Der Band untersucht mehrdimensional das Phänomen des Innovationstransfers, am Beispiel von Wikis und auf der Grundlage des Web 2.0, innerhalb einer großen und komplexen Arbeitsorganisation eines chemisch-pharmazeutischen Industrieunternehmens. Als Innovationstransfer wird hierbei ein...

Corruption, commonly defined as the abuse of public power for private gain, is a widespread phenomenon in many countries of the world where its consequences have serious problems. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the moderating role of national culture on the social...

Having the director of human resources (HR) as a member of the top management team (TMT) and giving him/her the title of chief human resources officer (CHRO) indicates an important strategic and symbolic choice. Such decisions not only determine who participates in controlling an organization...

In diesem Beitrag wird die theoretische Basis und der Stand der empirischen Forschung des Kontingenzansatzes des Behavioral Accounting zur Gestaltung unternehmensinterner Abrechnungssysteme ausgewertet. Als wichtigstes Ergebnis bleibt festzuhalten, daß über die Auswahl bestimmter...

This scientific research aims to verify relationships in the use of management accounting practices and several contingent factors. Contingency theory was used in the analysis model. The study focused on 512 textile and clothing companies of the Associação Têxtil e Vestuário de Portugal...

Wenngleich das Outsourcing von Informationstechnologie (IT) eine weitverbreitete Praxis ist, scheitern viele der Outsourcingprojekte immer wieder. In der Konsequenz sind Unternehmen mit dem Verlust von essentiellen Ressourcen und oder dem Rückgang der Unternehmensperformanz konfrontiert. In...

In this article we aim to analyze the relationship between a set of organizational extrinsic and intrinsic factors and the adoption of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) by privately-owned Portuguese organizations (large companies and small and medium enterprises). These factors are related to...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a substantial firm investment. However, the firm value implications of CSR, i.e., whether doing good aligns with doing well, are still a topic of hot debate in practice and research alike. More than three decades of research have only produced...

Success in human resource management (HRM) depends on the question of whether applied practices of HRM meet specific contingency factors and are appropriately configured. Using this argument, the present article examines HRM in professional service firms (PSFs) in pursuit of three objectives....

Procurement has to find further levers and advance its contribution to corporate goals continuously. This places pressure on its organization in order to facilitate its performance. Therefore, procurement organizations constantly have to evolve in order to match these demands. A conceptual model...

According to the literature, science of management has started to become a jungle since 1960s. With the addition of many post-modern concepts, this jungle has turned into a much complex structure. A striking point is that a similar complexity is witnessed about a related subject – leadership....