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作者：CHEN, MJ; MILLER, D
作者单位：Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal; McGill University
摘要：This research examines how competitive attacks can best reduce the chances of retaliation. An expectancy-valence model is developed that views retaliation as a function of the subtlety of an attack: that is, its visibility, the difficulty rivals might have in responding to it in kind, and the importance or 'centrality;' to rivals of the market under siege. Motivational theories suggest that all three of these independent variables need to be in place in order to elicit a response-or conversely...
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作者：STOPFORD, JM; BADENFULLER, CWF
作者单位：University of Bath
摘要：This paper demonstrates how the various types of corporate entrepreneurship-individual managers, business renewal and Schumpeterian, or industry, leadership-share five 'bundles' of attributes. Each type can exist in one firm, though at different times as the common attributes change their role and relative importance. External and internal triggers for change are examined for a sample of 10 firms in 4 European industries. The data suggest a provocative conclusion: troubled firms in hostile env...
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作者：NATH, D; SUDHARSHAN, D
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：Strategies at different levels need to be coherent to ensure competitive advantage (Hofer and Schendel, 1978). Strategy coherence is the consistency of strategic choices across business and functional levels of strategy. In this paper we focus on strategy coherence. Using patterns of strategy, we develop a measure of the extent of strategy coherence. The relationship between coherence and performance is used to validate the measure. We illustrate the application of the measurement and validati...
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作者：MARLIN, D; LAMONT, BT; HOFFMAN, JJ
摘要：This study further examines strategy and performance relationships between and within situations of varying strategic choice and environmental determinism. Contrary to Lawless and Finch's (1989) previous test of Hrebiniak and Joyce's (1985) dynamic, interactive view of organizational adaptation, the results are more in line with the theory. Some discrepancies are found, however, suggesting useful issues and hypotheses for future research.
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作者：BOYD, BK
摘要：The board of directors has been identified as a key internal control mechanism for setting CEO compensation. Theory suggests that CEOs will attempt to circumvent board control in an effort to maximize salary. This hypothesis was tested using a sample of 193 firms in a cross-section of industries. Corporate governance literature was reviewed to develop a multiple indicator measure of board control. Although, as hypothesized, CEO salaries were greater in firms with lower levels of control, CEO c...
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作者：DODGE, HR; FULLERTON, S; ROBBINS, JE
作者单位：Winthrop University
摘要：An empirical study based upon a sample of 645 small businesses assesses the relationship that life cycle stage and level of competition exhibit with the problems perceived to constrain small business strategic planning. Problems have been identified as either internal (cash flow) or external (competition); they have further been classified as either situational or core problems. Among the most prevalent problems reported by decision makers are customer contact, market knowledge, marketing plan...
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作者：ROTH, K; RICKS, DA
摘要：This study analyzes the goal configuration of 126 firms, based in Japan, U. K. and U.S., competing in global industries. The results indicate that firm nationality and internationalization do not affect the firm's goal configuration. The breadth of the firm's reward system was found to be related positively to a dispersed goat configuration and, within global and multifocal industry segments, a congruence between goal configuration and industry position was found to be associated positively wi...
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作者：BALAKRISHNAN, S; FOX, I
作者单位：Washington State University
摘要：This paper presents an empirical investigation of the importance of specialized assets and other unique characteristics of a firm in explaining the variance in capital structure across firms. The results show that firm-specific effects contribute most to the variance in leverage, suggesting a strong link between strategy and capital structure.
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作者：NAMAN, JL; SLEVIN, DP
摘要：This paper reports the results of a study designed to investigate entrepreneurship and 'fit' in small and medium sized high technology manufacturing firms. A normative model of fit has been developed, which including the variables of entrepreneurial style, organizational structure, and mission strategy, determines a measure of the firm's fit with its environment. The normative model of fit proposed here is based on variables and relationships found to be important in previous empirical studies...
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作者：NAYYAR, PR
摘要：Service firms may seek benefits from information asymmetry and economies of scope by diversifying. Each source of benefit is based on different underlying mechanisms and each is affected differently by implementation difficulties and service characteristics. Previous research, however, has not analyzed the relative performance effects of these two very different sources of benefits for related diversified service firms. Thus, this paper uses an integrative framework including these aspects to ...
