Strategy-as-practice: Taking social practices seriously

E Vaara, R Whittington - Academy of Management Annals, 2012 - journals.aom.org
This article reviews research in Strategy-as-Practice (SAP) and suggests directions for its
development. The power of this perspective lies in its ability to explain how strategy-making …

Learning sequences: Their existence, effect, and evolution

CB Bingham, JP Davis - Academy of Management Journal, 2012 - journals.aom.org
Much is known about the importance of learning and some of the distinct learning processes
that organizations use (eg, trial-and-error learning, vicarious learning, experimental …

Examining proactive strategic decision‐making flexibility in new product development

D Kandemir, N Acur - Journal of Product Innovation …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
While strategic flexibility is widely accepted as a prerequisite for a firm's success, its
application in strategic decision making to a firm's new product development (NPD) activities …

Decision making within and between organizations: Rationality, politics, and alliance performance

J Walter, FW Kellermanns… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This study extends research on strategic decision making into the realm of strategic
alliances by examining the interactive effect of decision process characteristics at the firm …

Rationality in supplier selection decisions: The effect of the buyer's national task environment

L Kaufmann, S Kreft, M Ehrgott, F Reimann - Journal of Purchasing and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Our study sheds light on two fundamental questions in supply management: First, does
adherence to highly rational decision processes help buyers make better supplier selection …

The influence of decision-maker characteristics on the international strategic decision-making process: An SME perspective

F Musso, B Francioni - Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to explore different aspects of SMEs' strategic decision-making
processes in international business. In particularly, we want to understand if exist a …

Context and action in the transformation of strategy scholarship

H Sminia, M de Rond - Journal of Management Studies, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
abstract We revisit Andrew Pettigrew's seminal 'Context and action in the transformation of
the firm', first published in this journal in November 1987. In doing so, we not only review …

Climate change and energy systems: impacts, risks and adaptation in the Nordic and Baltic Countries

T Thorsteinsson, H Björnsson - 2012 - diva-portal.org
(CES), was one of 16 research projects selected to form part of Nordic Energy Researchs
2007–2010 strategy and action plan. Involving nearly 100 scientists at 33 institutions in all …

“You can't make this a science!”—Analyzing decision support systems in political contexts

A Andersson, Å Grönlund, J Åström - Government Information Quarterly, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper reports on problems and conflicts encountered when using decision support
systems (DSS) in political contexts. Based on a literature study and two case studies we …

[图书][B] Seven management moralities

T Klikauer - 2012 - books.google.com
For the first time, Seven Management Moralities delivers a comprehensive overview of all
forms of moral and immoral behaviour displayed by management. Utilising Kohlberg's …