Management Research Review: Volume 45 Issue 1

Mergers by family firms and managerial delegation: a Cournot model and empirical evidence from Spain

Manel Antelo, David Peón, Xosé-Manuel Martínez-Filgueira

The purpose of this paper is to analyse a key research hypothesis: Do firms ruled by managers have a greater rationale to implement a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) than (family…

Does entrepreneurs’ improvisational behavior improve firm performance in time of crisis?

Peerayuth Charoensukmongkol

This paper examines the effect of improvisational behavior of entrepreneurs on firm performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand during the economic crisis…

Content analysis of metadata, titles, and abstracts (CAMTA): application of the method to business and management research

William E. Donald

This paper offers a “content analysis of metadata, titles, and abstracts” (CAMTA) method underpinned by a newly evolved metadata, title, abstract, introduction, methodology…

International new ventures’ international performance: a matter of network entrepreneurial orientation and network management activities

Maria Ripollés, Andreu Blesa

The purpose of this paper is to demostrate that commitment to developing knowledge sharing, coordination, adaptation and resolving potential conflict results in idiosyncratic…

The mediating role of employee creativity between knowledge sharing and innovative performance: empirical evidence from manufacturing firms in emerging markets

Yaseen Ullah, Hamid Ullah, Shahid Jan

The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between knowledge sharing (KS) and innovative performance (IP) through the mediating effect of employee creativity (EC…

Are business and management journals anti-replication? An analysis of editorial policies

Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu, James Christopher Ryan

This study aims to explore the degree to which the editorial policies of business and management journals explicitly or implicitly discourage replication studies.

A substitute for poor institutions? Interorganizational affiliations in the alliance formation process

Oliver Rossmannek, Olaf N. Rank

This study aims to investigate how the home country institutional development influences the alliance formation process.