Purpose – This paper aims to empirically investigate competition within the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector, and presents some strategic approaches to managing it. Porter’s five forces (1980) model was used as a theoretical framework to understand and quantify competition in the...

Corporate Growth -- Graduation Day: How New Growth Initiatives Turn into Sizable Businesses -- Adoption of Strategic Initiatives: The Role of Global Teams during Piloting -- Major Challenges in Doing M&A - A Theoretical Approach -- Leading Development -- Constant Development through...

This chapter develops a decision-making framework to analyze important dimensions of mergers and acquisitions. Using a PLS approach, we show that strategic deals’ performance – measured by means of synergy realization, relative performance (compared to the competition), and absolute...