Management Decision: Volume 60 Issue 13

Living up to your codes? Corporate codes of ethics and the cost of equity capital

Hong Kim Duong, Marco Fasan, Giorgio Gotti

Previous literature provides mixed evidence about the effectiveness of a code of ethics in limiting managerial opportunism. While some studies find that code of ethics is merely…

Bridging the gap: why, how and when HR analytics can impact organizational performance

Steven McCartney, Na Fu

Despite the growth and adoption of human resource (HR) analytics, it remains unknown whether HR analytics can impact organizational performance. As such, this study aims to…

Subsidiary strategic influence: the role of subsidiary attention-building activities

Alexander N. Gorgijevski, Christine Holmström Lind, Katarina Lagerström

By the view of attention-building activities as “tools of power,” the authors investigate the impact of subsidiary involvement in attention-building activities on the strategic…

Disruptive crisis management: lessons from managing a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chiara Carolina Donelli, Simone Fanelli, Antonello Zangrandi, Marco Elefanti

Healthcare organizations worldwide were badly hit by the “surprise” of the pandemic. Hospitals in particular are trying hard to manage problems it caused, searching for solutions…

Can green producers achieve strong profitability without engaging in high-risk activities?

Christian Jansson

As environmental awareness becomes more widespread, the issue of making manufacturing more sustainable has gained increasing attention. The natural-resource-based view (NRBV) sets…

Fostering business model innovation for sustainability: a dynamic capabilities perspective

Diéssica Oliveira-Dias, Jordana Marques Kneipp, Roberto Schoproni Bichueti, Clandia Maffini Gomes

The study aimed to analyze the association between dynamic capabilities and sustainable business model innovation of startups in the Brazilian logistics sector.

Serendipity in management studies: a literature review and future research directions

Marco Balzano

Management research on serendipity, which is defined as a search that leads to an unintended discovery, has increased considerably over the last three decades. In this article…

Managing boundaries through strategy maps in pluralistic contexts

Antonella Cifalinò, Irene Eleonora Lisi, Mara Gorli, Giuseppe Scaratti

Modern intra- and inter-organizational arrangements require firms to cross boundaries, but this process represents a crucial and complex challenge, especially for organizations…