scholarly journals The induction of board directors: a case study perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Grassi ◽  
Marco Giorgino ◽  
Raimondo Simona ◽  
Giorgio Romani
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Induction Programs ◽  
Induction Process ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Board Directors ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Italian Context ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
A Company

This paper gives an overview on the induction process for board members with a focus on the Italian context. First, considering the limited prior academic literature, we contribute to the understanding of the induction term. We propose a multilevel theoretical framework that synthesizes and integrates the poor and contrasting prior literature on the definition and the attendees of the program. We posit that the process is intended for all the appointed directors as it is tailored and specific of each company, due to the peculiar environment in which the firm operates. Second, we investigate how these programs are designed and how they can be beneficial for a company. Using a multiple case study on five Italian listed companies, we support the view that induction programs are a fundamental tool to assure that each director fully contributes with his own human and social capital to the board meetings in the shortest possible time, thus guaranteeing a positive impact on the value creation. Instead, in order to increase future directors’ knowledge, pre-appointment preparation courses are particularly relevant.

Benefit Corporations Approach to Environmental, Social and Governance Disclosure: A Focus on Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Sciarelli ◽  
Silvia Cosimato ◽  
Giovanni Landi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Corporate Structure ◽  
New Approach ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
Benefit Corporations ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Governance Disclosure

AbstractOver the last decades, Benefit Corporations arouse as a new corporate structure, alternative to traditional ones and pointing to offer a new approach to the management of business and sustainability issues. These companies' activities are statutory aimed at bridging for-profit and no-profit activities; thus, they intentionally and statutory pursue economic purposes together with social and environmental ones, to create a positive impact on economy, society and environment. Even though, Italian and other national laws set some specific disclosure duties for Benefit Corporations, especially in terms of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues, the literature still calls for further research on the topic. Therefore, this paper is aimed at contributing to bridge this gap, investigating the way Italian Benefit Corporations approach ESG disclosure. To this end, an exploratory analysis has been conducted, implementing a qualitative method, based on a multiple case study strategy. Even though the descriptive nature of the study, the achieved findings pointed out that the Benefit Corporation structure not necessarily implies a better approach to ESG.

Territorial capital as a company intangible

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariachiara Barzotto ◽  
Giancarlo Corò ◽  
Mario Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Capital Growth ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Company

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to explore to what extent being located in a territory is value-relevant for a company. Second, to understand if a company is aware of, and how it can sustain, the territorial tangible and intangible assets present in the economic area in which it is located. Design/methodology/approach – The study presents an empirical multiple case-study, investigating ten mid-/large-sized Italian companies in manufacturing sectors. Findings – The results indicate that the sampled manufacturing companies are intertwined with the environment in which they are embedded, both in their home country and in host ones. The domestic territorial capital has provided, and still provides, enterprises with workers endowed with the necessary technical skills that they can have great difficulty in finding in other places. In turn, companies support territorial capital generation through their activities. Research limitations/implications – To increase the generalisability of the results, future research should expand the sample and examine firms based in different countries and sectors. Practical implications – Implications for policy makers: developing effective initiatives to support and guide a sustainable territorial capital growth. Implications for managers and investors: improving managerial and investors’ decisions by disclosing a complete picture of the enterprise, also outside the firm boundaries. Originality/value – The study contributes to intangibles/intellectual capital literature by shedding light on the importance of including territorial capital in a company’s report to improve the definition of the firm’s value. Accounting of the territorial capital would increase the awareness of the socio-economic environment value in which companies are located and its use.

scholarly journals Coordination mechanisms in the store opening process

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 482-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Sandberg
Keyword(s):  
Coordination Mechanisms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organic Growth ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
A Company ◽  
Opening Process

Purpose – For many retailers organic growth through the opening of new stores is a crucial cornerstone of the business model. The purpose of this paper is to explore the store opening process conducted by retail companies. The research questions cover: first, the role and organisation of the establishment function in charge of the process; second, the activities and functions involved in the process; and third, the coordination mechanisms applied during the process. Design/methodology/approach – This research considers the store opening process as a company-wide project, managed by an establishment function, in which internal functions as well as external suppliers need to be coordinated. A multiple case study of eight retail companies is presented, focusing on the organisation of the establishment function, a mapping of the store opening process and the application of coordination mechanisms. Findings – The role and organisation of the establishment function is described and the store opening process is summarised into 11 main activities to be conducted by either the establishment function or other involved functions. During the store opening process six different coordination mechanisms are utilised, including mutual adjustments and direct supervision, as well as different types of standardisation. Originality/value – This research seeks to improve our understanding for the store opening process and how it can be managed and controlled in an effective manner.

