Management Decision: Volume 55 Issue 10

Improving the use of analytics and big data by changing the decision-making culture: A design approach

Jane Elisabeth Frisk, Frank Bannister

Evolving digital technologies continue to enable new ways to collect and analyze data and this has led some researchers to claim that skillful use of data analytics and big data…

Evaluating the link between commercial governance ratings and firm performance in a cross-European setting

Manuel E. Núñez Izquierdo, Josep Garcia-Blandon

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ability of commercial governance ratings (CGR) to predict firm performance.

Oil companies, social responsibility and CSP: combining actions and profiles

Aline Pereira Pündrich

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the influence of socio-economic and cultural factors and their influence on corporate social performance (CSP) (Clarkson, 1995) within…

Are environmental strategies profitable for companies? The key role of natural competences from a resource-based view

Franck Brulhart, Sandrine Gherra, Magalie Marais

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between proactive environmental strategies (PES) and economic performance from a resource-based view. The authors…

Is executive coaching more effective than other management training and development methods?

Izaskun Rekalde, Jon Landeta, Eneka Albizu, Pilar Fernandez-Ferrin

The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of the results of applying executive coaching (EC) as a management competency training and development strategy, setting up a…

Lean leadership competencies: a multi-method study

André Seidel, Tarcísio Abreu Saurin, Giuliano Almeida Marodin, José Luis Duarte Ribeiro

The purpose of this paper is to define the individual leadership competencies that are necessary to implement and sustain lean systems, based on a multi-method approach.

Creating value through the balanced scorecard: how does it work?

Josep Llach, Llorenç Bagur, Jordi Perramon, Frederic Marimon

The purpose of this paper is to further research on the Kaplan and Norton (1996) balanced scorecard (BSC) model after having discerned that previous work has so far neglected to…

Got a plan in the pipeline? Nominating committee’s information processing in executive successions

Axel Walther, Andrea Calabrò, Michèle Morner

The purpose of this paper is to examine how information-processing mechanisms between nominating committees (NCs), incumbent executives, board chairs, and shareholders affect the…

Creativity and propitiousness in strategic decision making: The role of positive politics and macro-economic uncertainty

Said Elbanna, Ilias Kapoutsis, Kamel Mellahi

The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between positive perceptions of politics (i.e. positive politics) and decision creativity and propitiousness (i.e. reaching…

When do firms enter a repeated partnership? The effect of contract terms and relative partner characteristics

Yoojin Oh, Jongkuk Lee

The purpose of this paper is to understand the mechanisms of partner selection from the transaction cost economics’ viewpoint. This paper reveals that a firm’s choice to initiate…

Linkage between dynamics capability and knowledge management factors: A structural equation model

Rodrigo Valio Dominguez Gonzalez, Tatiana Massaroli Melo

Organizations are currently set in a background of dramatic discontinuity, i.e., environments that require continuous change due to fierce competition and market latent demands…

How CEO underpayment influences strategic change: the equity perspective

Linlin Wang, Wan Jiang

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the magnitude of strategic change may be influenced by Chief executive officer (CEO) underpayment relative to comparison CEOs. Based on…