Management Decision: Volume 45 Issue 2

Developing a qualitative understanding of university‐corporate education partnerships

Lindsay Ryan

Collaborations between universities and industry to develop and deliver customised corporate education programs are increasing. The purpose of this paper is to assist managers to…

Knowledge capability, strategic change, and firm performance: The moderating role of the environment

Irene Goll, Nancy Brown Johnson, Abdul A. Rasheed

This paper seeks to examine the relationships between knowledge capability, strategic change, and firm performance in the US airline industry from regulation to deregulation.

Strategic planning and design in the service sector

Povl Larsen, Richard Tonge, Alan Lewis

The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of a research project into strategic planning and design in the service sector sponsored by the Chartered Institute of…

The change in corporate environmental strategies: a longitudinal empirical study

Su Yol Lee, Seung‐Kyu Rhee

This paper aims to provide a research framework to explore the change in corporate environmental strategy based on the resource‐based view of the firm and institutionalization…

The Global SMP Fitness Framework: A guide for leaders exploring the relevance of spirituality in the workplace

Jonathan A. Smith, John J. Rayment

Although there is a growing emphasis on the importance of spirituality in the workplace, the majority of calls for leaders to consider the spiritual dimension fail to offer…

Why do some UK SMEs still find the implementation of a new product development process problematical?: An exploratory investigation

Jonathan D. Owens

The long‐term survival of a business often hinges on its ability to successfully introduce new products into the marketplace. These new products and their successful development…

The role of human resource management in information systems development

Stuart Maguire, Tom Redman

The purpose of this paper is to examine the inherent weaknesses in the approaches that most organizations use to develop and implement information systems. It examines the role of…

Knowledge management in knowledge‐intensive service networks: A strategic management approach

Heiner Evanschitzky, Dieter Ahlert, Günther Blaich, Peter Kenning

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze knowledge management in service networks. It analyzes the knowledge management process and identifies related challenges. The authors…

From stakeholders to institutions: the changing face of social enterprise governance theory

Chris Mason, James Kirkbride, David Bryde

This paper aims to set out the current theoretical landscape of social enterprise governance. It considers the two theories of governance currently advocated in the social…

Spotlight on Ross Campbell

Sarah Powell

This paper seeks to present an interview with Ross Campbell, a Melbourne, Australia‐based crisis management practitioner, focusing on the development of crisis management as…

The 2nd Annual Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards 2006