Correlation between Technology Usage Behavior and Employee Affectivity: A Literature Review, Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-103
Author(s):  
Puguh Sugeng Putranto ◽  
Mohammad A. Amin Soetomo
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
Technology Usage ◽  
Usage Behavior ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
A Company

When employee working in a company they are act as a single and in a group working together to achieve common goals in a organized and structured way. An employee as a human has their own considerations that can drive them to be highly effective employee. There are many researches that focus on employee engagement and employee enablement to understand the drivers that makes an employee have positive behavior that can have positive impact to the performance of the company to achieve its goal. So that the employee will enthusiast to use technology that company provide.

FIRM FUNCTIONS AND THE NATURE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN INTERNATIONALIZING SMEs

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850022 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAURI HAAPANEN ◽  
PIA HURMELINNA-LAUKKANEN ◽  
JAN HERMES
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Exogenous Shocks ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The One

Prior literature suggests that dynamic capabilities enable, on the one hand, firms to respond successfully to the changes in the markets, and on the other hand, to embrace firms’ ability to shape their business environments. However, existing studies have not fully considered how some firms within the same industry are able to shape markets, and why others need to adapt to these changes in a Kirznerian manner. We make an attempt, based on contemporary literature on the microfoundations of dynamic capabilities, to explain how resource allocation between marketing and R&D function — as one of the microfoundations and as a central contributor to innovation — influences the sustainability of competitive advantage and, consequently, a firm’s ability to create or respond to exogenous shocks. Findings from our multiple-case study on internationalizing SMEs indicate that investments in marketing and R&D functions per se are a necessary though not sufficient condition for building dynamic capabilities and competitive advantage. Rather, the extent to which companies are able to follow their own strategies is closely tied to the microfoundations of dynamic capabilities.

scholarly journals Do emerging ecosystems and individual capitals matter in entrepreneurial re-entry’ quality and speed?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maribel Guerrero ◽  
Jorge Espinoza-Benavides
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Business Failure ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Institutional Economic ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
Emerging Ecosystems ◽  
Multiple Actors

AbstractThis study analyses the influence of environmental and individual conditions on the quality and the speed of entrepreneurial re-entries in emerging economies after a business failure. We propose a conceptual framework supported by the institutional economic theory to study the influence of environmental conditions; and human and social capital to study the influence of individuals’ skills, experiences, and relationships. A retrospective multiple case study analysis was designed to test our conceptual model by capturing longitudinal information on occurred events, trajectory, and determinants of twenty re-entrepreneurs. Our results show that the entrepreneurial experience and type of venture influence the accelerating effect of re-entrepreneurship, as well as how environmental conditions moderate the quality and speed of entrepreneurial re-entries. We provoke a discussion and implications for multiple actors involved in the re-entry of entrepreneurs after a business failure.

scholarly journals A knowledge-based view of analytics capability in purchasing and supply management

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Öhman ◽  
Ala Arvidsson ◽  
Patrik Jonsson ◽  
Riikka Kaipia
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Explanation ◽  
Supply Management ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Analytics Capability

