While some researchers have examined the relationship between interfirm trust and alliance performance (Inkpen and Curall, 1998; Luo,2002; Sako, 2000; Zaheer et aL, 1998), others have argued that several factors such as risk and uncertainty, cultural diversity of partners, and resource dependence (Elangovan...

As the economies are becoming knowledge intensive and industries are encountering hypercompetitive technology environments, and the markets undergoing large scale globalization with firms experiencing wild fluctuations in financial performance, firm governance structure and the functioning of...

This paper is a study of the coordination capability between operations and other functional areas within the firm. The paper examines a number of relationships with respect to cross-functional coordination and performance. Using a random sample of 231 firms, five hypotheses are tested....

Over the last five decades the Toyota Production System (TPS) has evolved from an advanced sociotechnical concept in manufacturing to a participative design for large-scale change management. Toyota has been able to sustain a strategic competitive advantage by applying TPS as a process...

Many of us would be surprised to learn that the very logic of size, power and control which brought success and stability in the past have also been the source of disorder, chaos and attrition of energy and enthusiasm in organizations. In the past, organizations were desired for their size,...

The objective of this paper is to explore strategic process models for sustainability. Strategic management helps deal with “messy” problems by integrating multiple, even conflicting, factors through models of strategic processes. A survey of strategic process research provides five broad...

The objective of this manuscript is to present the arguments in favor of mini regional exchanges facilitating the trading of stocks for local and regional businesses. The mini stock exchange model proposed is not the replication of major national exchanges listing the same set of firms listed...

Managers of established firms as well as emerging firms continually search for unique strategies that ensure better returns with minimal risk, and that enable their businesses to effectively outsmart the competitive challenges by attaining the advantages in terms of innovation, cost efficiency...

The knowledge base of an organization is considered its intellectual capital, and is increasingly emphasized as a vital source of competitive advantage. Engineering, managing, and leveraging knowledge (individual-, group-, and organizational-level knowledge) are becoming strategic activities in...

Although several scholars have emphasized that a balance in power and control between partners enhances alliance stability, the extant studies have not explicitly addressed the performance implications of relational influence between partners. Drawing on social exchange theory, we examined the...