This paper shows how strategic planning may function as a conflict-mediating routine. We conducted a five-year case study in a large financial services joint venture firm co-owned by a Latin American state bank and a European multinational financial company. The controlling companies have...

Sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) have become mainstays of business activities: the percentage of large global companies professing to practice some form of sustainability and CSR has been steadily increasing, sustainability reporting has become the norm and businesses of...

Entrepreneurs, managers, and their firms do not operate in a vacuum. Instead, each of their activities, including strategic business planning, must be undertaken and understood in the context of the specific demands and requirements of the environment in which the company conducts its business...

We develop a theory of firm scope in which integrating two firms into one facilitates the allocation of resources, but leads to weaker incentives for effort, compared with nonintegration. Our theory makes minimal assumptions about the underlying agency problem. Moreover, the benefits and costs...

The introductory article to the special issue "The Strategic Management in the Context of Dynamic Complexity" substantiates that models and representations of the theory of complex systems are becoming the most relevant science-based background, which allows us to respond to the challenges of...

The Census Bureau's 2015 Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS) utilized innovative methodology to collect five-point forecast distributions over own future shipments, employment, and capital and materials expenditures for 35,000 U.S. manufacturing plants. First and second moments...

1. Introduction and Problem Statement -- 2. What is Strategic Management and Why Do We Need It - Theoretical Foundations of Strategic Management -- 3. The Influence of Culture on Strategic Management and its Processes -- 4. Development of the Research Model -- 5. Methodology -- 6. Results -- 7....

"The Great Lockdown" is an event not seen in the last 100 years. The implications for consumer behaviors and businesses are profound. Different countries and industries are feeling different degrees of impact from COVID-19. Many industries are seeing a net negative impact due to COVID-19 -...

In den letzten Jahrzehnten hat die Bedeutung immaterieller Vermögensgegenstände für Unternehmen und damit auch für ganze Volkswirtschaften erheblich zugenommen. Um immaterielle Vermögensgegenstände adäquat bewirtschaften zu können, entstand der Wunsch, diese zu bewerten. Dazu wurden...

Die immer größere Anzahl und Vielfalt der im Zuge der fortschreitenden Digitalisierung entstehenden Daten ist eng mit dem Begriff "Big Data" verbunden. Damit nimmt aus ökonomischer Perspektive neben der Bedeutung von Daten auch die Relevanz von Big Data zu. Die vorliegende IW-Analyse erfasst...

Dieses Open-Access-Buch erläutert ein Handlungsmodell zur Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung. Das Modell beinhaltet 16 Gestaltungsaufgaben, die sich an den wesentlichen Planungs- und Steuerungsaufgaben sozialer Versorgung und den vier Phasen eines Managementkreislaufes (Analyse,...

Wie geht es dem Unternehmen heute? Befindet es sich auf dem erwarteten Entwicklungspfad? Sind die strategischen Ziele zu erreichen und wurden sie erreicht? Welche Maßnahmen müssen ergriffen werden, um die Ziele zu erreichen? Können sie unter ständig ändernden Rahmenbedingungen erreicht...

Every business has a strategy for surviving, growing and making profits. Strategy is making a choice out of several alternatives to survive, compete and grow in the business. It is linked with all those decisions that are crucial to an enterprise. It is also a plan to do something in the future...

The workforce planning problem of hiring, dismissing and promoting has been the perennial difficulty of HR management. To cope with uncertain attrition, we propose a new approach of finding a course of action that safeguards against violating organizational target-meeting constraints such as...

Vorwort -- 1. Einführung -- 2. Einführung in die faszinierende Welt des Zufalls -- 3. Grundbegriffe -- 4. Risiken und Chancen als Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen darstellen -- 5. Risiken in der Unternehmensplanung -- 6. Stochastische Prozesse -- 7. Risikomaße -- 8. Abhängigkeiten modellieren...

Deckblatt -- Titelseite -- Impressum -- Inhalt -- Vorwort -- Akürzungsverzeichnis -- 1 Grundlagen -- 1.1 Rechnungswesen und Finanzbuchhaltung -- 1.1.1 Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung -- 1.1.2 Bilanz -- 1.1.3 Cashflow -- 1.1.4 Ausgewählte Finanzkennzahlen -- 1.2 Einführung in die Kosten- und...

This book helps readers understand the main issues, challenges, strategies, and solution methods in Aggregate Planning (AP), an important part of Supply Chain Management. The design of the book supports readers in the fields of engineering and management to learn practical knowledge about AP in...

The Concept of Entrepreneurship -- Business Optimization -- Approaches for Applied Management -- The Foundations of Governance Strategies -- Principles of Corporate Optimization -- Operational Context in Applied Management -- Advanced Operational Business Analysis -- The Implementation of...

"Lay down the foundations of a successful business venture through a thoroughly researched and competitive business plan. Based on tried and tested business methodology used at the leading business school, Cranfield School of Management, this 10th edition of The Business Plan Workbook guides you...