Management Decision: Volume 54 Issue 1

Ambidextrous supply chain as a dynamic capability: building a resilient supply chain

Sang M Lee, Jin Sung Rha

Developing ambidexterity as a dynamic capability is important for firms to sustain their competitive advantage. Moreover, this capability allows firms to build the resiliency to…

Strategic entrepreneurship: mediating the entrepreneurial orientation-performance link

Deniz Kantur

The purpose of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the relationship between firm-level entrepreneurship and organizational performance in an emerging economy…

The value of institutional shareholders: Evidence from cross-border acquisitions by Chinese listed firms

Jing Zhou, Wei Lan, Yingkai Tang

By integrating agency theory with the institution-based view, the purpose of this paper is to examine whether-and if so, how-the likelihood of completion of cross-border…

Toward an innovation-based perspective on company performance

Ulrich Lichtenthaler

– The purpose of this paper is to suggest an innovation-based perspective on company performance and develops a conceptual framework.

Business and innovation resources: Determinants for the survival of new technology-based firms

Hans Löfsten

– The purpose of this paper is to analyze how new technology-based firms’ (NTBF) business and innovation resources affect firm survival.

Spillover effects of marketing expertise on market performance of domestic firms and MNEs in emerging markets

Qiang (Steven) Lu, Chinmay Pattnaik, Mengze Shi

The purpose of this paper is to study the spillover effects of marketing expertise on the market performance of domestic firms and multinational enterprises (MNEs). Specifically…

Abusive supervision and employee creativity: The mediating role of psychological safety and organizational identification

Wenxing Liu, Pengcheng Zhang, Jianqiao Liao, Po Hao, Jianghua Mao

Prior researches have indicated that leadership had an important impact on employee creativity. However, the authors know little about the link between the dark side of…

Stakeholder management: a case of its related capability and performance

Teck Hui Loi

A central claim of stakeholder theory is that the purpose of business is to create value for various stakeholders. However, managing diverse interests of stakeholders can be…

Agency theory: the times, they are a-changin’

Josh Bendickson, Jeff Muldoon, Eric Liguori, Phillip E Davis

Theories develop over time and are influenced by both events and people. Looking primarily at the applications between contracting principal-agent relationships, the purpose of…

Integrating sustainability into strategic supplier portfolio selection

Claudia Neumüller, Rainer Lasch, Florian Kellner

The purpose of this paper is to propose a comprehensive methodology and a problem-specific model for the configuration of the optimal strategic supplier portfolio in terms of…

Exploring transparency: a new framework for responsible business management

Denise Linda Parris, Jennifer L. Dapko, Richard Wade Arnold, Danny Arnold

The purpose of this paper is to critically review the relevant literature on transparency, provide a comprehensive definition of transparency, and present a new framework for…

A multilevel study of structural resilience in interfirm collaboration: A network governance approach

Robert Van de Graaff Randolph

The purpose of this paper is to develop the concept of a high performance alliance macro-culture as a multilevel construct reflective of resilient collaborative systems of…