Management Decision: Volume 53 Issue 1

Impact of network capability on small business performance

Robert Zacca, Mumin Dayan, Thomas Ahrens

The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of network capability (NC) on small enterprise performance via knowledge creation, and two dimensions of entrepreneurial…

The effects of ethical climates on trust in supervisor and trust in organization in a Polish context

Aditya Simha, Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of ethical climate types on two components of organizational trust, i.e. trust in supervisor and trust in organization.

Effects of intellectual capital on innovative performance: The role of knowledge-based dynamic capability

Yuqian Han, Dayuan Li

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relationship between intellectual capital and innovative performance, and to specify the boundary conditions and mechanisms of the…

Performance effects of top management team gender diversity during the merger and acquisition process

Heather R. Parola, Kimberly M. Ellis, Peggy Golden

The purpose of this paper is to uncover the performance effects of top management team (TMT) gender diversity in the merger and acquisition (M&A) process. To do so, an integration…

Adding fuel to the fire: Need for achievement diversity and relationship conflict in entrepreneurial teams

Mohammad Saud Khan, Robert J. Breitenecker, Erich J. Schwarz

The purpose of this paper is to examine how diversity in need for achievement (nfA) a well-established entrepreneurial personality trait impacts team performance (effectiveness…

Why “they” occupies the critical network positions?

Chih-Hsing (Sam) Liu, Bernard Gan, Yucheng Eason Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to draw on social network theory to develop a new theoretical model to explain how experience and leadership influence critical network position…

Understanding knowledge management capability in business process outsourcing: A cluster analysis

Shan Liu, Zhaohua Deng

The purpose of this paper is to investigate trends in the dimensions of low, medium, and high knowledge management (KM) capability of business process outsourcing (BPO) firms. It…

Performance measurement adoption and business performance: An exploratory study in the shipping industry

Nikolaos Otheitis, Martin Kunc

Seaborne trade accounts for 90 per cent of world’s total trade activity. Ship management is a highly skilled discipline with a high degree of complexity yet it has failed to…

Home institutions, internationalization and firm performance: Evidence from listed Chinese firms

Yan Chen, Rui-Rui Zhai, Chengqi Wang, Changbiao Zhong

The purpose of this paper is to examine how home institutions moderate the influence of internationalization, and the effect this has on the performance of stock-listed Chinese…

Do task- and relation-oriented customers co-create a better quality of service? : An empirical study of customer-dominant logic

Fung Yi Millissa Cheung, Wai Ming To

The purpose of this paper is to explore how task- and relation-oriented customers co-create high quality services with frontline employees from the perspective of…

Impact of host country institutional context on subsidiary performance

Chinmay Pattnaik, SoonKyoo Choe, Deeksha Singh

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of quality of market supporting institutions (institutional quality) in host country and the similarities and differences of…

Ownership participation of cross-border mergers and acquisitions by emerging market firms: Antecedents and performance

Monica Yang

The purpose of this paper is to adopt a multi-level approach to investigate what factors shape the content of emerging market firms’ foreign market entry decisions, particularly…