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作者:Holm, DB; Eriksson, K; Johanson, J
作者单位:Uppsala University
摘要:A structural model of business relationship development in a business network context is formulated and tested on delta from the European International Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) project. The empirical analysis demonstrates a causal chain from business network connection through mutual commitment and mutanl dependence to value creation in the relationship. The results show that mutuality in business network relationships is critical in developing interfirm systems of workflow interdependen...
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作者:Barringer, BR; Bluedorn, AC
作者单位:State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia
摘要:This study examines the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship intensity and five specific strategic management practices in a sample of 169 U.S. manufacturing firms. The Jive strategic management practices include: scanning intensity, planning flexibility, planning horizon, locus of planning, and control attributes. The results of the study indicated a positive relationship between corporate entrepreneurship intensify and scanning intensify, planning flexibility, locus of planning, a...
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作者:Gulati, R
作者单位:Northwestern University
摘要:This paper presents a dynamic, firm-level study of the role of network resources in determining alliance formation. Such resources inhere not so much within the firm but reside in the interfirm networks in which firms are placed. Data from extensive fieldwork show that by influencing the extent to which firms have access to information about potential partners, such resources are an important catalyst for new alliances, especially because alliances entail considerable hazards. This study also ...
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作者:Knight, D; Pearce, CL; Smith, KG; Olian, JD; Sims, HP; Smith, KA; Flood, P
作者单位:University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte; Syracuse University; University of Limerick
摘要:This study integrated concepts from upper echelons, group process and social cognition theories to investigate holy demographic diversity and group processes influence strategic consensus within the top management team (TMT), where strategic consensus is defined as the degree to which individual mental models of strategy overlap. Data from 76 high-technology firms in the United Stares and Ireland were used to examine three alternative models. The results showed that while demographic diversity...