Management consulting firms play a crucial role in companies' strategic and organizational activities. In business practice, however, they are often criticized for providing inferior solutions due to the deficiencies in the client-consultant interactions. In this paper, we study the effects of...

Scholars have long investigated the organizational antecedents of resilience, but less is known about CEO-level antecedents. This is surprising, since upper echelons research suggests that a CEO influences major firm decisions. Addressing this gap in our knowledge, we suggest that a CEO prepares...

Strategic change management is indispensable for every organization that has to adjust its strategy to changing industry contexts. Patricia Klarner adopts a new approach to analyze strategic changes and introduces the rhythm of change as a concept that measures the timing of changes. Her...

Corporate Growth -- Graduation Day: How New Growth Initiatives Turn into Sizable Businesses -- Adoption of Strategic Initiatives: The Role of Global Teams during Piloting -- Major Challenges in Doing M&A - A Theoretical Approach -- Leading Development -- Constant Development through...