Information systems (IS) offshoring has become a widespread practice and a strategic sourcing choice for many firms. While much has been written by researchers about the factors that lead to successful offshoring arrangements from the client's viewpoint, the vendor's perspective has been largely scarce. The vendor perspective is equally important as offshore IS vendors need to make important de...

At least since Skinner's [40] landmark article depicting the manufacturing function as the "missing link" in corporate strategic processes, a portion of the blame for inferior performance in many firms has been attributed to the subordinate strategic position of manufacturing. Further, it has been argued by many that part of the solution to misalignments between the capabilities possessed by ma...

In the context of progressive rise of the competition among firms, due to the increasing globalisation, it is interesting to understand the potential sources of competitive advantage in order to set up a successful strategy. The theory of Resource-based View used in this framework examines the connection among internal resources and strategic choices, and how the latter affect firm performance....

Modeling human decision making in strategic problem domains is challenging with normative game theoretic approaches. Behavioral aspects of this type of decision making, such as forgetfulness or misattribution of reward, require additional parameters to capture their effect on decisions. We propose a descriptive model utilizing aspects of behavioral game theory, machine learning, and prospect th...

The aim of this study is to empirically examine, from the resource-based perspective, the relationship between the use of management control systems (MCS) and organisational capabilities in the Greek context. Specifically, the study follows Henri s (2006) methodology and explores the relationships between the diagnostic and interactive uses of performance measurement systems (PMS) and the five ...

Part of the charge to the WRF Research Applications Board (RAB) is to “review trends and emerging science and technologies and to identify and prioritize those elements representing the greatest opportunities for advancing the capabilities of the WRF modeling system for use by the research community.” In response to this directive, the RAB has solicited input from the research community and pre...

This paper contributes to the understanding of the importance of dynamic firm capabilities for corporate performance in isolating the effect of core competences on the performance of companies. It discusses and tests the assumed relation between core competences and economic performance, including the effect of the external appropriation of these competences through mergers and acquisitions as ...

The dynamics of change and the path-dependent evolution of resources and capabilities are central concerns of contemporary strategic management. This paper integrates the resource-based and dynamic capabilities literatures to explain why development of dynamic capabilities is especially important for firms that transition from regulated to deregulated environments. We develop a theoretical mode...

This research aims to advance our understanding of the relationship between exploitative learning and new product development (NPD) efficiency by investigating four novel contextual variables. Based on a survey of 193 NPD projects in information technology firms located in Taiwan, we used hierarchical moderated regression analysis to test our research hypotheses. The results reveal that the rel...