Management Research: Volume 1 Issue 1

Private Telecommunications Investment in Emerging Economies: Comparing the Latin American and Asian Experience

Jonathan P. Doh, Hildy J. Teegen

Using a proprietary database of telecommunications projects in emerging markets, we investigate key location characteristics of private infrastructure projects in Latin America…

Top Managers’ Compensation, Strategic Orientations, and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Spanish Firms

Gregorio Sánchez Marín, Antonio Aragón Sánchez

This paper analyzes the links among executive compensation, a firm’s strategic orientation, and firm performance. A number of key questions relative to the relationships among…

Transaction Costs and Value Creation in Global Alliances: A Relational Approach

Marta M. Vidal Suárez, Esteban García‐Canal

In this paper we analyze the influence of transaction costs on the stock market reaction to global alliance formation. In particular, we analyze to what extent the stock market…

The Control Role of the Board of Directors: What Have We Learned?

Roberto Pascual, Martí Larraza‐Kintana

The control role of the Board of Directors is aimed at monitoring the decisions and actions undertaken by managers in order to protect stockholders’ interests. Considerable…

Market Forces, Strategic Management, Human Resource Management Practices and Organizational Performance: A Model Based on a European Sample

Rita Campos e Cunha, Miguel Pina e Cunha‐Kintana, António Morgado, Chris Brewster

This study uses structural equation modeling to test a model of the impact of human resources management practices on perceived organizational performance, on a large sample of…

Managing Customer Switching Costs: A Framework for Competing in the Networked Environment

Mike Hess, Joan Enric Ricart

Previous research argues that customer switching costs play an important role in the firm’s ability to retain customers and achieve competitive advantage. Research also indicates…

Organic vs. Mechanistic Structures: Construction and Validation of a Scale of Measurement

Sonia Cruz, Joaquín Camps

This paper aims to create and validate a scale that will serve to measure the construct “organic structure”, currently of great utility for the competitive analysis of firms. On…