Baltic Journal of Management: Volume 8 Issue 3

Performance in local government HRM: the role of external customers

Sara Lindström, Sinikka Vanhala

The purpose of the article is to contribute to HRM‐performance research by focusing on how HR managers discursively construct performance in local government HRM.

Consumer attitudes and behavior related to the adoption of euro before the changeover

Katri Kerem, Toomas Danneberg, Jaanika Oper, Aleksei Norden

The aim of this paper is to enhance the understanding of the consumer attitudes and behaviour towards a new currency, euro, before the process of the changeover. The approach of…

Analysis of patent management effects on technological innovation performance

Yong Cao, Li Zhao

Given the changing role of patents within enterprises, this research aims to investigate the link between patent management and technological innovation performance in Chinese…

Methodological issues in dynamic capabilities research – a critical review

Taina Eriksson

Since ensuring methodological rigour is a prerequisite for high quality empirical research, this study aims to examine methodological choices in empirical studies on dynamic…

Gone fishing for knowledge?: The effect of strategic orientations on the scope of open knowledge search

Paavo Ritala, Kaisa Henttonen, Hanna Salojärvi, Liisa‐Maija Sainio, Sami Saarenketo

Firms need to reach out for external knowledge in order to keep up with the pace of the markets and to renew themselves. Although research on open innovation and open knowledge…

The effects of national culture and ethno‐linguistic diversity on innovativeness

George Puia, Joseph Ofori‐Dankwa

There is an established link between national cultural differences and documented variations in technological innovations across countries. To move beyond a narrow emphasis on…