Management Research Review: Volume 35 Issue 1

Competence management in maintenance: case – Finnish forest company

Pia Heilmann, Jouni Heilmann

The purpose of this paper is to find out and understand the role of competence management in Finnish forest company maintenance. The key questions of this paper are: what is the…

Outsourcing and offshore outsourcing of information technology in major corporations

Alan R. Peslak

The purpose of this paper is to explore the views of top corporate financial executives on the success of implementation of systems outsourcing and offshore outsourcing, as well…

Can perceptual differences account for managerial success?: The case of Japanese aid workers

Takao Inamori, Farhad Analoui, Nada Kakabadse

There is a wealth of studies which suggest that managers' positive perceptions/expectations can considerably influence the organisational performance; unfortunately, little…

Exploring marketing and relationships in software SMEs: A mixed methods approach

Sara Parry, Beata Kupiec‐Teahan, Jennifer Rowley

The aim of this article is to develop an understanding of marketing and customer relationships in software SMEs (small to medium‐sized enterprises) using a mixed methods approach.

The value relevance of accounting‐based performance measures in emerging economies: The case of Egypt

Ibrahim El‐Sayed Ebaid

The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare the relative and incremental value‐relevance of a comprehensive set of accounting‐based measures of firm's performance in the…