Showing papers in "European Management Journal in 2006"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the value network concept and illuminates on its value creating logic, and introduce Network Value Analysis (NVA) as a way to analyse competitive ecosystems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored CSR practices and subsidiary autonomy among Mexican subsidiaries of seven European MNEs in the automotive industry, and found that decentralized decision-making may in fact be associated with higher local CSR performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the theory-practice question is too simple and propose an alternative perspective on strategy knowledge in action, based upon a practice epistemology, arguing that strategy knowledge is argues to be actionable as part of the everyday activities of strategizing.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the profitability of service offerings by small and medium sized industrial firms and highlight the heterogeneity of their policies and practices regarding the pricing and costing of their service offers.

TL;DR: The relationship of mission statement quality (based on the inclusion of stakeholders, components, and the meeting of objectives) to financial performance has been investigated in this paper, and it was found that most elements in mission statements are not associated with firm performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors revisited the core IS capabilities framework and examined the challenges and learning points from its implementation in three organizations from 2000 to 2005, including a medium-sized organization beginning to outsource and a multinational and a national bank with international interests, both of which were several years into large-scale outsourcing arrangements.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the link between seven marketing resources associated with customer orientation and performance and found that two resources, customer orientation philosophy and a structure that supports coordination among departments and divisions, are most critical in fostering superior firm performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report two studies involving businesses that have gone through a severe integrity crisis, one that focuses on a single company (Ahold) and one on an entire industry (the Dutch building industry).

TL;DR: The authors explored the comparative business models with a view to identifying areas where these might be expected to generate different HR and employment relations practices, and checked the findings against available evidence, finding that unionisation is higher than anticipated in the LCC sector and a relatively high percentage of staff were on regular rather than contingent contracts.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the sustainability reporting of 42 internationally operating tour operators and concluded that in comparison to other industry sectors, tour operators perform weak at best, large tour operators far better than medium-sized and small firms, and traditional tour operators better than their online competitors.

TL;DR: Whether such integration of disruptive technologies may lead to a “marriage of equals” or whether it leads to dominance by a single technology – and if so, in what circumstances is discussed.

TL;DR: Based on reviews of the growing academic literature in the field of global leadership, the authors delineates the competencies associated with global leadership and provides information about existing assessment tools that can measure these competencies, and offers specific guidance for developing effective global leadership training programs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that in many cases KAM strategy is fatally flawed and will, in the long term, fundamentally damage many of the supplier companies which have invested in this route to market.

TL;DR: In this paper, a broad characterization of how videogame design results from individuals' creative actions is provided, based on qualitative data from a variety of sources including interviews and ethnographic work, and, a sourcebook on videogames.

TL;DR: The authors analyzes the regional characteristics and strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the world cosmetics and toiletries industry, based on the new work by Rugman on regional strategy, and test the proposition that MNEs may asymmetrically develop their upstream and downstream firm specific advantages (FSAs).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a framework that links characteristics of top managers to the development of bridging and bonding social capital in top management groups (TMGs), and outlined some of the strategic and environmental contingencies that influence social capital's value to organizations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw upon the strategy literature to provide a number of insights into what constitute the critical external drivers influencing strategy and the nature of the internal resources firms require to sustain their competitive advantage.

TL;DR: In this article, a process model of key determinants of international acquisitions success, drawing on strategic management, organisational and learning theories, is proposed, tested through the analysis of the successful acquisition by FirstGroup, the UK's largest provider of public transport, of Ryder, the second largest player in the US School Bus industry.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between HRM practices, career paths of individuals involved in the video game industry and the procedures and institutions of the employment market in question.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider what can be done to manage imbalanced supply markets resulting from the fragmented procurement of outsourced services across a sector, using the case of the English National Health Service.

TL;DR: In this article, the importance of networks of interfirm cooperation in biotechnology is examined and the assumption of dense interorganizational networks does not seem to hold true, instead, the assumption that within regional networks, a considerable number of companies are only loosely connected to the network's dense core.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the degree of decentralization of employment relations to subsidiary management at both airlines; they discern the management style towards flightcrew at the low-cost subsidiaries; and finally, they analyse the response of flight crew to management style adopted.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors test whether stock market reactions differ when an alliance formation or termination is announced and provide an in-depth analysis of potential determinants of stock market reaction.

TL;DR: This paper presents practical aspects for managers that lead for better Information Technology performance and presents a new concept called “Cognitive Knowledge Identity” (CKI) that distinguishes between three types of systems in organizations: Tayloristic, Expert, and Innovation.

TL;DR: A model of how organisations might employ Value-Transparency (V-T) as a resource within supply relationships is presented, refuting classical models of buyer-supplier relationships which assume a hierarchy wherein customers specify and demand suppliers to conform or acquiesce.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that novice users are not quite as helpless as might have been anticipated, and that experienced clients of consultants, and even consultants themselves, may have something to learn from them.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors trace the history of the Irish state airline Aer Lingus and the decision to move towards a low cost business model in response to the new realities in the airline industry.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on the use of techniques in strategic project management from a survey of the UK oil and gas sector and propose portfolios of techniques to support successful project management.

TL;DR: In this article, a new theoretical model which pays specific attention to the characteristics of the parents' contributions and the three dimensions of management control of joint ventures; the mechanisms, the tightness, and the focus was developed.