...Ricardo Jorge Correia; José G. Dias; Mário Sérgio Teixeira Purpose This paper aims to explore a new causal link between market orientation and business performance by introducing dynamic capabilities as a mediator of the relationship between market orientation and competitive advantages, which...

... of the impact of business cycle related practices across a range of practices and industries. Business cycles Business performance Working practices Organizational behaviour The relationship between business cycle management (BCM) and firm performance represents one of the most important but arguably...

... Strategic management Business performance The idea that network position affects firms' competitive behaviour and performance is well acknowledged both in network literature and in strategic management literature (Uzzi, 1997). There is substantial agreement for treating networks as a source...

... at: howard.thomas@wbs.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Modelling Cognition Resources Resource management Business performance Competitive strategy According to the resource‐based view (RBV), sustainable differential performance may be obtained from a firm's superior resource...

... and profits. Corporate governance Business performance Corporate strategy Family firms Corporate governance and type of ownership can affect strategy. Businesses in which ownership is personal or concentrated are said to be quite different from those owned by remote and diffuse shareholders...