Management Decision: Volume 47 Issue 6

Formation conditions, innovation, and learning in R&D consortia

Alan B. Eisner, Noushi Rahman, Helaine J. Korn

This paper aims to focus on formation motivations and processes of R&D consortia to appreciate their differential innovative and learning capabilities.

Higher development, brain integration, and excellence in leadership

Harald Harung, Fred Travis, Warren Blank, Dennis Heaton

Today, there is a global need for more effective leaders. The purpose of this paper is to present a model of human development which covers the psychological, physiological, and…

Outsourced marketing: it's the communication that matters

Matthew Walker, Melanie Sartore, Robin Taylor

Outsourcing has been promoted as one of the most powerful trends in the modernization of marketing operations. The rationale for such an undertaking includes a variety of factors…

Deconstructing market responses: Improvements to methods supporting strategic decisions

Richard J. Arend

The aim is to present, explain and illustrate an improved method for decomposing an event‐based change in market value into its cash flow and risk elements.

Intuition, prayer, and managerial decision‐making processes: a religion‐based framework

Anselmo Ferreira Vasconcelos

Executives are challenged every day to make important decisions that affect the performance of their business enterprises and, as a result, the success of their own careers. Based…

Downsizing strategies and organizational performance: a longitudinal study

Zachary Sheaffer, Abraham Carmeli, Michal Steiner‐Revivo, Shaul Zionit

How does downsizing affect long‐ and short‐term organizational performance? The present study aims to address this important question and attempts to extend previous research by…

Making sustainable development sustainable

Güler Aras, David Crowther

Although all organisations claim to be engaged in sustainable development, research shows that they misunderstand what is involved. This paper aims to reconsider what is meant by…

Leadership development and leadership effectiveness

Francis Amagoh

It is important that organizations embark on leadership development programs that will enhance leadership effectiveness. The purpose of this article is to identify some leadership…

The role of luck in the strategy‐performance relationship

John A. Parnell, Eric B. Dent

Strategic management scholars seek to link strategic factors to performance. When specific causal links cannot be identified, however, other potential explanations should be…

Agglomeration, Technology and Business Groups

Salvador Roig Dobon