Management Decision: Volume 49 Issue 3

Development and evaluation of a knowledge risk management model for project‐based organizations: A multi‐stage study

Mostafa Jafari, Jalal Rezaeenour, Mohammad Mahdavi Mazdeh, Atefe Hooshmandi

This paper seeks to develop a model for risk management of knowledge loss in a project‐based organization in Iran.

What attracts decision makers' attention?: Managerial allocation of time at product development portfolio meetings

Eric Bentzen, John K. Christiansen, Claus J. Varnes

Managers' attention is a scarce resource in complex innovation settings. Prior research on the factors to which managers pay attention is mostly based on surveys. The present…

Decision‐making biases in the alliance life cycle: Implications for alliance failure

Yu‐Chieh Chao

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to examine how a focal firm's decision‐making biases at each stage of the alliance life cycle can cause alliance failures such as premature…

To trust or not to trust?: Formal contracts and the building of long‐term relationships

Carolina Camén, Patrik Gottfridsson, Bo Rundh

The purpose of this paper is to explore how contracts are used to build and develop long‐term relationships in contexts where trust cannot be expected in advance – i.e. there is a…

Green organizational identity: sources and consequence

Yu‐Shan Chen

This study aims to develop an original framework of green organizational identity to explore the positive effects of environmental organizational culture and environmental…

Storytelling in reputation management: the case of Nashua Mobile South Africa

Merlyn Mittins, Russell Abratt, Peter Christie

The purpose of this paper is to determine how and to what extent corporate reputational elements are reflected in organizational storytelling in a telecommunications company. In…

Differences in knowledge acquisition mechanisms between IJVs with Western vs Japanese parents: Focus on factors comprising absorptive capacity

Byung Il Park

The main objective of this study is as follows: while “knowledge acquisition in international joint ventures (IJVs)” has been widely in the limelight, the question of whether…

Inter‐firm market orientation as antecedent of knowledge transfer, innovation and value creation in networks

Jesús Cambra‐Fierro, Juan Florin, Lourdes Perez, Jeryl Whitelock

The purpose of this paper is to establish a framework for clarifying and extending the concept of inter‐firm market orientation (IMO) and to complement the relatively small body…

Looking for the value of mission statements: a meta‐analysis of 20 years of research

Sebastian Desmidt, Anita Prinzie, Adelien Decramer

After two decades of research, the effect of a mission statement on an organization's performance is still unclear. In order to address these shortcomings, a research project via…

Leadership in the African Context

Antonia Mohedano‐Suanes, Frances Solé Parellada

Service Science for Socio‐Economical and Information System Advancement: Holistic Methodologies

Francisco J. Lara