This paper attempts to examine the influence of six principal Human Resource (HR) practices — training and development, teamwork, incentives, HR planning, employment security, and performance appraisal — on the relationship between business strategy and firm performance by using data...

The idea that environmental scanning can be a key factor in sustained competitive advantage calls for the integration of business strategy and the environment. Not surprisingly, environmental scanning is widely viewed as the first step in the process that links strategy and the environment. The...