Management Decision: Volume 48 Issue 1

Building‐blocks of strategic management: A multi‐dimensional, pan‐theoretical taxonomy of business strategies

Mark Fuller

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to address the lack of consistent means through which business strategies are identified and discussed across theoretical perspectives in…

Interpartner sensemaking in strategic alliances: Managing cultural differences and internal tensions

T.K. Das, Rajesh Kumar

This paper aims to propose a framework for understanding interpartner sensemaking in cross‐national strategic alliances, and to discuss how to manage the problems arising from the…

The sharing, protection and thievery of intellectual assets: The case of the Formula 1 industry

Maria Solitander, Nikodemus Solitander

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the Intellectual Capital perspective can be altered in order to include ethically questionable practices of knowledge acquisition.

Solving business problems using a lateral thinking approach

Stephen A. Butler

Basing one's business decision on an approach that relies on experience may work sometimes. Experience is a useful part of the process, but it may also lock the decision maker…

Employee‐driven innovation: extending the license to foster innovation

Peter Kesting, John Parm Ulhøi

The purpose of this paper is to outline the “grand structure” of the phenomenon in order to identify both the underlying processes and core drivers of employee‐driven innovation…

Organizational paradoxes: dynamic shifting and integrative management

James M. Bloodgood, Bongsug (Kevin) Chae

The primary purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of viewing paradoxes, which are commonly‐accepted logical perspectives that appear contradictory, as being…

Intellectual capital and business performance in the pharmaceutical sector of Jordan

Abdel‐Aziz Ahmad Sharabati, Shawqi Naji Jawad, Nick Bontis

The purpose of this study is to empirically test the relationship between intellectual capital (i.e. human capital, structural capital, relational capital) and business…

Towards a sensed decision‐making approach: From déjà vu to vu jàdé

Mona Ericson

This paper aims to call attention to the relative neglect in strategic decision‐making research to include a sense dimension, proposing a broadened conceptualization of strategic…

Examining social responsibility orientation gaps between society and industry executives

Derek W. Thompson, Rajat Panwar, Eric N. Hansen

The aim of this paper is to examine the social responsibility orientation (SRO) gaps between the forest industry executives and societal members in the US Pacific Northwest.

Chinese Entrepreneurship in a Global Era

Marta Peris‐Ortiz

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh