What is the best for acompany? In most countries it isconsidered to be a duty for board membersto act in the best interest of thecompany. Few, however, question ``who orwhat really counts'' in the boards'governance decisions, and that boards mayplay various roles in carrying out theirduties. In...

This study examines the relationship between three types of reputation building activities - marketing investments, reputation borrowing, and media exposure - and firm performance using a sample of Top-50 pure Internet firms. The study addresses a question of paramount practical importance about...

In order to understand better the organizational sources of continuous innovation, this paper provides an in-depth analysis of Oticon A-S, a leading company in the hearing-aid industry, which showed an impressive ability to develop new products in the nineties. Findings highlight that dynamic...

Past research on initial public offerings suggests that the reputation of a company positively affects the success of the offering. Success is usually measured in financial terms as if the essence of the operation lay only in the short-term inflow of money. In this paper, we investigate...

This article reports on a comparative study of strategic decision-making and board functioning in nine firms. Findings indicate that the heterogeneity of interests represented on the board, members' possession of relevant knowledge, and the presence of ex-ante conflict resolution mechanisms...

In this article we examine how loose coupling between units and people can benefit a firm's ability to combine and recombine knowledge-based resources continuously in a creative and flexible way. An in-depth study of Oticon A/S suggests that loose coupling can be deliberately brought into the...