Enterprise systems (ES) implementations are regarded costly, time and resource consuming and have a great impact on the organization in terms of the risks they involve and the opportunities they provide. The steering committee (SC) represents the group of individuals who is responsible for making strategic decisions throughout the ES implementation lifecycle. It is evident from recent studies t...

Two decision-makers choose hawkish or dovish actions in a conflict game with incomplete information. The decision-making can be manipulated by “extremists” who send publicly observed cheaptalk messages. The power of extremists depends on the nature of the underlying conflict game. If actions are strategic complements, a “hawkish extremist” (provocateur) can increase the likelihood of conflict b...

Two decision-makers choose hawkish or dovish actions in a con‡ict game with incomplete information. The decision-making can be manipulated by “extremists” who send publicly observed cheaptalk messages. The power of extremists depends on the nature of the underlying con‡ict game. If actions are strategic complements, a “hawkish extremist” (provocateur) can increase the likelihood of con‡ict by s...

Product innovation within strategic alliances differs from product innovation within firms due to coordination problems with respect to decision making. This exploratory study, drawing on alliance research, strategic decisionmaking research and product innovation literature explains these problems at the level of product innovation projects in dyadic strategic alliances. In particular, the empi...

In this chapter we discuss the use of MCDA for supporting strategic decision making, particularly within strategy workshops. The chapter begins by exploring the nature of strategic decisions and the characteristics of the strategic decision making process. Specifically, we examine the technical issues associated with the content of strategic decisions, and the social aspects that characterise t...

– Sustainable evaluation of construction projects in strategy-focused condition is the main issue for municipalities to appropriately improve public sector services. In this respect, the group decision-making methods could help experts to select suitable sustainable projects and to schedule them regarding their ranking results. Therefore, the objective of this study is to present a hybrid group...