Management Decision: Volume 47 Issue 5

The influence of selection factors on evolutionary change methods: A case in the civil engineering industry

Peter Friedl, Roberto Biloslavo

The basic purpose of this research is to study the influence selection factors have on the effectiveness of evolutionary change methods in civil engineering companies in Slovenia.

Rethinking value creation in leveraged buyouts: Board restructurings over the public‐private‐public cycle

Michael R. Braun, Scott F. Latham

This study aims to examine the governance structure of the firm undergoing a complete buyout cycle (reverse leveraged buyout). Its purpose is to empirically explore the evolution…

Developing an architecture model for enterprise knowledge: An empirical study based on the Zachman framework in Iran

Mostafa Jafari, Peyman Akhavan, Elham Nouranipour

The main objective of this paper is to explore the role of knowledge architecture in an enterprise and to provide a model to architect enterprise knowledge based on the Zachman…

Why do CEOs hold non‐executive directorships? An analysis of the role of governance and ownership

Noel O'Sullivan

This paper seeks to investigate the holding of non‐executive directorships by CEOs in a sample of 387 large UK companies. The main objective of the paper is to ascertain whether…

Strategy process as an innovative learning environment

Marika Vänttinen, Kirsi Pyhältö

In many organisations a lot of effort is put into the formation of a strategy, but the implementation of strategies is lacking. This paper aims to explore the preconditions for a…

A cluster analysis of the KM field

Mohammad Hosein Rezazadeh Mehrizi, Nick Bontis

The main purpose of this study is to review the knowledge management literature from a content‐related perspective using cluster analysis.

Firm performance and complementary strategy development processes

Norris White Gunby

This paper sets out to continue exploration of the process‐performance linkage by positing several relationships between a multidimensional operationalization of the strategy…

Intangible liabilities: beyond models of intellectual assets

Mercedes Garcia‐Parra, Pep Simo, Jose M. Sallan, Juan Mundet

Most models of intellectual capital measurment equal intellectual capital with intellectual assets. Nevertheless, companies sometimes must incur liabilities to make intellectual…

Alliances as strategic tools: A cross‐industry study of partnership planning, formation and success

Mariana Dodourova

Despite the fact that most studies have been pointing to high failure rates, collaboration remains increasingly popular as an organisational form of economic activity…

Consumer Behavior: Buying, Having, and Being (8th ed.)

Nnamdi O. Madichie