Prior research has found mixed results regarding the performance impact of chief information officers (CIOs) included on top management teams (TMTs). This study answers the question, under which circumstances firms should include IT responsibility in the TMT and how to integrate IT in the TMT to successfully enhance firm financial performance. We explain business/IT alignment based on the distr...

Agendas • Analysis of terrorists' decision making cycle during the Mumbai terrorist attack Situation Awareness (SA) Theory Role of situational information • Analysis of Twitter postings of the Mumbai terror incident. • Challenging issue of information control in social networking website during the terrorist attack Attack mounted by 10 Pakistani terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) group 173...

The surgical management to the injuries of the fourth and fifth tarsometatarsal (TMT) joints is controversial. We briefly review the anatomical characteristics to the injuries, the diagnosis, as well as the individualized treatment of the injuries of the fourth and fifth TMT joints by open reduction and internal fixation, TMT arthrodesis and arthroplasty. We conclude that open reduction and int...

This study explores the factors that drive adoption of sustainable business model innovations (SBMIs). In this mixed-method (qualitative and quantitative) study, we draw on upper echelon theory to identify have led firms switch from conventional products processes innovation. senior managers uses qualitative data understand mechanisms adopted by top management make SBMIs. Data was gathered 285 ...

Sciascia S., Mazzola P. and Chirico F. (2013). Generational involvement in the top management team of family firms: Exploring non-linear effects on entrepreneurial orientation. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. GENERATIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM OF FAMILY FIRMS: EXPLORING NON-LINEAR EFFECTS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION ABSTRACT The present study contends that an inverted ...

The tracer monitored titration (TMT) technique is evaluated for measurement of dissolved oxygen. The TMT developed in this work uses a simple apparatus consisting of a low-precision pump for titrant delivery and an optical detector based on a white LED and two photodiodes with interference filters. It is shown that the classic Winkler method can be made free of routine volumetric and gravimetri...

Midfoot arthritis is a common cause of significant pain and disability. Although the medial tarsometatarsal (TMT) joints provide < 7 degrees of sagittal plane motion, the more mobile lateral fourth and fifth TMT joints provide balance and accommodation on uneven ground. These small constrained TMT joints also provide stability and translate the forward propulsion motion of the hindfoot and ankl...

In line with recent developments stressing the contextual sensitivity of performance implications sustainable development goals, this article explores relationship between green innovation adoption and in private family firms. Drawing on upper echelons theory, research suggests that influence is contingent upon two important family-firm specific sources top management team (TMT) diversity: invo...