Showing 1 - 10 of 119
Resilience – a firm's ability to adapt, endure, quickly bounce back, and then thrive despite a catastrophic event – addresses diverse managerial constructs including performance (Carmeli & Markman, 2011). Our exploratory study expands this line of research by making two contributions: first,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011049633
Recent financial crises have shown that firms need to create more robust business models. However, it seems that the task of developing resilience - a firm's ability to adapt, endure, bounce back and then thrive, despite the shock - appears on most managers' strategic issue list only after such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285448
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011556493
For many industries, mergers and acquisitions have become the main pathway for reaching strategic objectives like growth, technological leadership, or efficiency in production and distribution. However, the success rate of most M&A deals is low - and flawed. Unrealistic synergies, wrong target...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215534
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015368633
This article supports managers in their attempts to organize effective export strategies. Exporting is not just an initial low-commitment internationalization strategy that leads naturally into higher commitment entry modes such as FDI or acquisitions. For many firms, location advantages do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015368650
This empirical study explores knowledge outflows from MNE subsidiaries and its impact on subsidiary performance. We develop hypotheses derived from literature on MNE knowledge flows integrated with an organizational economics perspective on knowledge-creating MNE subsidiaries. The hypotheses are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015381918
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015368631
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166869
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how firms achieve competitiveness by implementing design-driven innovation. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a detailed longitudinal analysis of the design innovation underpinning the Norwegian furniture industry. Using a data set spanning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014702470