What do we think happened at ABB?: pitfalls in research about firm...

Research-Technology Management;  May 1, 2005 ;     210 words ......ABB?: pitfalls in research about firm performance; Philip M. Rosenzweig; J. Management...often not measured independent of firm performance but are colored by what is known about firm performance. In discussing the implications...

Issues in linking information technology capability to firm performance...

MIS Quarterly;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......information technology (IT) investments on firm performance. Researchers have shown that a firm...capability can result in improved firm performance. We test the robustness of this approach...exhibit superior current and sustained firm performance when compared to average industry...

IMPLEMENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN...

The Journal of Computer Information Systems;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......management systems (KMS) on firm performance. Although many organizations...reveals the impacts of KMS on firm performance. This research attempts to...knowledge management system, firm performance INTRODUCTION Over the past...contribution of IT investment to firm ...

Strategy/Structure Fit and Firm Performance

Organization Development Journal;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......realm of strategy/structure fit and firm performance outcomes. In doing so, the impact...relationships between strategy, structure, and firm performance. Since the publication of this early...direct influence of the environment on firm performance, with little attention given to ...

Do Performance Plan Adoptions Improve Firm Performance? An Analysis Of...

Journal of Managerial Issues;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......relationship between executive pay and firm performance. Public interest has fueled, and often...of those components on aspects of firm performance. Another branch of financial research...compensation components and improved firm performance as measured using accounting variables...

Deaths of CEOs: are delays in naming successors and insider/outsider...

Journal of Managerial Issues;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......of deaths of CEOs impact subsequent firm performance. The death of a senior executive at...out company strategies and enhance firm performance. Conversely, it appears that the Coca-Co...could negatively impact subsequent firm performance. While academic research has shown...

Wage inequality and firm performance: professional basketball's natural...

Atlantic Economic Journal;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......increases in wage disparity impact firm performance? The Answer from the Literature The...enhance worker cooperation and hence, firm performance. Of course, one hand, as any good...wage disparity can actually improve firm performance. The work of Ramaswamy and Rowthorn...

A contingency model of new manufacturing firm performance.

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice;  December 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ......behavior of the owner/founder and firm performance. In addition, a proposed contingency...model of new manufacturing firm performance was tested using moderated...the owner/founder acting on firm performance may be moderated by industry...

The effect of human resource management practices on firm performance:...

International Journal of Management;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......resource management (HRM) practices and firm performance of Taiwan's high-tech firms. Using...relationship between HRM practices and firm performance. Introduction In Taiwan, technology-intensi...HRM practices can directly affect firm performance. For example, Delaney & Huselid...

DIFFERENCES IN REPORTED FIRM PERFORMANCE BY GENDER: DOES INDUSTRY MATTER?

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......operation. The pattern of reported firm performance between the genders indicated that...school education reported the highest firm performance scores overall. Female entrepreneurs...college degree reported the highest firm performance scores among female entrepreneurs...

Top management team risk taking propensities and firm performance: direct...

Journal of Business Strategies;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......TMT) risk taking propensities on firm performance. Diverging from previous work on the...has a strong positive influence on firm performance. In addition, the risk taking-performance...propensities on a broad variety of firm performance criteria. In addition to investigating...

BOARD STRUCTURE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIA

Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......of corporate governance on firm performance has been discussed for a number...positively associated with firm performance, whereas board size and directors' age had no influence on firm performance. Keywords: Corporate governance...

Family Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence From Public Companies in...

Family Business Review;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the impact of family ownership on firm performance by using a set of data on Chilean...the impact of family ownership on firm performance in Chilean firms, mainly because Chile...and Reeb (2003), we found stronger firm performance among FCF than in NFF. Controlling...

A RESOURCE-BASED PERSPECTIVE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY AND FIRM...

MIS Quarterly;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......association between IT capability and firm performance. Firm specific IT resources are classified...are used to assess IT capability and firm performance. Results indicate that firms with...resources, resource-based theory, firm performance ISRL Categories: AFO4O1, A10104, E10201...

Corporate ideology, diversification and firm performance. (includes...

Organization Studies;  December 22, 1995 ;     700+ words ......in corporate culture, its effect on firm performance is still not clear. Although there...theoretical work linking culture with firm performance, little empirical research has been...a direct link between culture and firm performance, the strategic management literature...