Management Decision: Volume 53 Issue 2

Owners and employees wages: a question of rent appropriability

Nieves L. L. Díaz-Díaz, Petra De Saá-Pérez

The purpose of this paper is to studuy how the owner identity affects the investment in human capital, measured by wage intensity, as well as the moderating effect of firm’s…

A critical appraisal of the relational management paradigm in an international setting: A future research agenda

Md Abu Saleh, M Yunus Ali, Ali Quazi, Rumintha Wickramasekera

In the mainstream relationship management literature, critical appraisal of the relationship paradigm in an international setting is virtually non-existent. The extant literature…

Evaluating the implementation of business-to-business m-commerce by SMEs based on a new hybrid MADM model

Ming-Tsang Lu, Shu-Kung Hu, Li-Hua Huang, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng

The invention and use of mobile commerce (m-commerce) technology have progressed in recent years. In small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the decision to implement…

Value capture mechanism: R & D productivity comparison of SMEs

HanGyeol Seo, Yanghon Chung, Dongphil Chun, Chungwon Woo

– The purpose of this paper is to examine which value capture strategies are efficient in the invention stage and commercialization stage for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Drivers of technology commercialization and performance in SMEs: The moderating effect of environmental dynamism

Taekyung Park, Dongwoo Ryu

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs’) R & D capability and learning capability on their technology…

Too many to handle? Two types of multimarket contacts and entry decisions

Lailani Laynesa Alcantara, Hitoshi Mitsuhashi

The purpose of this paper is to examine how firms with multimarket contacts in both product and geographic markets make foreign direct investments (FDI) location choices and to…

Priorities and perceptions of corporate social responsibility: Insights from the perspective of Greek business professionals

Antonis Skouloudis, George J. Avlonitis, Chrisovaladis Malesios, Konstantinos Evangelinos

The purpose of this paper is to inform the business management literature that focuses on the perceptions of business professionals towards the multidimensional and highly complex…

Competitive strategy, capabilities and uncertainty in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in China and the United States

John A Parnell, Zhang Long, Don Lester

The purpose of this paper is to investigate linkages among competitive strategy, strategic capabilities, environmental uncertainty, and organizational performance in small and…

Analysis of incentive effects of managers’ bonuses on real activities manipulation relevant to future operating performance

Mahdi Moradi, Mahdi Salehi, Mohammad Zamanirad

– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of managers’ incentive bonuses on both accrual and real earnings management.

Proactive and reactive corporate social responsibility: antecedent and consequence

Ching-Hsun Chang

The purpose of this paper is to develop an original framework to explore corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays a mediation role between green organizational culture and…

Clusters, technological knowledge spillovers, and performance: The moderating roles of local ownership ties and a local market orientation

Tsai-Ju Liao

The purpose of this paper is to explore the cluster effect by decomposing the broad category of “clusters” into cluster size and technological knowledge spillovers. Further, this…