Management Decision: Volume 45 Issue 9

Long‐term stewardship and our capital markets

Jonathan Mark Wellum

This paper aims to look at the three areas of corporate governance, intellectual capital and strategic business valuation from the perspective of a long‐term value investor.

Value‐based management, EVA and stock price performance in Canada

George Athanassakos

The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which Canadian companies have embraced value‐based management (VBM) methods, identify the characteristics of these…

High tech M&A – strategic valuation

Odilon Patrick Lemieux, John C. Banks

The purpose of this paper is to show how Sarbanes‐Oxley is motivating corporate boards to bring heightened scrutiny for all aspects of the acquisition process, including…

The mediating effect of organizational reputation on customer loyalty and service recommendation in the banking industry

Nick Bontis, Lorne D. Booker, Alexander Serenko

The overall purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the mediating effect of organizational reputation on service recommendation and customer loyalty.

Human capital valuation: tripartite paradigm framework and narratives

Donovan Cox, Anne Wilcock, May Aung

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new measure for organization health. It is proposed that the Donohue tripartite paradigm model can be used to pierce the veneer of the…

Quantum leap breakthrough performance in acquisitions: The readiness and generative value approach

Jay Chatzkel, Hubert Saint‐Onge

The purpose of this paper is to describe how the goal of quantum leap breakthrough performance in acquisitions is to enable readers to achieve an unprecedented leap in performance…

Managing risk with intellectual capital statements

Tobias Sällebrant, Joakim Hansen, Nick Bontis, Peder Hofman‐Bang

The purpose of this paper is to present an empirical research study which took a novel examination of the relationship between risk and transparency with regards to a company's…

Valuation of intellectual capital in knowledge‐based firms: The need for new methods in a changing economic paradigm

Sanjoy Bose, Keith Thomas

The purpose of this paper is to link two key disciplines in finance and science in a way which is representative of the many challenges in the development of the knowledge…

An intellectual capital evaluation approach in a government organization

Kimiz Dalkir, Erica Wiseman, Michael Shulha, Susan McIntyre

The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment framework for evaluating the success of knowledge management (KM) initiatives in a government setting.

Constructing a definition for intangibles using the resource based view of the firm

Gerhard Kristandl, Nick Bontis

The purpose of this paper is to construct and propose a definition for intangibles derived from the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm for use in academic research and…

Strategic business valuation

Nick Bontis, Christopher K. Bart, Patricia Wakefield