Management Decision: Volume 43 Issue 9

The influence of managers' characteristics and perceptions in strategic alliance practice

Jaloni Pansiri

The purpose of this paper is to provide a linkage between strategic alliance practice and managerial cognitive base with a view to understanding alliance dynamics better.

Defining intellectual capital: a three‐dimensional approach

Bernard Marr, Karim Moustaghfir

The purpose of this paper is to provide a three‐dimensional framework to facilitate future definitions of intellectual capital (IC). The concept of IC is often ill‐defined and…

Ritualism, symbolism and magic in consultancy practice: An exploratory investigation

Gbolahan Gbadamosi

The paper is an exploratory attempt to examine the practice of management consultancy and the cultural components of rituals, symbolism and magic in Botswana. Management…

Consensus in team decision making involving resource allocation

Philip S. Chong, Ömer S. Benli

The purpose of this paper is to provide a practical method to be used in team decision making when allocating resources.

Linking intellectual capital and intellectual property to company performance

Laury Bollen, Philip Vergauwen, Stephanie Schnieders

The purpose of this paper is to link empirically the value of intellectual capital and intellectual property to firm performance.

The centrality of teams in the organisational learning process

Peter Murray, Maree Moses

The purpose of this paper is to provide a greater understanding of the role of team learning by examining the link between team centrality and organisational learning.

Situational and organizational determinants of turnaround

John D. Francis, Ashay B. Desai

To test the ability of situational variables, manageable pre‐decline resources, and specific firm responses to decline to classify performance outcomes (turnaround vs…

Constantinos Markides

The purpose of this paper is to discover views of a senior academic, Constantinos Markides, on the limitations of first‐mover advantage and the “fast second” movement in radical…

Formal organizations in contemporary society: The relevance of historical perspectives

Rocky J. Dwyer

The paper examines the importance and pervasiveness of formal organizations in contemporary society.

From pre‐Medieval to post‐Modern times: Logistics routes and their modalities have not changed much

John Kidd, Marielle Stumm

The paper aims to begin with a brief review of early banking and finance methods, early logistics routes through Europe, and message delivery modes in medieval China, the paper…

Origin of the Economic Order Quantity formula; transcription or transformation?

Bill Roach

The purpose of this paper is to speculate on how the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) formula was developed.