Management Decision: Volume 53 Issue 8

Can emotional differences be a strength? Affective diversity and managerial decision performance

Saouré Kouamé, David Oliver, Serge Poisson-de-Haro

The purpose of this paper is to extend earlier findings suggesting that affective diversity is always negative for group performance, by examining its influence on managerial…

Determining factors in the effectiveness of executive coaching as a management development tool

Izaskun Rekalde, Jon Landeta, Eneka Albizu

The purpose of this paper is to provide a classified list of the factors that are most influential in the success of an executive coaching process, arranged in order of…

Stochastic portfolio optimization using efficiency evaluation

Paulo Rotela Junior, Edson de Oliveira Pamplona, Luiz Célio Souza Rocha, Victor Eduardo de Mello Valerio, Anderson Paulo Paiva

The purpose of this paper is to analyze portfolios chosen using an efficiency evaluation that considers risk and uncertainty and optimizes the allocation of invested capital using…

R & D spending among Chinese SMEs: the role of business owners’ characteristics

Yongqiang Gao, Taïeb Hafsi

Given that organizational decisions are made by individuals and thus shaped by their subjective and objective characteristics, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effect…

The impact of government support programs for the development of businesses in Chile

Christian A. Cancino, Claudio A. Bonilla, Marcos Vergara

– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact on businesses in Chile of the Seed Capital Program (SCP) implemented by Chile’s Technical Cooperation Services.

An integrative model of IT-enabled organizational transformation: A multiple case study

Kyung Jin Cha, Taewon Hwang, Shirley Gregor

Despite much research on information technology (IT)-enabled organizational transformation (OT), there are still many issues to be addressed. The purpose of this paper is to fill…

Ownership structure, product market competition and productivity: Evidence from Tunisia

Khadija Mnasri, Dorra Ellouze

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of product market competition and ownership structure on total factor productivity and the interaction between these two…

Does VRIO help managers evaluate a firm’s resources?

Paul J. Knott

The resource-based view and value-rarity-imitability-organisation (VRIO) method have diffused widely into courses aimed at managerial practice, but research has yet to verify…

Towards a better understanding of the “buffering effects” of organizational virtuousness’ perceptions on employee outcomes

Irene Nikandrou, Irene Tsachouridi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the buffering effects of organizational virtuousness. More specifically, the study investigates employee reactions (job satisfaction…

Examining the relationships among trust, silence and organizational commitment

Alisher Tohirovich Dedahanov, Jaehoon Rhee

Previous studies examined the relationships between trust, organizational commitment and the unitary construct of silence. The authors believe that previous studies’ primary…

A fuzzy preference relations model for evaluating key supplier relationships in TFT-LCD TV panel manufacturing industry

Jia-Wei Tang, Tsuen-Ho Hsu

Interest in investigating key supplier relationships from both academic and corporate spheres has increased in recent years. However, it is difficult to develop a sustainable and…

Mutual value creation in component co-branding relationships

Fabio Cassia, Francesca Magno, Marta Ugolini

This paper explores the process of mutual value creation in a component co-branding relationship between an unknown component supplier and a well-known Original Equipment…

CRM Systems in Industrial Companies: Intra- and Inter-Organizational Effects

G. Douglas Olsen

Understanding Management: The Social Science Foundations

Alan Goldman