Purpose Organizations need to find ways to survive in unpredictable, dynamic and
rapidly changing environments. The development of organizational capabilities,
such as relational, is a dynamic process of adaptation, which seeks to adjust to
an unstable environment. Within this context, the purpose of this paper is to
analyze, through a systematic review (SR), 36 articles, which discuss the
influen... hiện toàn bộ
Ricardo Jorge Correia, José G. Dias, Mário Sérgio Teixeira
PurposeThis paper aims to explore a new causal link between market orientation
and business performance by introducing dynamic capabilities as a mediator of
the relationship between market orientation and competitive advantages, which
ultimately determine business performance.Design/methodology/approachThe
mediating roles of dynamic capabilities and competitive advantages are tested
with a sample ... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons for businesses to
partner with schools from the point of view of both stakeholders. Understanding
the process by which schools and business entities collaborate with the goal of
improving student achievement is important to ensure success and anticipate
barriers. Pitfalls and keys to success are outlined. Recommendations for school
and bus... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to define and then investigate the incidence
of organizational leadership practices that encourage a culture of strategic
thinking.Design/methodology/approachDiscussions with 400 US healthcare
executives attending focused educational seminars identified 18 leadership
practices that encourage strategic thinking and 117 participants in subsequent
seminars complete... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine what the effects of acquisition
are on R&D patterns.Design/methodology/approachThis paper tests whether the
actual post‐acquisition R&D intensity of the combined firm deviated from the
predicted R&D intensity, where the predicted amount is an asset‐weighted average
of pre‐acquisition values.FindingsThe results indicate that the combination of
techno... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship
between chief executive officer characteristics and corporate turnaround
performance of declining firms attempting
turnaround.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 60 US manufacturing firms that
experience severe performance decline and turnaround from 1985 to 2000 are
selected from a population of declining manufacturing... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual approach to
determining an optimal strategy development process and controlling of the
defence spending, by utilizing the decision‐making system adopted in the
Republic of Estonia.Design/methodology/approachThe author offers a part of the
Balanced Scorecard model named “Management and Control Perspective” as one of
the improvement tools f... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThis paper aims to report the results of a study which extends the
research of Elbanna by testing the relationship between strategic planning
practice and participation on the one hand and the effectiveness of strategic
planning on the other.Design/methodology/approachThe paper extends the work of
Elbanna by conducting the study in a new setting, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
with a broade... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the role of brand equity on
mergers and acquisition (M&A) in the pharmaceutical sector; also to emphasize
the various strategies and the benefits incurred in the arena of M&A in this
sector.Design/methodology/approachThe author studies two major mergers in recent
years, i.e. the Daiichi‐Ranbaxy and the Pfizer‐Wyeth deals. Brand equities were
calculat... hiện toàn bộ