Management Decision: Volume 46 Issue 5

Factors affecting the implementation of e‐business strategies: An empirical study in Taiwan

Jung‐Chi Pai, Chi‐Hung Yeh

This study aims to examine the relationships between contingency factors and the effectiveness of the implementation of core e‐business strategies and to explore the influences on…

State and development of innovation networks: Evidence from the European vehicle sector

Christoph Dilk, Ronald Gleich, Andreas Wald, Jaideep Motwani

Innovation is one of the key drivers of economic success. However, the global environment is changing and makes innovation management more competitive. In order to sustain an…

A survey on reverse logistics system of mobile phone industry in Hong Kong

Felix T.S. Chan, Hing Kai Chan

It is not surprising that proper implementation of reverse logistics systems can result in better customer loyalty and reduction in operational costs due to reuse or…

A field research on the relationship between strategic decision‐making speed and innovation performance in the case of Turkish large‐scale firms

Cemal Zehir, Mehtap Özşahin

This study aims to: identify organizational and environmental factors affecting strategic decision‐making speed; examine the relationship between those factors and innovation…

Governance structure choice in strategic alliances: The roles of alliance objectives, alliance management experience, and international partners

Bing‐Sheng Teng, T.K. Das

Strategic alliances have a variety of governance structures that can be broadly classified as joint ventures, minority equity alliances, and contractual alliances. This paper…

Managing local employees: expatriate roles in a subsidiary

Phallapa Petison, Lalit Johri

In order to identify expatriate roles in a subsidiary it is necessary to go beyond those functions which are subservient to the headquarters. This paper sets out to prescribe a…

Using systems thinking to enhance strategy maps

Martin Kunc

This paper aims to propose a method to assist organisations to develop their causal models, as well as to understand them, and to propose systems thinking as a method to achieve…

Planning and participation as determinants of strategic planning effectiveness: Evidence from the Arabic context

Said Elbanna

The aim of this paper is to investigate relationships between strategic planning practice, management participation and strategic planning effectiveness.

Cultural values, workplace behavior and productivity in China: A conceptual framework for practising managers

Philip C. Wright, Mike Berrell, Marianne Gloet

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of the Chinese cultural architecture on motivating workplace behaviour for enhanced productivity in Chinese workplaces.

IT and the East: How China and India Are Altering the Future of Technology and Innovation

Vicente Safon

Special issue on Common Sense and other Decision influences