Management Research Review: Volume 38 Issue 5

CEO power, equity ownership and underwriter reputation as determinants of lockup period length

Lerong He, James J. Cordeiro, Tara Shankar Shaw

The purpose of the research is to study how Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO’s) ownership, CEO’s structural and expertise power and underwriters’ reputation affect the initial…

Environmental scanning in business organisations: Empirical evidence from a Middle Eastern country context

Jehad S. Aldehayyat

This study aims to analyse the environmental scanning and information sources used by Jordanian firms. Furthermore, the relationship between environmental scanning and…

The usage of currency derivatives in multilateral banks

PHILIP KAMAU, ENO L. INANGA, KAMI RWEGASIRA

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which multilateral banks (MBs) use currency derivatives (CDs) to hedge and speculate in managing currency risk. It aims…

Modelling interrelationships between logistics and transportation operations – a system dynamics approach

Gerald Aschauer, Manfred Gronalt, Christoph Mandl

This paper aims to present a system dynamics model for the interdependencies between logistics strategies and freight transport. As efficient freight transport operations are a…

Participatory workplace activities, employee-level outcomes and the mediating role of work intensification

Chidiebere Ndukwe Ogbonnaya, Danat Valizade

The present study aims to explore the impacts of participative decision-making and information-sharing activities, two relevant constituents of the high performance work practices…

An exploratory study of factors influencing emergency response performance

Monique L. French, Ying Fan, Gary L. Stading

This paper aims to develop a conceptual model for future theory building and provides guidance to emergency managers by identifying important organizational factors influencing…