Management Decision: Volume 50 Issue 8

The perspective of relationships: election strategies and sources of political capital

Jeffrey Guo, Chih‐Hsing Liu

The purpose of this paper is to explore the multi‐dimensions of social capital and to explore the relationships among individuals, social groups, and firms, establishing the…

Antecedents of knowledge competency and performance in born globals: The moderating effects of absorptive capacity

Taekyung Park, Jaehoon Rhee

This study aims to investigate the antecedents of knowledge competency and international performance in South Korean born globals, with particular focus on the moderating effects…

SMEs and entrepreneurial quality from a macroeconomic perspective

Francisco J. Santos, Isidoro Romero, José Fernández‐Serrano

The aim of this paper is to compare the particular characteristics of industrial SMEs in low‐ and high‐income regions from the perspective of their “entrepreneurial quality”.

A fuzzy quantitative VRIO‐based framework for evaluating organizational activities

Chinho Lin, Hua‐Ling Tsai, Ya‐Jung Wu, Melody Kiang

The study aims to shed light on how to identify drivers of sustainable competitive advantage under a turbulent and uncertain environment, one of the most crucial challenges faced…

Trade areas and knowledge‐intensive services: the case of a technology centre

Amparo Baviera‐Puig, Juan Buitrago‐Vera, Francisco Mas‐Verdú

This study aims to analyse the provision of knowledge‐intensive services (KIS) by technology centres based on approaches used in the literature on trade areas.

Learning to manage risks in international R&D joint ventures through ownership decisions

B. Elango, Stephen Chen

This paper aims to examine the interaction between risk, learning and ownership decisions in international R&D joint ventures.

Does the firm's market orientation behaviour influence innovation's success?

Manuela Vega‐Vázquez, Francisco J. Cossío‐Silva, David Martín‐Ruíz

This study aims to examine the relationship between a firm's market orientation, product innovation success and market performance.

Measuring organizational wisdom applying an innovative model of analysis

Paulo Pinheiro, Mário Raposo, Ricardo Hernández

The objective of this paper is to measure the level of organizational wisdom of firms and verify its influence on the value they produce.

Managing asymmetry in franchise contracts: transparency as the overriding rule

Rosa Lapiedra, Felipe Palau, Isabel Reig

The aim of this article is to provide solutions to protect the weaker party in management and distribution contracts, especially in the field of franchising.

Transnational and Immigrant Entrepreneurship in a Globalized World

Alexandre Momparler, Pedro Carmona