Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and test propositions on location and entry mode decision making by foreign direct investors in the Middle East region. Design/methodology/approach – Case study approach, based on in‐depth interviews with decision makers of multinational...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present empirical evidence for the use of narrative to deliver bad news within an organization, specifically bad news about layoffs. The attempt is to extend previous empirical work, using narrative by senior leadership to convey corporate strategy, to...

Purpose – This study aims to investigate how corporate lobbying affects the relationship between collaboration networks and innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The study incorporates insights from the corporate political strategy perspective into the social network research to examine...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the human dimension of project management by establishing the extent to which social networks influence the commitment of project stakeholders. Up to date, project managers still identify inadequate stakeholder commitment to project...

Purpose – Current events have led academics and practitioners to rethink cross‐border M&A challenges in a tumultuous global business environment and the role of advisors in supporting the deals. The article aims to discuss current trend in M&A and presents some cases to evidence the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between founder-chief executive officers (CEOs) and firm performance. Specifically, the paper explores two opposing arguments on the performance implications of founder-CEO leadership. The first theoretical...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to develop a measure of competitive advantage by identifying a stipulative definition, composing an operational definition and constructing a measurement variable. Design/methodology/approach – The paper undertakes critical literature review,...

Purpose – Research in strategic management has provided a wealth of contributions to the study of competition between firms, yet most strategic management theories were developed and refined for large firm contexts. This suggests the assumed theoretical relationships between strategy...

Purpose – The essence of core competitiveness in an enterprise is the ability to embed knowledge into the routine work of the enterprise and to transform personal knowledge into corporate assets. The purpose of this paper is to explore this area. Design/methodology/approach – This study...

Purpose – Most of the thousands of studies of leadership as well as strategic leadership in organizations choose as the unit of analysis the individual leader. This choice runs contrary to the often-observed fact that organizations have numerous leaders at all levels of the organization – in...