Baltic Journal of Management: Volume 14 Issue 3

Inter-organizational relationships: toward a reconceptualization of constructs

Lara Agostini, Anna Nosella, Mehari Beyene Teshome

The purpose of this paper is to provide a reconceptualization of existing constructs within the inter-organizational relationship (IOR) domain to face two main issues: the…

Severe or lenient contracting with friends: the shadow of the past on contractual governance

Longwei Wang, Xiaodong Li, Min Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the effects of cooperation history on contractual governance and the moderating effects of dependence asymmetry on those…

Country culture moderators of the relationship between gender and organizational commitment

Mark F. Peterson, Aycan Kara, Abiola Fanimokun, Peter B. Smith

The present study consists of managers and professionals in 26 countries including seven from Central and Eastern Europe. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether…

Evolving talent management patterns and challenges in Russia and Kazakhstan: Investigating employer perspective

Violetta Khoreva, Edyta Kostanek

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evolving patterns and challenges of talent management (TM) in the emerging markets of Russia and Kazakhstan from the employer…

Strategic orientations and firm innovativeness: a necessary condition analysis

Nguyen Dinh Tho

The purpose of this paper is to decipher the levels of three strategic orientations – learning orientation, entrepreneurial orientation (proactiveness and risk taking) and…

A systematic review of the literature on industrial divestment

Pedro Silva, Antonio Carrizo Moreira

The purpose of this paper is to review the existing research on industrial divestment in order to identify the reasons for it, the process whereby it is achieved, and the outcomes…

Social-cognitive antecedents of new venture internationalization: The role of entrepreneur intention, self-efficacy, and positive orientation

Aleksandra Wasowska

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the social-cognitive antecedents of an entrepreneur’s internationalization intent and a firm’s behavior. Building on the insights of…

CSR communication in stakeholder networks: a semiotic perspective

Stefan Lång, Maria Ivanova-Gongne

This paper is explorative in its nature and aims to create a deeper understanding of corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication within stakeholder networks. In…

Distance and the completion of Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Lijun Dong, Xin Li, Frank McDonald, Jiaguo Xie

The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the significant lower completion rate of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by firms from emerging economies (EEs) (China in…