What impact, if any, does a firm's formal mission statement have on its innovativeness? Over the years, the mission statement has been regarded as one of the cornerstone documents of the large, modern corporation. It has especially been seen as essential in terms of providing two major benefits:...

This article presents findings from research which examiped and analyzed the content of mission statements from 72 North American corporations. Specifically, 25 mission statement components were analysed to determine if there were any differences between innovative and non-innovative...

This article presents findings from an exploratory research study that assessed the content and impact of mission statements in 103 Canadian not-for-profit health care organizations. The study especially sought to determine if a relationship existed between selected mission statement components...

Mission statements have been called the critical starting point for enhancing firm innovativeness. They are essential for strategic planning and have shown to be linked with new product success. The current study asks the question: does the general model of the relationship between mission and...

A relationship between mission and organizational performance was modeled by drawing on previous research. The model was tested with data from 83 large Canadian and US organizations. We found that mission statements can affect financial performance, howevre, not as one might have anticipated...

Mission statements are considered to be one of the most popular management tools in the world - and also one of the most frustrating. To secure their success, it has been recommended that mission statements be communicated and disseminated to as many internal and external stakeholders as...

One of the greatest challenges facing advocates ofthe intellectual capital movement is finding ways to measure and report on its content and effect. Some consider the measurement of human intellectual capital (HIC) to be a daunting exercise. At the same time, mission statements represent the...

The difficulty large, diversified firms have in generating and sustaining innovation has long been recognizes. Excessive hierarchies, lengthy decision making, and oppressive procedure manuals and controls are just some of the all-too-common features typically and frequently cited as being found...

Mission statements abound. One often sees them gracing the walls and halls of the world's leading corporations. Boston-based Bain & Company recently reported that of the 400 firms it surveyed, nine out of ten had used a mission statement some time in the last five years-thus making it the most...

A relationship between board/management quot;involvementquot; and quot;awarenessquot; with organizational mission and their link to quot;employee commitmentquot; and quot;organizational performancequot; was modeled by drawing on previous research. The model was tested with data from 339 large...