...) financial metric. The data clearly indicated that: © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Family ownership Company performance Family businesses Family management This review is based on “Family involvement in ownership...

... and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper concentrates on the inter-relationships between technology orientation (TO), company performance, risk-taking propensity, and innovativeness. The responses from the Florida-based technology firm managers revealed that too much TO effort can...

...-dory for all. Company performance Executives Business functions Collaboration is vital within any organization. It is therefore imperative that an executive in sales can work productively with the marketing team. Similar sentiments apply where marketing executives are concerned...

.... Nevertheless it was careful not to go overboard in areas like travel and accommodation as such overreaction can backfire and cause resentment among employees. Business cycle Recession Depression Retrenchment Recovery Corporate strategy Company performance Finance HR strategy Strategy Quality...

... Organizational structures Company performance The oft‐quoted saying that “Rome wasn't built in a day” extols the merits of patience. Those who subscribe to this philosophy recognize that it takes considerable time to achieve lasting success. Such thinking clearly drives the folks at John Lewis...

... success with alliances, yet need to form a greater number of alliances than before and must increasingly rely on them to enhance their competitiveness and growth.Article type: Literature reviewISSN: 1558-9080Reference: 38AT594 Keywords: Company performance, Critical success factors,Joint ventures...

... review their strategies in order to maintain their share of an increasingly crowded market and to satisfy increasingly sophisticated consumers. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Company performance Mobile communication systems Product launch Competitive strategy Reports...

..., decision to take employees with them on their journey of change – including a year‐long training program for salespeople with the active involvement of company executives and experts. Financial performance Company performance Corporate governance Financial management Organizational culture...

... Publishing Limited 2004 Company performance Company failure Financial performance Brand image Advertising You’re on your way home and have been in Marks & Spencer’s for a pair of socks and a bottle of wine. On your way to the car, your Motorola phone rings and you’re asked to visit...

...‐Benz Motor industry Company performance Customer satisfaction Quality The Americans are renowned as tough‐to‐please consumers. This is something that comes with the territory in the world’s richest and most powerful nation, where the most mundane goods are available in a bewildering array...

... work. They argue that Wal‐Mart’s performance – and that of another giant on which they focus, Microsoft – derives from the success of its business ecosystems, the loose networks of suppliers and distributors etc., whose fortunes to some extent come to be bound together. Wal‐Mart Company...

... industry Company performance Leadership There comes a point at which, for any business organization, confidence and ambition give way to hubris. Astute observers might note this defining moment, although more often it becomes apparent only later. Things looked good for Ford during the late 1990s...

... and the implication for the future is, in Microsoft’s case, unprecedented. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Microsoft Company performance Ethics With more twists and turns and more ups and downs than a roller coaster ride, Microsoft’s anti‐trust case rumbles on. The latest turn? After being told that it does...

... MCB UP Limited 2003 Financial institutions Banking Company performance Times are tough at present for Citigroup, the world’s largest bank. As if low market prices, eroded investor confidence and outstanding loans worth billions to the financially crippled Argentina are not enough...

... of this global depression. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Company performance Fiat AOL Time Warner Consumer attitudes Whether you are based in the USA, Europe or the Far East, now is not a good time to be in the corporate game. Markets are struggling, corruption is rife and trust in big business...

... with Frederick F. Reichheld ”, Strategy & Leadership , Vol. 30 No. 2 , pp. 25 ‐ 31 . © MCB UP Limited 2002 Loyalty Commitment Company performance Communications Competitive strategy Customer loyalty is a complex issue and senior managers need to consider the issues of customer...

... development Environmental impact DuPont Company performance The third factor he highlights is productivity improvement. Du Pont has to increase production rates without further capital investment by such tactics as reducing manufacturing defects and ensuring that production lines are more efficient...

.... The project team then develops the design drawings and produces the operating and service manuals. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Knowledge management Information exchange Information systems Employee attitudes Company performance Mergers and acquisitions Forget the human element at your peril...