The successful resolution of human-wildlife conflicts requires the participation of local communities and other stakeholder groups in formulating management decisions. In the uplands of the United Kingdom, a controversial conservation issue concerns the relationship between the conservation of a legally protected raptor, the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) and the management of a gamebird, the Red...

Purpose – The aim of this article is to develop an understanding of the issues related to risk management in digital library projects as well as techniques for mitigating risk in these projects. Design/methodology/approach – Using evidence from other research in the area, this article outlines the major risk issues within a project and then defines a model for mitigating risk within a project. ...

A major challenge for managers in turbulent environments is to make sound decisions quickly. Dynamic capabilities have been proposed as a means for addressing turbulent environments by helping managers extend, modify, and reconfigure existing operational capabilities into new ones that better match the environment. However, because dynamic capabilities have been viewed as an elusive black box, ...

This paper focuses on the role that Judgmental Modell ing played in helping a large international manufacturer plan its future production environment. Two strategic decisions had to be made, relating to which production process to choose, and which projects to allocate to the process. Different members of the management team were responsible for diflerent elements of the decision. There was ext...

Companies today operate in an increasingly dynamic environment. Due to their overall responsibility, managers are particularly affected by this situation. Information systems (IS) that aim at helping managers are known as management support systems (MSS). They are designed to serve as their central, hands-on, day-to-day source of information [1]. MSS design currently entails two interesting asp...