This paper presents a review of the past and present upper echelons research with the intention of drawing attention to the need for a change of direction from causal descriptive studies to causal explanatory studies. Review of the extant literature indicates that many of the organizational researchers have shown greater interest in studying relationships between top management characteristics ...

Abstract The paper examines the relationship between CEO career horizon and strategic novelty under boundary conditions of CEOs' temporal focus for firms in one emerging markets. Upper echelons theory predicts that risk aggressiveness decreases with diminishing horizons. Therefore, CEOs nearing retirement are less likely to make novel investments. We assert influences outcomes, especially aggre...

The interrelationships between system components are critical to improving the performance of a complex supply chain system. Thus, any improvement or development can be carried out systemically and comprehensively. complexity coordination grows as number echelons in increases. In practice, becomes more difficult implement with echelons. Through demand information sharing, this research attempts...

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...

With the increase in pollutants, need to use electric vehicles (EVs) various urban logistics activities is an increasingly important issue. Currently, there are issues with efficiency of transport companies recognizing effects uncertain factors daily operations. Thus, this research proposes a novel fuzzy two-echelon vehicle routing problem involving heterogeneous fleet EVs and internal combusti...

The paper develops, for partners, a decision tool to assess the economic and ecological impact of collaborative freight delivery, before accepting integrate horizontal cooperative coalition. proposed mechanism is based on design sustainable supply chain specific competing dry food distributors in Morocco. success such practice requires addressing different issues, among them: redesign fair cost...

In the contemporary business environment, to adhere to the need of the customers, caused the shift from mass production to mass-customization. This necessitates the supply chain (SC) to be effective flexible. The purpose of this paper is to seek flexibility through adoption of family-based dispatching rules under the influence of inventory system implemented at downstream echelons of an industr...