In this chapter, we first examine the distribution characteristics of firm performance across different competitive industry contexts and periodic economic conditions of growth, recession, and recovery. There is mounting evidence that the contours of accounting-based economic returns...

Workplace innovation informs an organisation’s innovation culture, which indicates innovation does not function in isolation. It depends on the interaction between numerous actors, entities, and external stakeholders. In this chapter, the authors claim that from an innovation systems...

This chapter delves into the impact of digital initiatives on firms and sheds light on how they can be explained through market reactions and the resource/capabilities mechanism. By providing a novel conceptual framework that reflects the potential impact of digital initiatives on the sensing,...

Global diffusion of previously developed clean and energy-efficient technologies is continuing to define the pace of the international transition to a green economy over the next few years. Empirical firm-level analyses offer a powerful approach to investigating how a firm's global value-chain...

By celebrating tourism destinations through cruise collections, luxury brands open to new influences. They may develop deeper connections with certain geographical areas, but may also challenge the quintessentially national dimension of luxury brand culture. The best example of synergies between...

A focused and successful organization is one where all decisions are made in adherence to a clear and effective strategy. Since projects are increasingly being used as the primary means through which organizations enact change and implement strategy, ensuring a clear link between the strategic...

Urban transport plays a key role in reducing climate gas emissions. However, public policies are developed and implemented in an increasingly complex, fragmented, and multilevelled society. This chapter focuses on how interactive political leadership can address challenges related to spatial...

Group lending is an innovation associated with the microcredit movement that many have pointed to as responsible for microcredit’s success in reaching millions of poor borrowers. We outline a number of theories about how group lending can make lending more feasible when collateral cannot be...