Showing papers by "Frans van den Bosch published in 2011"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between cost, resource and entrepreneurial drivers of an offshoring strategy and the size of a firm's Offshoring Strategy, and found that small firms mostly offshore competence exploring activities, whereas large firms relocate competence exploiting activities, just like these firms have a relatively stronger preference for nearshoring.
177 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how top managers' corporate governance orientation influences a firm's strategic renewal trajectories over time and found that top managers with an Anglo-Saxon corporate governance orientation are more likely to pursue exploitative and external-growth strategic renewal trajectory, while those having a Rhine corporate governance oriented are more willing to pursue exploratory and internal-growth strategy.
Abstract: Using the upper echelons perspective together with corporate governance and strategic renewal literature, this paper investigates how top managers' corporate governance orientation influences a firm's strategic renewal trajectories over time. Through both a qualitative analysis (1907-2004) and a quantitative analysis (1959-2004), we investigate this under-researched question within the context of a large incumbent firm: Royal Dutch Shell plc. Our results indicate that top managers having an Anglo-Saxon corporate governance orientation are more likely to pursue exploitative and external-growth strategic renewal trajectories, while those having a Rhine corporate governance orientation are more likely to pursue exploratory and internal-growth strategic renewal trajectories. We also found a positive moderating effect of the proportion of shareholders from the Anglo-Saxon countries on exploitative and external-growth strategic renewal trajectories. Our findings indicate that top managers' corporate governance orientation can be an important antecedent of strategic renewal and of organizational ambidexterity, both of which influence corporate longevity.
77 citations
TL;DR: The authors argue that a need exists for a new generation of IJV governance research that considers IJVs' boards of directors as well as other dimensions of governance and highlight some research opportunities that are illustrative for the research agenda that they are calling for that builds bridges between the literatures on corporate governance and international joint ventures.
Abstract: Large gaps appear to exist between the evolving corporate governance practices of organizations and those of international joint ventures (IJVs). Some of these gaps might well be appropriate given some of the unique features of IJVs, while others might require new consideration and attention by organizations engaged in alliances. The expansive literatures on corporate governance and IJVs have developed separately from one another, and there are important opportunities to combine them. We argue that a need exists for a new generation of IJV governance research that considers IJVs' boards of directors as well as other dimensions of governance. We highlight some research opportunities that are illustrative for the research agenda that we are calling for that builds bridges between the literatures on corporate governance and IJVs.
34 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, two accessibility measures were applied to evaluate the integration between transport and land use in Hanoi metropolitan area: Vietnam, which has a typical monocentric urban form in the current situation, and Randstad metropolitan area, the Netherlands, which have a typical polycentric urban form.
Abstract: Accessibility is a comprehensive performance measure for the integration between land use and transport systems. In this research, two accessibility measures were applied to evaluate the integration between transport and land use in Hanoi metropolitan area: Vietnam, which has a typical monocentric urban form in the current situation, and Randstad metropolitan area, the Netherlands, which has a typical polycentric urban form. Job accessibility by private and public transport was calculated using the traditional potential accessibility measure corrected for competition of jobs. The results show there is a potential improvement of levels of accessibility in Hanoi through its planned transition into a polycentric urban form. The results illustrate the complex relationship between urban and regional planning and transport, and how spatial knowledge and geographic information system (GIS) tools can be used to provide urban planners, transport planners and engineers in Hanoi with valuable information related to ...
9 citations
01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In today's increasingly international world, it is not uncommon for multinational companies to move some element of their headquarters to another country as mentioned in this paper, and the strategic costs and benefits of such decisions are evaluated.
Abstract: In today’s increasingly international world, it’s not uncommon for multinational companies to move some element of their headquarters to another country. Here’s how to evaluate the strategic costs and benefits of such decisions.
8 citations
01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In this paper, a socio-political perspective that links the antecedents and consequences of the adoption of a shareholder value orientation (SVO) is presented, where the authors introduce the notion of misaligned elites and misfitted practices in their analysis of how and why differences in the technical and cultural preferences of major owners will influence a firm's adoption and (un)successful implementation of an SVO among the largest 100 corporations in the Netherlands from 1992-2006.
Abstract: As part of a larger literature focused on identifying and relating the antecedents and consequences of diffusing organizational practices/ideas, recent research has debated the international adoption of a shareholder-value-orientation (SVO). The debate has financial economists characterizing the adoption of an SVO as performance-enhancing and thus inevitable, with behavioral scientists disputing both claims, invoking institutional differences. This study seeks to provide some resolution to the debate (and advance current understanding on the diffusion of practices/ideas) by developing a socio-political perspective that links the antecedents and consequences of an SVO. In particular, we introduce the notion of misaligned elites and misfitted practices in our analysis of how and why differences in the technical and cultural preferences of major owners will influence a firm’s adoption and (un)successful implementation of an SVO among the largest 100 corporations in the Netherlands from 1992-2006. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our perspective and our findings for future research on corporate governance and the diffusion of organizational practices/ideas.
4 citations