Redesigning Social Inquiry Fuzzy Sets And Beyond

Strategy and Structure

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01492063211006450

Purpose in the For-Profit Firm: A Review and Framework for Management Research:

The effect of social mission on service quality and brand image

Adopting the configurational approach to the analysis of job satisfaction in Mongolia

A mission statement is a widely used strategic tool that emphasises an organisation’s uniqueness and identity. It was in the early 1980s that academics, managers, and consultants recognised the need for explicitly formulating a mission statement in organisations. Since then, mission statements have remained as a popular strategic tool in organisations. This article conducts a systematic literature review to synthesise research on mission statements. The analysis of the 53 articles selected includes a bibliometric and content analysis. According to their perspective, the works selected were grouped into four thematic areas: (1) mission statement development, (2) mission statement components, (3) mission impact on employees, and (4) mission impact on performance. The overreaching conclusion is that mission statements are widely used in practice but poorly researched in theory. Most articles adopt a managerial phenomenon-based strand, lacking a deep theoretical foundation. The article ends with suggestions for further research in terms of theory, practice, and methodology.

The real mission of the mission statement: A systematic review of the literature

Mission statements and performance: An exploratory study of science parks

Mission statements are widely considered an effective strategic and communication tool in all types of organization. Specifically, mission statements are also relevant in social enterprises...

Unveiling the mission statements in social enterprises: a comparative content analysis of US- vs. Spanish-based organizations

Mission statements are a key element of any organization. Ideally, the mission statement should be written at the initial stages of an organization’s life to be a useful tool to guide future organization’s decisions and strategy. However, at the early stages of an organization’s life, the organization might still be under development with the objective and stakeholders not yet well-defined, and therefore, stating the mission so early on, might neglect some important elements. In this paper, the authors explore the difference in mission statement quality between missions that have been created at the birth stage of an organization versus missions that are just explicitly formulated once the organization is already well-established and an underlying implicit mission already exists. The authors use as an empirical setting university research parks.,The authors evaluate mission statement quality using content analysis. The authors then test the differences on mission statement quality between two groups of research parks, those that have followed a creation strategy versus those that have followed a formulation strategy, using mean of differences test.,The authors find that a formulation strategy produces more complete mission statements than the creation strategy. Research parks that have followed a formulation strategy include in their mission statements more references to relevant stakeholders, such as investors, than parks following a creation strategy with respect to their mission statement.,The research setting is Spanish Science Parks. This research setting is appropriate to answer the research question, as two Park creation strategies, planned and unplanned, allow the researchers to clearly differentiate between two mission conception strategies. However, the sample size is rather small.,Research has shown that a well-defined mission helps organizations focus and strategy formulation. The authors’ research offers some guidance on how to achieve a high-quality mission statement which will, in turn, help organizations have a better definition of their purpose.,Research until now has assumed that the mission statement should be formulated at the initial stages of the organization’s life. The authors’ research shows that defining the mission statement later in the process creates higher-quality mission statements that better reflect the organizations purpose and relevant stakeholders.

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Mission statements: what university research parks tell us about timing

The growing importance knowledge and innovation are acquiring as the basis for economic development and growth has lead universities to expand their traditional functions, spreading their commitment in the contribution to economic and social welfare through their so-called third mission.
Certainly, universities have turned into one of the most important engines for regional development, therefore, they are called to play a paramount role in the provision of new knowledge, which is expected to have a positive impact in the innovation systems of their neighbouring regions. However, these new demands are not followed by a larger availability of resources. On the contrary, universities are struggling to simultaneously carry out teaching and 
research activities alongside with technology transfer ones. 
In this study we aim at scrutinize which are the determinants of technology transfer outcomes at universities. By means of an empirical analysis, we examine which combination of resources lead to higher technology transfer outcomes when these take the form of patents, spin-offs and R&D contracts. Data from the Spanish higher education system for the period 2004-2011 is 
used. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

Adrián Guerrero

Papers

The real mission of the mission statement: A systematic review of the literature

Mission statements and performance: An exploratory study of science parks

Unveiling the mission statements in social enterprises: a comparative content analysis of US- vs. Spanish-based organizations

Mission statements: what university research parks tell us about timing

Examining technology transfer activities at universities: does one recipe explain all outcomes?