In recent years a growing number of companies modified their innovation process. Especially after the recent financial downturn, companies are looking for much more efficient and creative business processes. The aim of the presented paper is to present a decision support tool or in other words a software system for the application of the AHP method to support innovative and strategic process. F...

Note: This study investigated six dimensions of effective board performance, as suggested by Chait, Holland, and Taylor (1991), in relation to three theoretical explanations (agency theory, resource dependency theory, and group/decision process theory) of how board governance activities potentially influence organizational performance. Survey research findings revealed that strategic contributi...

In considering the Miles and Snow analyzer strategic-type, this paper re-examines the relationship between strategic choice, accounting information systems design (AIS), and business-unit performance. This paper also examines the construct validity of the variables considered in the study. In response to previous studies that called for triangulation of variables with other sources, the validit...

In oligopolistic industries firms face at least two types of uncertainty. First, there is uncertainty about the evolution of demand and possibly also production technology. This type of uncertainty is typically exogenous to the industry. Second, there is uncertainty that emerges endogenously from the strategic decisions of firms. This strategic uncertainty often arises because a firm does not k...

During economic transition, firms must dramatically reduce their financial dependence on the state and begin to borrow from nonstate capital sources. This paper draws on institutional and resource dependence theories to examine this fundamental transformation of firm capital structure during China’s transition. I propose that managers borrowed from external sources even when internal funds were...

This paper describes an exploratory study of configurations and coordination mechanisms for IT governance in European-based transnational companies. IT governance is traditionally defined as the formal allocation of IT decision-making authority. Rooted in organisation design theory, a research framework is proposed and comparative case study research is conducted in three large financial servic...

Little is known about the interrelationships among flexibility, strategy, and performance in the supply chain context. This paper reports the effect of various types of strategy and information systems flexibility (ISF) on performance in the supply chain. Using the data collected from 175 smalland medium-sized manufacturing (SME) firms in Canada, we examine the effect that three different strat...