Journal of Strategy and Management: Volume 9 Issue 3

Competency models for assessing strategic thinking

Ellen Goldman, Andrea Richards Scott

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the competency models used by organizations to assess the strategic thinking ability of their leaders, managers, and other employees…

Alliance portfolio capability: A conceptual framework for the role of exploration or exploitation alliances

Ulrich Lichtenthaler

The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework and propositions on a capability-based view that examine the role of a firm’s primary type of alliances, i.e.…

Corporate venture capital program autonomy, corporate investors’ attention and portfolio diversification

Yi Yang, Tianxu Chen, Lei Zhang

From the attention-based view, the purpose of this paper is to examine how structural autonomy of a corporate venture capital (CVC) program influences its CVC managers’ investment…

Employer trustworthiness, worker pride, and camaraderie as a source of competitive advantage: Evidence from great places to work

Timothy David Butler, Craig Armstrong, Alex Ellinger, George Franke

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between being a “great place to work” (GPTW) and firm performance. While lists such as the “Fortune 100 best places to…

Effects of the environment on illegal cartel activity

David W. Kunsch, Karin Schnarr, W. Glenn Rowe

Using resource dependency theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine what elements in the business environment may be associated with the formation and continuance of…

Business strategy and firm performance: a multi-industry analysis

Jamil Anwar, SAF Hasnu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategy-performance relationship in a multi-industry setting for joint stock firms operating in Pakistan using Miles and Snow…

Firm-specific risk, managerial certainty and optimism: Protecting value during post-earnings announcement conference calls

Vivien E. Jancenelle, Susan F. Storrud-Barnes, Anthony L Iaquinto, Dominic Buccieri

The purpose of this paper is to focus on investor reactions to unanticipated changes in income, and whether those reactions can be mitigated by managerial discussion. The authors…