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to elaborate on how analytics capability develops within the PSM function. This study is an in-depth exploration of how analytics capability develops within the purchasing and supply management (PSM) function.Design/methodology/approachA multiple case study was conducted of the PSM function of six case firms, in which primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews with PSM analytics stakeholders. The data were analyzed based on an analytics capability framework derived from the literature. Cases were chosen based on them having advanced PSM practices and ongoing analytics projects in the PSM area.FindingsThe findings shed light on how the firms develop their analytics capability in the PSM functional area. While we identify several commonalities in this respect, the authors also observe differences in how firms organize for analytics, bringing analytics and PSM decision-makers together. Building on the knowledge-based view of the firm, The authors offer a theoretical explanation of our observations, highlighting the user-driven side of analytics development, which has largely been unrecognized by prior literature. The authors also offer an explanation of the observed dual role that analytics takes in cross-functional initiatives.Research limitations/implicationsThe exploratory nature of our study limits the generalizability of our results. Further, our limited number of cases and interviewees indicate that there is still much to explore in the phenomenon of developing analytics capability.Practical implicationsOur findings can help firms gain a better understanding of how they could develop their analytics capability and what issues they need to consider when seeking leveraging data through analytics for PSM decisions.Originality/valueThis paper is, to the best knowledge of the authors, the first empirical study of analytics capability in PSM.

A systems theory for lean describing natural connections in an XPS

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1373-1393
Author(s):  
Christer Osterman ◽  
Anders Fundin
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Cherry Picking ◽  
A Company

PurposeMany organizations report difficulties in integrating lean. A possible cause could be that methods and tools do not support each other. The purpose of this research is, therefore, to explore the nature of the connections within the system. Understanding these provides practitioners with a better way of defining their system and offers researchers a conceptual model with a new way of understanding a company-specific production system (XPS).Design/methodology/approachThe study is designed as a multiple case study with three organizations and, in total, 25 lean experts serving as respondents.FindingsThe connections between the elements of an XPS act as a duality based on a problem–solution (P–S) relation. These are categorized according to complexity and can be mapped into a conceptual model, where the connections can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical.Research limitations/implicationsThe results provide a method to analyze causes and effects in an XPS and a conceptual model. Given the limitations of a multiple case study, future research should explore connections depending on a broader variety of contextual conditions.Practical implicationsThe results present a way to avoid a cherry-picking problem through understanding connections between elements in an XPS. This provides a new way to understand the weaknesses of an XPS.Originality/valueThe research provides a new approach with insights on how to conduct research in lean production by facilitating how to understand and interpret connections between elements in a system.

scholarly journals Iterative prototyping of strategy implementation workshop design

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Kryger
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Context ◽  
Strategy Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Constrained Environments ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Strategy As Practice ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
A Company ◽  
Effective Design

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a strategy implementation workshop design can be developed and tested while minimizing the time spent on developing the design. Design/methodology/approach This multiple case study at a diesel engine company shows how iterative prototyping can be used to structure the design process of a strategy implementation workshop. Findings Strategy implementation workshop design can be developed in resource-constrained environments through iterative prototyping of the workshop design. Each workshop iteration can generate value in its own right and at the same time the workshop design can be optimized until the final, most effective, design is found which can then be rolled out. Research limitations/implications In a strategy-as-practice perspective, this study shows how scholarly attention to micro-level strategy praxis at a company can be enlightening to strategy consultants who need to conduct strategy implementation workshops. Practical implications By selecting an iterative modular workshop design, the strategy consultant has at his/her disposal a strategy tool that is easily adaptable to organizational practice and one for which s/he can draw on his/her experience as well as add to his/her knowledge base. Originality/value Introducing iterative prototyping in an organizational context can facilitate fast yet structured development of a rigorous workshop design. Strategy consultants are provided with empirical examples of how an iterative prototyping process can be structured across multiple workshops.

scholarly journals How Business Ethics Can Enhance the Brand Image in the Healthcare Sector – A Case Study of Evercare Hospital in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazmun Nahar Emma ◽  
Sharjana Alam Shaily
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

The healthcare sector is one of the most important industries in the economy of a country. Ethical practices in this sector are crucial for organizations to follow. The main aim of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the impact of business ethics on the brand image in the healthcare sector. The authors have chosen Evercare Hospital which is situated in Bangladesh as their case to carry out the research for this paper. Primary data for this research has been collected from a sample size of 110 respondents, which includes both employees and customers of Evercare Hospital, with the help of a structured set of survey questions. The data collected has been analyzed using SPSS as per the purposes of the current research. The research has revealed that carrying out ethical practices has a positive impact on the brand image of a company. Therefore, Evercare Hospital needs to focus on its ethical practices and carry them out properly to further strengthen its brand image.

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