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Environmental Turbulence (environmental + turbulence)

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Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting100%

Selected Abstracts

The Effect of Environmental Turbulence and Leader Characteristics on International Performance: Are Knowledge-Based Firms Different?

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, Issue 1 2004
Olli Kuivalainen
The aim of this paper is to study the effect of environmental turbulence and leader characteristics on international performance. It is suggested that these phenomena explain the differences between knowledge-intensive companies and traditional industrial enterprises in the internationalization process. The empirical part of the study is based on a large cross-industrial survey of Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises. Our results indicate that knowledge-intensive firms have experienced more intensive international growth than other firms. They are also operating in an environment in which technological turbulence is significantly higher, and their leaders put more emphasis on internationalization. Generally, environmental turbulence is a better indicator of international performance in knowledge-intensive firms than in others. Résumé Dans le présent article, nous étudions l'impact de la turbulence environnementale et des caractéristiques des leaders sur la performance internationale. On estime que ces phénomènes rendent compte des différences qui existent, dans le processus d'internationalisation, entre les entreprises à forte concentration de savoir et les entreprises industrielles traditionnelles. La partie empirique de l'étude s'appuie sur une grande enquête trans-industrielle de petites et moyennes entreprises finnoises. Nos résultats indiquent que les entreprises à forte concentration de savoir connaissent une croissance internationale plus grande que les autres entreprises. L'étude montre aussi que les entreprises à forte concentration de savoir opèrent dans un environnement marqué par une plus grande turbulence technologique. Par ailleurs, leurs leaders mettent plus l'accent sur l'internationalisation. D'une façon générale, la turbulence environnementale permet de mieux apprécier la performance internationale dans les entreprises à forte concentration de savoir que dans d'autres entreprises. [source]

Organization Structure from a Loose Coupling Perspective: A Multidimensional Approach,

DECISION SCIENCES, Issue 2 2001
Rafik I. Beekun
Abstract Organizational theories frequently rely on notions of sharing and dependence among organizational participants, but researchers usually focus on characteristics of the actors themselves instead of the relational patterns among the actors. Loose coupling is one conceptual tool that emphasizes relational patterns. Loose coupling, however, is an abstract metaphor that is simultaneously fertile and ambiguous. This paper develops a rigorous and comprehensive framework that sharpens the theoretical contributions of loose coupling to our understanding of structural relationships. Characteristics of loose coupling capture some important and underexplored features of multidimensional fit and interdependence in organizations. The proposed framework clarifies these theoretical contributions of loose coupling with concepts and equations modified from network analysis. Testable hypotheses are proposed with respect to three key independent variables that may affect patterns of coupling: organization strategy, technology, and environmental turbulence. Additional hypotheses are advanced with respect to the use of the multidimensional approach to loose coupling in studying new organizational forms. Initial psychometric and empirical evidence are presented. [source]

Managerial trust in new product development projects: its antecedents and consequences

R & D MANAGEMENT, Issue 1 2009
Mumin Dayan
This research examines the impacts of relationship-based antecedents (e.g., procedural justice) and character-based antecedents (e.g., transactional leadership) on managerial trust in new product development (NPD) teams. The moderating impact of environmental turbulence on team performance is also investigated. Using data from 107 NPD projects in Turkey, we find that procedural justice, distributive justice, and transformational leadership are significantly related, and conflict is negatively related to managerial trust. We also find that managerial trust is significantly related to product success and team learning under both high and low environmental conditions, but it is significantly related to speed-to-market only under high-turbulent conditions. We conclude by discussing the theoretical and managerial implications. [source]

The Effect of Environmental Turbulence and Leader Characteristics on International Performance: Are Knowledge-Based Firms Different?

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, Issue 1 2004
Olli Kuivalainen
The aim of this paper is to study the effect of environmental turbulence and leader characteristics on international performance. It is suggested that these phenomena explain the differences between knowledge-intensive companies and traditional industrial enterprises in the internationalization process. The empirical part of the study is based on a large cross-industrial survey of Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises. Our results indicate that knowledge-intensive firms have experienced more intensive international growth than other firms. They are also operating in an environment in which technological turbulence is significantly higher, and their leaders put more emphasis on internationalization. Generally, environmental turbulence is a better indicator of international performance in knowledge-intensive firms than in others. Résumé Dans le présent article, nous étudions l'impact de la turbulence environnementale et des caractéristiques des leaders sur la performance internationale. On estime que ces phénomènes rendent compte des différences qui existent, dans le processus d'internationalisation, entre les entreprises à forte concentration de savoir et les entreprises industrielles traditionnelles. La partie empirique de l'étude s'appuie sur une grande enquête trans-industrielle de petites et moyennes entreprises finnoises. Nos résultats indiquent que les entreprises à forte concentration de savoir connaissent une croissance internationale plus grande que les autres entreprises. L'étude montre aussi que les entreprises à forte concentration de savoir opèrent dans un environnement marqué par une plus grande turbulence technologique. Par ailleurs, leurs leaders mettent plus l'accent sur l'internationalisation. D'une façon générale, la turbulence environnementale permet de mieux apprécier la performance internationale dans les entreprises à forte concentration de savoir que dans d'autres entreprises. [source]