European Business Review: Volume 25 Issue 6

How do managers make sense of strategy?

Frédérique Grazzini

As a result of the global financial crisis, the meaning of action has reemerged as a central focus of the current debates. This paper seeks to analyze the meaning given by…

Managing stability and crises in business relationships: The case of Ericsson in an emerging market

Anna Bengtson, Anna Ljung, Amjad Hadjikhani

Adding to the theoretical view of relationship development, this paper holds the view that relationship change encompasses not only smooth incremental change but also includes…

Strength of ties involved in international new ventures

Anette Söderqvist, Sylvie Kamala Chetty

The paper aims to examine the strength of ties that entrepreneurs use during three critical phases of the international new venture's (INV) development; pre-founding, start-up and…

The role of relational social capital in examining exporter-intermediary relationships

José Carlos M.R. Pinho

This paper aims to rely on a conceptual model that builds on, and synthesizes, the theoretical foundations of social capital (relational and cognitive) and cooperation. It assumes…

Strategic planning practices in the Greek hospitality industry

Ioannis P. Gkliatis, Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos

– This paper aims to investigate the nature and extent of strategic planning in the Greek hospitality industry and its outcomes based on Greek managers' views.