Management Research Review: Volume 34 Issue 10

The Toyota crisis: an economic, operational and strategic analysis of the massive recall

Anthony P. Andrews, John Simon, Feng Tian, Jun Zhao

This paper aims to provide an in‐depth analysis of the economic, operational and strategic aspects of the Toyota recall crisis, as well as its implications for the global auto…

A generational explanation for surges in managerial rhetorics

Chris Papenhausen

Previous research has shown that eras of managerial rhetorics have alternated between normative and rational ideologies. The purpose of this study is to test the influence of…

Cluster‐based global firms' use of local capabilities

Poul Andersen, Anne Bøllingtoft

Despite growing interest in clusters role for the global competitiveness of firms, there has been little research into how globalization affects cluster‐based firms' (CBFs) use of…

Supply chain vs supply chain competition: a niche‐based approach

Imoh Antai

The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptualization of supply chain vs supply chain competition using the ecological niche approach. It suggests a probabilistic…

Firm‐specific versus industry structure factors in explaining performance variation: Empirical evidence from Turkey

Rifat Kamasak

Considerable research efforts have been made to investigate the relative importance of firm‐specific vs industry structure factors in relation to performance variation among firms…