The ‘global city hypothesis’ proposed by Saskia Sassen – and subsequently developed by Manuel Castells and others in the theory of a globalized urban network – has in recent years formed the basis for the argument that power and control in transnational firms (TNCs) is primarily situated in global head-offices. Such offices are located in key urban centres such as London, New York or Tokyo wher...

This paper studies the cognitive processes that enable decision-makers to switch between exploitation and exploration. We use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in a sample of expert decision-makers to make two main contributions. First, we identify and contrast the specific brain regions and cognitive processes associated with exploitation and exploration decisions. Exploitation acti...

organizational culture and managers' personal attitudes play a crucial role in conducting change initiatives, especially strategic change. in this regard, middle managers' commitment to change is of great importance and cynicism is the biggest obstacle in forming this commitment. in the present study, it is investigated whether organizational justice dimensions, senior management supp...

Strategic investment decisions (SID’s) are more easily understood and controlled than most of the other activities undertaken within the framework of strategic management. Hyperknowledge support systems have been used as problem solving and decision support environments for strategic management and for strategic decision making in a number of industries in recent years. It appears that the logi...

This paper describes a prototype capability for Flow Contingency Management, a component of strategic Traffic Flow Management decision making in the Next Generation Air Transportation System. The Flow Contingency Management concept and associated capabilities described in this paper aim to address current shortfalls in today’s strategic planning process, namely the lack of integrated informatio...

This paper describes The MITRE Corporation Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) research towards simulation of advanced aviation concepts. Research activities are aimed toward improving tactical and strategic decision making methods in the near and long term. We describe how CAASD simulation capabilities assist in determining how to achieve our goals for improving tactical an...