Strategisches Management in aufstrebenden Industrien, wie der Erneuerbaren Energieindustrie ist das zentrale Thema dieser Dissertation. Es werden insbesondere Schwierigkeiten, die sich aus dem industriellen Umfeld und der Interaktion von Managern und Anspruchsgruppen ergeben, behandelt. Die...

We review and analyze previous literature on succession in family firms from an entrepreneurial process perspective. Through a three-step cluster analysis of 117 published articles on succession in family firms published between 1974 and 2010, we find several themes within which succession can...

Recent research has led to the empirical regularity that firm growth rate distributions are heavy tailed. This finding implies that a few firms experience spectacular growth rates and decline, but that most firms have marginal growth rates. The literature on high growth firms shows that high...

Firm growth is an essential feature of market economies, shaping together macroeconomic performance and the evolution of industry structures. As a potential indicator of organizational “fitness” within a competitive environment, firm growth is also a central concern to both the practice and...

The changing demands and challenging landscape of today's global economy have reshaped sectors of the economy and transform organizations. This transformation welcomes industries to develop its business acumen, invest in business process improvement and re-engineer its processes design and...

The middle management role in strategy execution remains a critical issue in the success of strategic initiatives. The management literature has viewed middle managers as 1) implementers of top management defined strategic changes, 2) relationship managers in strategic-change programs and 3) key...