European Business Review: Volume 28 Issue 4

Firm’s strategic orientation, market context, and performance: Literature review and opportunities for international strategy research

Anders Pehrsson

The purpose of this paper is to extend the understanding of relationships between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance, and between market orientation (MO) and…

Integration through cross-functional teams in a service company

Eider Arantes de Oliveira, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Per Hilletofth, David Eriksson

The purpose of this paper is to characterize the internal dynamics of cross-functional teams (CFTs) in different organizational processes in a service company.

The relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm competitive advantage: The mediating role of organizational ambidexterity

Lolita Jurksiene, Asta Pundziene

Dynamic capabilities and organizational ambidexterity are closely related concepts. Unfortunately, there is still a lack of understanding about the relation between the two. This…

Purchasing of logistical services: a new view of LSPs’ proactive strategies

François Fulconis, Jean Nollet, Gilles Paché

The purpose of this viewpoint is to analyze the emergence of a modified equilibrium in the relationship between buyers (“shippers”) and suppliers (“providers”) of logistical…

Transforming SNCF’s business model through the evolution of participative innovation routine

Carine Deslée, Oussama Ammar

Many barriers prevent firms from changing their business models. Inertia, as it accumulates over time, transforms into organizational routines that doom change; however, it can…

Exploring change conversations through the rhetoric of French leaders

Béchir Ben Lahouel, Nathalie Montargot

This paper aims to capitalize on a linguistic perspective to analyze the rhetoric of French leaders about organizational change.