The study of transformation and change is one of the most important areas of social science research. This paper synthesizes and critically reviews the emerging traditions in the study of change dynamics. Three mainstream theories of evolution are introduced to explain change: the Darwinian...

Recent comments on the national competitive model based on links between organizational skills and value added have recognized that individual firm performance can be significantly moderated by either or both marketing expertise and differentiating skills within the organization with an emphasis...

Strategic management is well developed in its understanding of both strategic thinking and the strategic decision-making process. But the precise role of behaviours within strategy-making teams and the influence of these behavioural patterns is less well understood. This paper is based on...

This article looks at a selection of significant episodes in the history of organizational and management research, and the policies in this field of the UK Social Science Research Council. The episodes begin in the Council's early days in the mid-1960s, and run through its high-profile efforts...

That a sizeable and expanding chunk of economic activity is generated by the consumption of goods and services related to caring for animal companions is well understood. That animal companions can bring pleasures that enrich the lives of their human companions is understood. That the...

The discipline of marketing draws heavily on viewpoints, concepts and methodologies originating outside its own field of study. As a fairly mature discipline, it can contribute to the development of emerging areas of study as well as benefiting from the new perspectives such new areas bring to...

Summary The paper discusses the constitution of the consuming subject in lifestyle practices of belonging and difference, taste and choice in the material circumstances of everyday living. It considers how lived moments of mundane activity can be understood, not simply as sites of social...