Management Research News: Volume 20 Issue 6

A LACK OF CREATIVITY: EXECUTIVES SPEAK OUT

Abbas J. Ali, Abdulrahman Al‐Aali

In 1987, the Harvard Business Review conducted a survey of its readers regarding the U.S. performance in the world markets. The study indicated that the U.S. had a deep‐seated…

PRACTICES OF EXCELLENT COMPANIES IN THE AMERICAN DRUG INDUSTRY

Fred Pringle, Brian H. Kleiner

When one considers excellence in the pharmaceutical industry one might focus attention on the primary manufactured product, drugs. Emphasis would be placed on how the drugs are…

HOW TIME AFFECTS TRANSACTION COSTS AND RELATIONAL GOVERNANCE IN THE DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL: A REVIEW AND RESEARCH PROPOSITIONS

Pierre Barthon, Brian Jepsen

There has been a steady increase in the amount of research and theorising in the area of interorganisational research, especially with regard to buyer‐seller arrangements in…

ORGANISATION STRUCTURE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION

William A. Drago

The relationship between organisation structure and strategic planning has been discussed by numerous authors. However, empirical studies of this relationship remain scarce. This…

THE DETERMINANTS OF CEO's COMPENSATION IN RETAILING

Yu Hsing, Wen‐Jeng Lin

CEOs' compensation has received a great deal of attention in recent years. Some criticised that CEOs' compensation is not responsive to their performance, because some CEOs still…