The influence of managerial attitudes on corporate finance has become a topic of great interest. For example, Malmendier and Tate (2008) show that overconfident managers are more likely to conduct acquisitions. This research explores the impact of national business cultures on cross-border acquisitions. Business cultures can influence the ways managers cope with uncertainty and their subsequent...

Reports of ethical violations by upper level managers continue to multiply despite increasing attention being given to ethics by firms and business schools. Much of the analysis of these violations focuses on either these managers' lack of operational principles or their willingness to abandon principles in the face of competitive pressures. Much of the attention by firms and business schools f...

The empowerment of small-medium scale industries must be carried out thoroughly through the provision of business development opportunities to the greatest extent so as to be able to increase the role and potential of the industries. The purpose of this study was to analyze the internal influence of the human resources competencies on technology and the organizational readiness to the level of ...

Few organizations have been able to realize value from their investments in business analytics. This could be due to an inadequate understanding of the pattern of investments required to realize value from business analytics. Specifically, we propose that business analytics requires an upfront investment of infrastructure capital to build a mature platform, followed by multiple investments of i...

In this competitive environment globalized that we live nowadays there is a growing recognition of the central role of Information Technology (IT) to determine the success of the company, leading to better results. SMEs have also adopted IT with the same purpose, obtaining benefits of such use, but their reality is quite different in most cases of the large enterprises, especially for lack of t...

Good performance within a company is the result of correct interaction of business management with its internal and external environment. The recognition of internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats, takes place on the basis of a SWOT-analysis. However, despite their importance, many companies often only have vague ideas of their competitive strengths and ...