payoffs from information technology (it) continue to generate interest and debate both among academicians and practitioners. these have led the decision makers to confusion about it effect on firms` financial performance; they don’t know either high or low effect is because of internal or external factors of organizational environment. the mechanism for decreasing the risks is to identify the c...

the current paper aims to investigate the effect of entrepreneurial marketing on innovation considering the moderating effect of two-factor learning orientation and organizational structure. then, the relationship between innovation and the marketing performance was assessed. in this research, sales and marketing managers of 42 sample companies were selected from three industries including: ind...

This paper aims to reconcile the logic behind stochastic models of firm growth and the notion of organizational capabilities as drivers of economic performance. In the proposed behavioral model of bounded rational firms, two mechanisms drive growth: independent stochastic growth of individual opportunities and the process by which firms capture new opportunities. To extend the stochastic framew...

Purpose This study aims to investigate how dynamic tensions between performance measurement system (PMS) uses enable organizations achieve both exploitation and exploration enhance firm performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected survey data on 153 Italian companies. Scales for each construct were validated through an exploratory factor analysis. Data cross-validated by using...

Two organizational structures for a retail chain are examined for their effect on the rate of firm innovation. A centralized organization is defined as one in which store practices are mandated from corporate headquarters (HQ) and this results in HQ being the sole source of new ideas. A decentralized organization gives freedom to store managers to adopt their own ideas and disseminates innovati...

The influence of certain factors on organizational structure has been in researchers’ focus for years, together with their impact on the overall organizational efficiency. Many of these factors are from the environment where traditional view commonly divided into internal and external factors. This paper presents the findings of a study to evaluate the influencing factors and impact on organiza...

Firm performance is determined in varying categorization of internal factors like managerial structure efficiency, corporate governance set up and ownership structure, which are made the firm broad as this affects ability firms control external factors. In study, impact board composition on manufacturing sector examined. Primary data constructed from research instruments based questionnaires ad...