Management Decision: Volume 47 Issue 2

Cognition in strategic decision making: A model of non‐conventional thinking capacities for complex situations

Jane McKenzie, Nick Woolf, Christine van Winkelen, Clare Morgan

The purpose of this paper is to challenge an over‐reliance on past experience as the cognitive underpinning for strategic decisions. It seeks to argue that, in complex and…

Determinants of intellectual capital disclosure: evidence from Australia

Alexander Brüggen, Philip Vergauwen, Mai Dao

The purpose of this paper is to examine determinants of the decision to disclose intellectual capital in annual reports.

Decision making on governance of strategic technology alliances

Adamantia G. Pateli

The purpose of this paper is to study the mechanism through which decisions on the preferred governance mode of strategic technology alliances are made at the firm level.

Structures of learning for dynamic markets

Peter A. Murray, Jawad Syed, Zeynep Roberts

The purpose of this paper is to understand why structures of learning underpin the creation of competencies that allow firms to compete more successfully in dynamic markets. The…

Effect of ownership on efficiency in Spanish companies

Patricia Bachiller

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of privatization on the efficiency of five of the biggest Spanish state‐owned companies: Repsol, Iberia, Endesa, Telefónica and…

Relationships between business factors and performance in internationalization: An empirical study in China

Saixing Zeng, X.M. Xie, C.M. Tam, T.W. Wan

While internationalization of firms can be a source of growth in profitability, it can also result in huge losses due to the risky internationalized environment. Success in the…

Implementing change in public sector organizations

J. Barton Cunningham, James S. Kempling

The purpose of this paper is to review the importance of various change principles in assisting change in three public sector organizations.

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/19348830810915532. When citing the…

Impact of insurers' product variety on performance across underwriting cycles

B. Elango

This study sets out to focus on understanding the linkage between product variety and performance of property/casualty insurers during underwriting cycles.