Management Decision: Volume 59 Issue 13

The power of two-sided platforms to disseminate resistant innovations

Daniel Trabucchi, Tommaso Buganza

Platforms have often been considered an excellent example of innovation with an incredibly fast diffusion rate due to network effects. Notwithstanding, in many cases, they match…

Does engaging in corporate social responsibility activities influence firm performance? The moderating effects of risk preferences and performance measurement systems

Joanna Ho, Cody Lu, Lorenzo Lucianetti

This paper aims to examine whether and how two firm-level factors jointly moderate the relation between corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and firm performance: (1…

Quality of group decisions by board members: a hidden-profile experiment

Tessa Coffeng, Elianne F. Van Steenbergen, Femke De Vries, Naomi Ellemers

Reaching decisions in a deliberative manner is of utmost importance for boards, as their decision-making impacts entire organisations. The current study aims to investigate (1…

Women on boards and monitoring tasks: an empirical application of Kanter's theory

Sara De Masi, Agnieszka Słomka-Gołębiowska, Andrea Paci

This paper examines the relationship between women on boards and board monitoring tasks depending on group categories identified in the Kanter's theory.

A measure of innovation performance: the Innovation Patent Index

Linda Ponta, Gloria Puliga, Raffaella Manzini

The measure of companies' Innovation Performance is fundamental for enhancing the value and decision-making processes of firms. The purpose of this paper is to present a new…

The chief financial officer (CFO) profile and R&D investment intensity: evidence from listed European companies

Gianluca Ginesti, Rosanna Spanò, Luca Ferri, Adele Caldarelli

This study aims to investigate whether the characteristics of the chief financial officer (CFO) have an impact on the intensity of the corporate research and development (R&D…

Start-ups in entrepreneurial ecosystems: the role of relational capacity

Gaël Gueguen, Servane Delanoë-Gueguen, Christian Lechner

Entrepreneurial ecosystems provide the context for start-ups to access resources. The authors investigate the reliance of start-ups on their entrepreneurial ecosystem and the…

Does one size fit all? A configurational approach to board effectiveness in limiting the excess cash

Marina Brogi, Carmen Gallucci, Rosalia Santulli

The study, by focusing on a context dominated by firms with a concentrated ownership, in which type-II agency problems (principal-principal conflicts) may occur, aims to depict…