Journal of Strategy and Management: Volume 17 Issue 1

Strategic thinking: theoretical development and assessment

Michael T. Geier

The purpose of the article was to identify the core dimensions of strategic thinking and create a measure that provides a comprehensive operationalization of the construct.

Mingling business and politics in China – Does it build value? The relationship between political connection and firm performance

Xiaoyu Yang, Longzhu Dong, Abraham Nahm

This study aims to examine how business executives' political connections are associated with government subsidies and strategic change, and how they, in turn, influence firm…

CEO greed and corporate tax avoidance

Le Xu

Research on the organizational ramifications of chief executive officer (CEO) greed remains scarce. This study intends to fill this gap by examining the impact of CEO greed on an…

Strategy implementation: the role of middle manager leadership and coordination

Alex Tawse, Leanne Atwater, Dusya Vera, Steve Werner

Strategy implementation is a critical component of firm performance and middle managers play a key role in the implementation process. This study was conducted to enhance the…

Managers' emotion-regulation capabilities and family firm innovativeness: a dynamic managerial capability view

Neringa Gerulaitiene, Asta Pundziene, Audrius Kabasinskas

While previous studies have proved the significance of family firm innovativeness (FFI), the question of how the emotion-regulation capabilities of family business managers affect…

The effect of customer-base concentration on the relationship between patents and financial performance

Yosuke Kunieda, Katsuyoshi Takashima

Prior research has produced conflicting results on the relationship between firm-level patenting activity and financial performance. To identify a factor that impacts the results…

The relationship between dynamic capabilities and global value chain upgrading: the mediating role of innovation capability

Yi Wen, Shuhui Wen

This study examines how dynamic capabilities (DCs) impact global value chain (GVC) upgrading and assesses the mediating role of innovation.

Strategic investments in entrepreneurial brand ventures by large incumbents

Deryck J. Van Rensburg, Pete Naudé, Izak Fayena

Consumer product firms renowned for marketing appear to be complementing brand creation, extension and acquisition with minority equity investments in entrepreneurial brand…

Independent directors' ownership and CSR performance: the moderating roles of factors impacting directors' attention

Nongnapat Thosuwanchot, Min Suk Lee

This study aims to examine the impact of independent directors' ownership on corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. In line with the stakeholder-agency paradigm's…

Can top managers' impostor feelings affect performance?

Maria João Guedes

Building on the premise that top managers' characteristics affect firm outcomes, the study aims to examine whether the impostor feelings of top managers are associated with firm…