Management Decision: Volume 42 Issue 2

Measuring alliance value and risk: A model approach to prioritizing alliance projects

Mary Beth Stanek

Alliances have been the focus of research studies often because they offer an attractive alternative to traditional arrangements. With a global economy, rapid product cycles…

Managing human capital: The study of a self‐managed group venturing into the digital economy

Jeff Lewis, Philip C. Wright, Gary D. Geroy

One of the keys to success in the digital economy is the appropriate management of human capital. Because of sweeping technological changes, old behaviors of human capital…

The contribution of neural networks and genetic algorithms to business decision support: Academic myth or practical solution?

Kostas Metaxiotis, John Psarras

Managing large amounts of information and efficiently using this information in improved decision making has become increasingly challenging as businesses collect terabytes of…

The facets of the entrepreneur: identifying entrepreneurial potential

John L. Thompson

People who start new businesses vary in the degree of entrepreneurial talent and temperament they possess. The same is true of strategic leaders and intrapreneurs inside large…

UK defence supply chain relationships: a study of sustained monopoly

Andrew S. Humphries, Richard Wilding

Business‐to‐business, supply chain relationships within sustained monopolies, such as those within UK defence procurement, have received scant attention by management researchers…

A framework for the strategic management of long‐term assets (SMoLTA)

David Tranfield, David Denyer, Mike Burr

Managing long‐term infrastructural assets, such as real estate, buildings and equipment, is becoming more topical at the strategic level. Such assets are reported to comprise 25…

The importance of capabilities for strategic direction and performance

Nicholas O’Regan, Abby Ghobadian

This paper re‐visits the perennial question “Why do some firms perform better than others?” by focusing on the resource‐based view of strategy and in particular the role of…

Information technology and organisational structure: vindicating theories from the past

Roger Sor

Last century, J.R. Galbraith discussed the relationship between the amount of information an organisation processes and its structure. J.D. Thompson discussed a related topic of…

A matter of style: reconciling Henri and Henry

David Lamond

During the twentieth century, much of the discussion about managerial behaviour centred on the difference between management functions and manager roles, with much of the debate…