We contrast life-cycle and path-dependent views of entrepreneurial firms by examining the evolution of top management teams. We show how initial conditions constrain subsequent outcomes by demonstrating that the founding team’s prior functional experiences and initial organizational functional structures predict subsequent top manager backgrounds and later functional structures. We find that na...

Purpose Top management commitment (TMC) and prosocial voice behaviour in Lean teams are vital for the successful implementation. This study aims to investigate how TMC influences team members’ such changed affects outcome of implementations. Design/methodology/approach The authors have used a qualitative research methodology examine six dimensions (communication, involvement, support, empowerme...

This paper simultaneously examines how the design of management control systems and top management team composition help organizations to implement environmental sustainability policies successfully. It also analyzes the effect of those policies on both short-term and long-term performance. A questionnaire was sent to every member of top management teams in 231 public hospitals in Spain. It obt...