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AbstractThis study tested the theory that the characteristics of British chief executives would be different from that of the subordinate top management team from which they emanated. The study focused upon variations in experiences over three sets of variables: corporate influences; e.g. tenure, mobility, functional experience, international exposure; domestic influences; e.g. education, family influence; and their self‐concept; e.g. aspiration levels, executive success traits. Substantial differences emerged between the two groups across all sets of variables, particularly within the corporate categor

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100102

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe main purpose of this paper is to present an empirical analysis of the sequence relating the performance of the firm to its behavior, which in turn depends upon the origin and personal characteristics of the entrepreneurs. The data are drawn from new Spanish firms. A typology of new entrepreneurs is constructed, based on their basic work aspirations. Each type of entrepreneur is then examined, in terms of the origin and personal characteristics of the members of the class. The results of the study show that significant differences exist among the entrepreneurs and firms of each type, especially in terms of the size of the firm (number of employees) and its evolution over time. The implications of these results, for the theory of entrepreneurship and for the design of policies towards the creation of new firms, are then derived.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100103

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractPrevious research has found that groups using dialectical inquiry (DI) or devil's advocacy (DA) make better strategic decisions than groups using a consensus (C) approach. This paper explains those findings by using new data to show that the DI and DA approaches make better use of the capabilities of individual group members. Specifically, the DI and DA groups yielded significantly higher quality recommendations and assumptions than the average of the individuals in the respective groups, whereas the C groups did not. Moreover, the recommendations and assumptions of the DI groups and the recommendations of the DA groups significantly exceeded those of the best individual in the respective groups. There were no significant differences for the C groups.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100104

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractBased on a sample of 62 multinationals, this paper examines the impact of global diversification strategy on corporate profit performance by integrating the product and the international market dimensions of diversification. The results suggest that the corporate profit performance impact of related and unrelated diversification varies contingent upon the extent of a firm's international market diversification. One important lesson of this work is that both business strategy researchers and managers should review corporate diversification as having distinct yet interactive strategic dimensions—product and international market—and they would do well to recognize both the different and the joint effect of these dimensions on corporate profit performa

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100105

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractStrategic decision‐makers typically are involved in a series of incremental decisions, each affected by a variety of contextual factors. This papers develops a model of the psychological context of strategic decisions and reports two experiments. First, students made reinvestment decisions faced with success or failure feedback on a past decision, high or low perceived organizational slack, and decisions framed to depict a positive or negative future outlook. All three variables had main and interactive effects. Second, managers made similar decisions in a related experimental design. Results confirmed and extended the initial findings. Implications and directions for future research are discusse

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100106

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis paper reports the results of a study designed to investigate the effective strategic responses to environmental hostility among small manufacturing firms. Data on environmental hostility, organization structure, strategic posture, competitive tactics, and financial performance were collected from 161 small manufacturers. Findings indicate that performance among small firms in hostile environments was positively related to an organic structure, an entrepreneurial strategic posture, and a competitive profile characterized by a long‐term orientation, high product prices, and a concern for predicting industry trends. In benign environments, on the other hand, performance was positively related to a mechanistic structure, a conservative strategic posture, and a competitive profile characterized by conservative financial management and a short‐term financial orientation, an emphasis on product refinement, and a willingness to rely heavily on single custom

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100107

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis paper attempts to explain why some industries succeed in dematuring by formulating the generation and utilization of new technologies into a continuous process. By reference to the performance of Japanese scale‐intensive industries (i.e. automobile and consumer electronics durables), the analysis provides a theoretical foundation for the proposition that a certain type of positive‐sum game played among a variety of market entrants generates specific ‘inter‐group dynamics' (hyper‐learning process). In this industrial climate the firms’ inclinations towards offensive management and product‐cum‐process innovation has resulted in the coupling of continuous innovation and indus

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100108

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100109

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100110

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250100101

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY