Management Decision: Volume 54 Issue 9

A visual context-based market analysis of mobile application services

Jieun Kim, Sungjoo Lee, Yongtae Park

The purpose of this paper is to propose the use of a user-centric service map to facilitate the visual exploration and monitoring of user context information for proactive market…

Using transaction cost economics to explain open innovation in start-ups

Ching-Tang Hsieh, Hao-Chen Huang, Wei-Long Lee

The basic concept of transaction cost theory is that firms like to conduct transactions in a channel with lower transaction costs. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to use…

Integrating lean and green management

Cory Hallam, Carolina Contreras

The purpose of this paper is to perform a literature review of peer-reviewed journal articles investigating the relationship between Lean and Green management in light of…

Concentration of rivals’ actions and competitive reaction

Kai-Yu Hsieh, Eunjung Hyun

The purpose of this paper is to explore how managers’ evaluation of and reaction to multiple rivals’ actions will be affected by the distributional characteristics of these…

Social media’s impact on organizational performance and entrepreneurial orientation in organizations

Farzana Parveen, Noor Ismawati Jaafar, Sulaiman Ainin

Based on the system of value chain theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of social media usage on the performance and the entrepreneurial orientation of…

How crowdsourcing risks affect performance: an exploratory model

Shan Liu, Fan Xia, Jinlong Zhang, Lin Wang

Although crowdsourcing has gained significant attention and is being used by numerous companies to develop new products and solve practical issues, the performance of…

Managerial ties and open innovation: examining the role of absorptive capacity

M. Muzamil Naqshbandi

The purpose of this paper is to develop and test an integrated model to examine the relationship between managerial ties and two types of open innovation (OI). It takes into…

Linking transformational leadership, creativity, innovation, and innovation-supportive climate

Ashkan Khalili

The significance of creativity and innovation within organisations has been shown on several occasions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between…

Social responsibility, corporate giving and the tide

Margarida Catalão-Lopes, Joaquim P. Pina, Ana S. Branca

The purpose of this paper is to address firms’ decisions on corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a function of the economic environment. The paper focuses on corporate giving…

Entrepreneur’s paternalistic leadership style and creativity: The mediating role of employee voice

Alisher Tohirovich Dedahanov, Do Hyung Lee, Jaehoon Rhee, Junghyun Yoon

Despite the number of studies on employee voice much remains unknown regarding the mediating role of employee voice in the link between entrepreneur’s paternalistic leadership…

The influence of corporate social responsibility on employee satisfaction

Simone R. Barakat, Giuliana Isabella, João Maurício Gama Boaventura, José Afonso Mazzon

The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee satisfaction. The study proposes and empirically tests two…

Relationship between competitive strategy and construction organisation performance: The moderating role of organisational characteristics

Luqman Oyekunle Oyewobi, Abimbola Olukemi Windapo, James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi, Richard Ajayi Jimoh

The purpose of this paper is to examine the possible moderating role of organisational characteristics (organisational structure, management style and decision-making style) in…