Purpose – The purpose of this chapter is to study how dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (competitive aggressiveness, proactiveness and risk taking) affect international performance in competitive and technology-intensive international environments. Methodology/approach – To address...

Purpose – To analyze the diffusion of management accounting tools in Italian manufacturing firms and the impact of contingency factors with a particular focus on internationalization. Design/methodology/approach – This study is based on a qualitative statistical analysis and two quantitative...

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the role of private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) operators in the introduction of innovative and sophisticated performance measurement and management control systems (MCSs) within their acquired companies. Methodology/approach – Contingency...

Daß ökonomische Prozesse zu den primären evolutorischen Untersuchungsgegenständen gehören und wie alle handlungserzeugten Prozesse, die nicht antizipierte Neuheiten hervorrufen können, grundsätzlich als verlaufs- und ergebnisoffen zu konzipieren sind, ist unstrittig. Um den Problemen des...

Compares and analyzes the strategies for success for two categories of mature industrial-product environments. The two categories considered are the disciplined capital goods makers and the aggressive makers of complex goods. Data used in the analysis were drawn from the PIMS database. Six...