intervention to rural poverty (RP) in developing countries based on farmer entrepreneurship and innovation. The purpose of…

Climate change: a call to action