Management Research Review: Volume 37 Issue 3

Proactive environmental management and performance by a controlling family

Yi-Chun Huang, Ying-Jiuan Wong, Min-Li Yang

This study examined how proactive environmental management affects firm performance and whether a controlling family moderates this effect. The paper aims to discuss these issues…

Embracing waste as a resource: insights from the informal sector

Leslie E. Sekerka, Derek Stimel

This article aims to draw insight from a variety of management disciplines to encourage a broader view of the economy as it relates to sustainable waste management (SWM…

The human factor: a successful acquisition in Brazil

Bruno Wagner, Adriana Victoria Garibaldi de Hilal

The purpose of this case study was to identify how the human factor influenced the 2010 acquisition of company X's cement factory, located in town C in the Brazilian State of…

Individual and professional development in the digital age: Towards a conceptual model of virtual worlds for organizations

Bernadett Koles, Peter Nagy

The current paper aims to embrace an interdisciplinary approach to illustrate some of the ways in which virtual worlds expanded upon the individual, social and professional…

Designing and using research questionnaires

Jenny Rowley

This article aims to draw on experience in supervising new researchers, and the advice of other writers to offer novice researchers such as those engaged in study for a thesis, or…