Issue In Management Literature Research Articles

Do coopetition and cohesion of business groups stimulate their innovation performance?

Innovation performance is a widely studied issue in management literature. However, despite an increasing number of innovation studies in the context of stand-alone firms, there is still little empirical evidence on business group innovation performance and its driving forces. Our study attempts to shed light on the relationship between coopetition and cohesion of a business group and its innovation performance. We use a Poisson regression model to analyze a sample of 118 business groups. We have found that the type of coopetition as well as the degree of cohesion of a business group is positively related to innovation performance measured by the number of patents and the number of trademarks.

Corporate social irresponsibility: What we know and what we need to know

AbstractCorporate social irresponsibility (CSI) is a critical issue for managers and researchers. In fact, the number of studies on this subject from diverse literature is rapidly increasing, seeking to answer questions regarding the core elements of CSI, its antecedents, and consequences. This paper offers a comprehensive literature review of this topic, identifying and assessing previous studies, synthesizing their findings, and highlighting knowledge gaps. Additionally, it offers recommendations regarding how to move forward. Our review identified 155 studies published from 1962 to 2020 that describe the antecedents, outcomes, mediators, and moderators of CSI according to different levels of analysis. We contribute to the social issues in management literature in that we analyze the facilitators and inhibitors of CSI and the consequences for firms using a multilevel approach. Finally, we provide guidance for future research by assessing the core elements that define the level of irresponsibility—harm to others and intentionality.

DEMATEL Technique to Assess Social Capital Dimensions on Consumer Engagement Effect on Co-Creation

The concept of social capital has become an interesting issue in management literature. Several authors have called for more study to be carried out on the dimensions of social capital. As part of the response to this call, we examined the influence of the dimensions of social capital on customer engagement to co-create. The Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique was applied to analyze and capture the causal relationship visibly among the criteria and also measure the interaction level and the direction of influence of the criteria. The criteria identified to be crucial in influencing other criteria to co-create and the driving factors for problem-solving were: commitment (b8), Shared code and language (c9), shared narratives (c10), consumer engagement (d11), density (a3) and structural holes (a5). Criteria such as frequency of interaction (b7), trust (b6), social interaction (a4) and network ties were recognized as the core subjects that need maximum attention because they are effect-type attributes and cannot be directly improved unless through other criteria.

The Possible Convergence Between Business Marketing and Territorial Marketing: The “Land of Value” (LOV) Case

An interesting issue in management literature refers to the relation between territorial system and strategies operated by industrial firms in order to enhance the ”value” of a territory. By referring to an Italian case study (an industrial small-medium enterprise), we investigated how this company has set up a network that integrates different territorial components-agriculture, tourism, culture, accommodation and catering services, commerce. The basic idea is that providing a welcoming environment can combine the aims of business with the peculiar features to the geographic area. This study allows pointing out the relevance of territory as a communication tool which might help relational capital growth for enterprises. In fact, the project has received a favorable evaluation from business visitors, as well as from internal collaborators, so it allows the company to develop stronger relationships with these stakeholders. In addition, territorial system has advantages especially reaped in terms of increased visibility, enhancement of local products and services, improvement of accommodation services. The study therefore empirically validates the possible convergence between business marketing and territorial marketing.

Investigating the adoption of open innovation in the bio‐pharmaceutical industry

– The purpose of this paper is to focus on the adoption of the open innovation paradigm in the bio‐pharmaceutical industry and investigate through which organisational modes (e.g. collaborations, in‐ and out‐licensing) open innovation has been implemented and how these modes are interwoven with the different phases of the drug discovery and development process. Open innovation is currently one of the most debated issues in management literature. Few contributions, however, have paid attention so far to systematically and longitudinally addressing the adoption of open innovation in a specific industry., – A two‐step research strategy has been adopted. First, a panel study of top industry representatives was organised to operationalise the concept of organisational modes of open innovation in the bio‐pharmaceutical industry. Second, the open innovation modes used by the first 20 pharmaceutical biotech firms worldwide have been documented over the period 2000‐2005 in the various phases of the drug discovery and development process., – A framework of analysis, establishing the relations between open innovation modes and the phases of the drug discovery and development process, has been developed and assessed in the industry, allowing the determinants of adoption of different modes and their managerial implications to be discussed and to relate them to the peculiarities of the biotech industry., – The paper contributes to the ongoing debate on open innovation by representing one of the first attempts to systematically and longitudinally assess the extent and particularly the determinants of the adoption of open innovation in a specific industry.

A Resource-Based Perspective On Corporate Environmental Performance And Profitability

Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, we posited that environmental performance and economic performance are positively linked and that industry growth moderates the relationship, with the returns to environmental performance higher in high-growth industries. We tested these hypotheses with an analysis of 243 Finns over two years, using independently developed environmental ratings. Results indicate that “it pays to be green” and that this relationship strengthens with industry growth. We conclude by highlighting the study's academic and managerial implications, making special reference to the social issues in management literature.

Social Issues in Management Literature: A Preliminary Citation Analysis.

This paper applies citation analysis to a broad range of Social Issues in Management (SIM) literature. The basic focus is on identifying the roots of the SIM field, and to that end a citation data ...