Management Decision: Volume 51 Issue 1

Firm capabilities as moderators of transaction cost factors and subsidiary domestic outsourcing

Cher‐Hung Tseng, Liang‐Tu Chen

This study aims to investigate the influence of transaction cost (TC) factors and the moderating influence of firm capability factors on the extent of domestic outsourcing of a…

Microenterprise performance and microenterprise zones (MEZOs) in China

Dianne H.B. Welsh, J. Mark Munoz, Shengliang Deng, Peter V. Raven

The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine whether performance of microenterprises located in a microenterprise zone (MEZO) in China is positively related to key…

Is the adoption of environmental practices a strategical decision for small service companies?: An empirical approach

Llorenç Bagur‐Femenias, Josep Llach, María del Mar Alonso‐Almeida

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of the decision to adopt environmental practices in small service companies given that most of the studies on environmental…

Towards green trust: The influences of green perceived quality, green perceived risk, and green satisfaction

Yu‐Shan Chen, Ching‐Hsun Chang

This study aims to combine the literature on green marketing and relationship marketing into a new managerial framework of green trust. In addition, this study seeks to elaborate…

Growth and planning strategies within women‐led SMEs

Siwan Mitchelmore, Jennifer Rowley

This paper aims to explore the planning strategies of female entrepreneurs who have indicated a desire to grow their businesses, the time horizons of planning strategies and the…

Outsourcing and strategy in Spanish town halls: a field study

Reyes Gonzalez, Juan Llopis, Jose Gasco

This study seeks to analyse the links between strategies, structures and processes in the case of the largest Spanish town halls, using the Miles and Snow's models about…

An examination of the relationships among budget emphasis, budget planning models and performance

Fan‐Hua Kung, Cheng‐Li Huang, Chia‐Ling Cheng

This study aims to investigate the relationships among budget emphasis, budget planning models, and performance, to determine whether an emphasis on the budget has indirect…

Selection and institutional shareholder activism in Chinese acquisitions

Fei Peng, Lili Kang, Jun Jiang

This paper aims to investigate the role that institutional shareholders play in acquisition decisions using micro data in the Chinese stock market during 2003‐2008.

The growth performance of top African American businesses

Delmonize A. Smith, Zhi Tang

The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of the growth performance of top African American‐owned employer firms when compared with their White counterparts.

Guanxi, performance and innovation in entrepreneurial service projects

Iván Arribas, Penélope Hernández, Jose E. Vila

This paper aims to analyze the role played by two dimensions of entrepreneurs' private social capital in the survival, growth and innovativeness of entrepreneurial service…

Exploring the value of a novel decision‐making theory in understanding R&D progress decisions

Maarten E.J. Rutten, André G. Dorée, Johannes I.M. Halman

The purpose of this article is to explore the ability of a novel psychological theory of how people make decisions, narrative‐based decision theory, to help explain people's…

Strategic brand venturing: an intersectional idea

Deryck J. van Rensburg

The purpose of this paper is to outline a growth strategy and a conceptual model for large consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms that involves venturing with brand entrepreneurs to…

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