Management theories are an important backbone of scholarly work. Various areas of
management such as purchasing, logistics and strategy have critically evaluated theories to …

We attempt to bring clarity to the concept of strategic leadership and guide its development
by reviewing and synthesizing the existing management literature on how top managers and …

Ensuring food quality and safety in a fiercely competitive market is one of the most important
tasks of a food company. An emerging conflict in operations management and production …

Researchers in the field of operations management (OM) have long advocated fact-based
decision-making. The use of business intelligence (BI) systems represents a great …

With the rise of globalization, firms increasingly implement management standards
developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to assure they can …

We study how firms across different countries and regions deploy human capital for
innovation. Based on survey data from 304 manufacturing firms across 13 economies, we …

The decisions made by angel investors are embedded in and influenced by their institutional
settings. This paper advances a multilevel model of the direct and indirect effects of social …

Management systems standards have become ubiquitous, adopted by millions of
organizations around the world. The ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 quality and environmental …

Previous studies have shed light on the effects of the adoption of OHSAS (Occupational
Health and Safety Assessment Series) 18,001 certification on performance. One important …

Hospitals in Germany have been required to have an internal quality management system
(QMS) since 2000. Although formal certification of such systems is voluntary, the number of …