This research studied the relationship between gender, age, education and the attitudes towards managerial women in Puerto Rico. A mixed methodology was utilized. The samples consisted of 564 sub graduated and graduated students (quantitative phase) and 25 managerial women (qualitative phase)...

Organizations are complex systems that require mixtures of capabilities that interact in potentially quite complex ways both within and across points in time. This is particularly true of the dynamic managerial capability in sensing and seizing market opportunities. This study uses an...

Managers have a variety of tools at their disposal to analyze the impact of alternative courses of action on costs, revenues, and profits. Both short term and long term implications can be examined through sophisticated computer models, elaborate forecasting techniques, and complex algorithms...

This study attempts to highlight the paradoxical aspects of top management power contests within customer firms that outsource information technology (IT) work. Intraorganizational power theory forms the overarching theoretical basis for this study. The focus is on the antecedents and...

In this paper we examine the organizational learning that occurs as a result of the innovative activity of new product development. We argue that learning from the new knowledge generated by the innovative activity is influenced by the cognitive context and work conditions in the organization,...

This study uses responses from 107 multinational firms to reveal CEO perceptions of the drivers of strategic flexibility during business model innovation. While the positive effect of creative culture is confirmed, partner reliance reduces strategic flexibility during business model innovation....

The irresponsible and insensitive behavior of business leaders worldwide shows that business is an underprofessionalized occupation today. Unless future international managers demonstrate that they serve the common good in their daily practice, the legitimacy and moral standing of the business...

Management communication is the study of managers’ stewardship of writing and speaking to get work done with and through people. This paper overviews the field of management communication, its history, distinctiveness from other professional communication fields, and its content. The diversity...

Americans tend to admire powerful leaders. Powerful leaders are seen as exerting influence over their organizations and shaping outcomes around them. CEO power can be exercised across a wide spectrum of decisions, including those regarding corporate strategy, operations, acquisitions,...