... may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence . Firm-side corruption Collective decision-making Organizational ecology Europe SMEs Corruption by firms is increasingly recognized in management and organizational studies as a complex and multifaceted issue (e.g. Cuervo...

... Corporate social responsibility Europe Real earnings management Accruals earnings management Over the past few decades, the growing concerns about the environment and sustainability have contributed to the rising importance of CSR. As a result, stakeholders request for transparency on all aspects...

... 31 03 2018 26 05 2018 01 06 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Innovation Europe Mergers and acquisitions Profitability R&D Some mergers involve major changes in the technological capabilities...

... economic model that includes variables that take account the mediator effect of global competitiveness index to better identify the whole phenomenon behind the relationship between GDP and competition in Europe. The authors test the consistency of the Baron and Kenny mediator model through...

... prevent them from being imitated by direct rivals. Social responsibility Corporate image Shareholder value analysis Europe The triple bottom line (TBL) argues that, in addition to being interested in economic issues, stakeholders may also be interested in other topics, related to social...

... to the legislation in Europe, more specifically Switzerland and the European Free Trade Alliance, aimed at the prevention of similar future collapses. Originality/value The paper's originality stems from the application of decision making and group theory, coupled with corporate governance ideas applied...

... reposition their stance on ethics, as forecast by Drucker. Design/methodology/approach This is a comparative study emphasizing the main day‐to‐day perspectives of ethical issues in businesses and how they are handled in the USA and in Europe. This is complemented by references to what Drucker's position...

... Management research Management science Value analysis France Europe The management literature has documented a wide range of criticism about the orientation and relevance of standard management research (Pfeffer, 1993; Starkey and Madan, 2001 ; Pfeffer and Fong, 2004; Shapiro et al...

.... This gives rise to the question when and why some innovation networks are successful and others are not. Jaideep Motwani can be contacted at: motwanij@gvsu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Automotive industry Europe Innovation Networking Management strategy...

... defence manufacturing countries and identifies those countries outside Europe with which the firms are forming alliances. Findings This paper finds that the degree of problems differs for firms from different countries. Research limitations/implications The paper is limited in that it does...

... can be contacted at: sagliett@idefi.cnrs.fr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Outsourcing Supply chain management Information systems Europe The 4PL are ideally placed to monitor product and information flows inside a constellation of firms, and act as “transactional centers...

... a holistic perspective, taking context factors into account and integrating the findings into earlier research. Erna Szabo can be contacted at: erna.szabo@jku.at © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Decision making Employee participation Cross‐cultural management Middle managers Europe...

... data. Data collection Networks Research Furniture industry Europe The purpose for giving so much emphasis to the resource elements is not studying resources in themselves or as standalone elements, but understanding how they interact, and thereby affect each other, and how different...

... a consumer’s Web browsing habits back to the organization). © MCB UP Limited 2001 Latin America Asia North America Europe Data security Computer privacy Are business models that worked for US‐based Internet companies such as can be shaped to fit the way business gets done across...

...Phil Eyre; Clive Smallman Having noted the importance of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe, this paper describes the derivation of a competence list for the development of Euromanagement in SMEs. The potential of the model is illustrated with reference to two small scale surveys...

... is in a period of transition. Once overlooked, Europe is now a priority market. Explains why and considers the implications. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Europe Motor industry South Korea Strategy Ten years ago, pessimistic reports appeared in Western newspapers about the Olympic Games to be held...

... in marketing, among them the mix‐up between relationship marketing as a phenomenon and a term; values and ethics; practice versus theory and education; differences between Europe and the USA; and the ghost‐hunt for an unambiguous definition. Concludes that relationship marketing requires a dramatic change...

... subsidiaries. According to traditional innovation study[ 4 ], TNC product life cycle theory[ 5 , 6 ], TNC location theory[ 7 ], and theories of industrial clustering[ 8 ], innovation is not “supposed” to occur in the developing countries. After all, the advanced countries of the USA, Japan and Europe...

... on the Continent. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Europe Food Marketing Mergers and acquisitions Rationalization USA During the 1980s, the world’s leading multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the food and drinks industry were particularly prominent in the wave of takeover mania that swept Europe...

... providers who have identified that information can be marketed as a business commodity in its own right. The majority of these information services have been produced in English in order to attract international clients and foreign exchange. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Business development Europe...