..., while commitment to employees creates the incentive to nurture and invest in home-grown managers, it may leave the firm without the right mix of talent to compete successfully with other firms. The priority given to retaining control over the company implies that the family is usually reluctant...

...Nelson Oly Ndubisi; Setiadi Umar Purpose The purpose of this study is to show how outsourcing partners can maximise the benefits of outsourcing while containing the negative effect of destructive conflict (the “bad apple”) on trust and commitment. Design/methodology/approach The study reviewed...

... requires a resource commitment that significantly constrains the firm itself to influence key competitors. Commitments are investments that persist over time that executives make, assuming that by restricting their own alternatives to only a few choices, they can influence the behavior...