...Anders Pehrsson; Andreas Pehrsson Purpose Drawing on the knowledge-based theory, the purpose of this paper is to extend the current understanding of a company’s upgrading of a foreign subsidiary’s value-adding scope and its impact on growth. Design/methodology/approach This study applies...

... the market and its growth rate through a study of 382 executives from across the world. It also investigates alternative explanations of slow speed to market due to power centralization, decision-making layers and conflict. Findings The results show that politics – the observable but often covert actions...

... encountered in technology implementation and institutional innovation in Sichuan. Data from a layered sample survey was used to assess how the environment could influence the growth of SMEs and to examine what the SMEs need for their future development. The findings indicate that market success for the SMEs...

... did not impact union win rates. Implications for managers, educators, and union leaders in trucking are discussed. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Commercial road vehicles USA Trade unions Elections Freight forwarding Growth IJCM Vol. 15 (2), 2005 158 UNION ELECTIONS...