Strategic decision‐making: Process perspectives

S Elbanna - international Journal of Management reviews, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the strategic decision‐making process literature with respect to the
synoptic formalism/political incrementalism debate. Procedural rationality is chosen as a …

Strategy-process research: What have we learned and what is still to be explored

T Hutzschenreuter, I Kleindienst - Journal of management, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
This article attempts to reflect the current state and progress of strategy-process research.
Based on a literature review, an integrative framework is developed encompassing key …

The relationship between innovation and firm performance: An empirical evidence from Turkish automotive supplier industry

M Atalay, N Anafarta, F Sarvan - Procedia-social and behavioral sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
Innovation is widely regarded as one of the most important sources of sustainable
competitive advantage in an increasingly changing environment, because it leads to product …

Making more by doing less: an analysis of outsourcing and its effects on firm performance

KM Gilley, A Rasheed - Journal of management, 2000 - Elsevier
This study empirically examined the extent to which outsourcing of both peripheral and near-
core tasks influences firms' financial and nonfinancial performance. In addition, the potential …

Strategic decision speed and firm performance

JR Baum, S Wally - Strategic management journal, 2003 - JSTOR
This 4-year study examines the effect of strategic decision speed upon subsequent firm
performance and identifies environmental and organizational characteristics that relate to …

Strategic decision‐making processes: the role of management and context

VM Papadakis, S Lioukas… - Strategic management …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the relationship between the process of strategic decision‐making
and management and contextual factors. First, drawing on a sample of strategic decisions, it …

Should entrepreneurs plan or just storm the castle? A meta-analysis on contextual factors impacting the business planning–performance relationship in small firms

J Brinckmann, D Grichnik, D Kapsa - Journal of business Venturing, 2010 - Elsevier
Entrepreneurship research engages in an intense debate about the value of business
planning. Prior empirical findings have been fragmented and contradictory. This study …

Cognitive diversity among upper‐echelon executives: implications for strategic decision processes

CC Miller, LM Burke, WH Glick - Strategic management journal, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Diversity among executives is widely assumed to influence a firm's strategic decision
processes, but empirical research on this linkage has been virtually nonexistent. To partially …

What to do next? The case for non‐predictive strategy

R Wiltbank, N Dew, S Read… - Strategic management …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Two prescriptions dominate the topic of what firms should do next in uncertain situations:
planning approaches and adaptive approaches. These differ primarily on the appropriate …

High performance work systems and intermediate indicators of firm performance within the US small business sector

SA Way - Journal of management, 2002 - Elsevier
Within this manuscript I present conceptual and empirical evidence that indicates that within
the US small business sector high performance work systems (HPWS) are associated with …