Pressures for change in environmental auditing and in the role of
the internal auditor.
Early environmental legislation focused on punishing the polluter and
stopping the pollution with restraining orders and abatement procedures
(Rittenberg et al., 1992). As a response, companies' . . .
Advertising decision making in Asia: "Glocal" versus
"Regcal" approach.
The concept of "Glocalization" started with the realization
that Asia was not 'westernizing' but in fact was
'modernizing'. The key to modernization of consumer markets is
their ability to adapt . . .
A multi-dimensional study of trust in organizations.
The essential ingredient of collaborative effort is trust. High
performance teams are characterized by high mutual trust among members.
Leaders succeed in bringing about change because they are . . .
Reconsidering organizational structure: a dual perspective of
frameworks and processes.
Capturing a snapshot of organizational life is commonly achieved
through the study of structure. The prevailing view of organizational
structure is embodied within the concept of policies, . . .
The effect of deviations from optimal production schedules on
batch-level cost drivers.
Gaining an understanding of manufacturing overhead drivers is
fundamental to designing an accurate cost management system. The
designer associates general ledger costs with activities, then . . .
Examining the role of service quality in overall service
satisfaction.
Service quality is generally viewed as the output of the service
delivery system, especially in the case of pure service systems
(Fitzsimmons and Sullivan, 1982). Moreover, service quality is linked . . .
Cross-sectional differences in corporate compensation
structures.
The relation between chief executive officer (CEO) remuneration and
the remuneration of other employees has become very controversial in
recent years, as evidenced by the attention it has attracted . . .
The influence of tacit knowledge and collective mind on strategic
planning.
Decision making through rigorous thinking is a way of life for
managers. However, their perception of how they are supposed to think
and the decision processes they use is plagued by . . .
Schools of thought in and against total quality. (total quality
management)
In the early 1980s, a new concept entered managerial discourse: Total
Quality Management (TQM). Later called "Total Quality" (TQ),
TQM was heralded by governments, major corporations and the . . .
The relationship of customer satisfaction to strategic
decisions.
Continued erosion of market share in the global economy has placed
pressure on companies to develop and market higher quality products and
services at competitive prices. The acquisition of domestic . . .
The effect of audit firm mergers on audit delay.
The audit profession has undergone significant changes in the last
decade. Specifically, the Big Eight was reduced to the Big Six by the
merger of Deloitte, Haskins and Sells with Touche Ross to form . . .
Organizational and economic explanations of audit committee
oversight.
Corporate governance plays an important role in the production of
corporate results. The setting of corporate objectives, and the
concomitant measuring and reporting of results, depend in . . .
Does antitakeover protection reduce myopic managerial investment
behavior?
The role of antitakeover amendments in determining managerial
investment behavior is widely debated. For managers, antitakeover
amendments are one of the means by which long-term employment . . .
The agency problem and the management of closed-end funds:
managerialism and its impact on expense ratios.
Ever since Jensen and Meckling (1976) wrote their seminal piece on
the agency problem, the finance profession has recognized that agency
costs can affect the relative values of different financial . . .
The ethical imperative to provide recruits realistic job
previews.
Substantial research examining the efficacy of Realistic Job
Previews (RJPs) has been conducted in the past decade (Wanous, 1989).
Nearly all of this research has focused on the effects of RJPs on . . .
Strategic decision making: the influence of CEO experience and
use of tacit knowledge.(Chief Executive Officers)
At any given moment one is conscious of only a small section of what
one knows. Intuition allows one to draw on that vast storehouse of
unconscious knowledge that includes not only everything that . . .
Maintenance: modeling its strategic impact.
Maintenance is not an expense; it is an investment in improved
manufacturing. Investment in maintenance, one of the basic functions of
a firm, returns improved quality, safety, dependability, . . .
Strategic orientation and customer dependency in discontinuously
changing environments: a study of the defense industry.
With the ever increasing intensity of competition in the
marketplace, the body of literature on organizational response to
discontinuously changing environments is expanding rapidly (Romanelli
and . . .
Assessing the validity of market segments using conjoint
analysis.
Marketing is easy to learn, yet extremely difficult to practice
well. Some marketing consultants (Clancy and Shulman, 1994) believe that
most marketing programs do not earn an acceptable return on . . .
Parent-country national selection for the maquiladora industry in
Mexico: results of a pilot study.
A considerable literature on expatriate selection and adaptation
(e.g., Tung, 1981, 1982; Black, 1988; Stone, 1991) has developed in
recent years in response to the expanding global economy. Most of . . .
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