While the benefits reaped by patient data management systems (PDMS) are well understood, the market penetration in Germany still remains rather low. Managerial issues are considered to be one of the main reasons for this phenomenon. Based on a study carried out, hurdles for PDMS implementations have been identified for this specific industry and have been matched to a literature-based change ma...

We discuss and examine empirically a firm-level equivalent of the ancient problem of ‘tying the King’s hands’, namely how to avoid managerial intervention that is undertaken to reap private benefits but is harmful to overall value creation, that is, ‘managerial opportunism’. The link from managerial intervention to firm-level value-creation is moderated by employee motivation. Thus, interventio...

This paper focuses on the roles of collective learning and teaching initiatives in mergers and acquisitions. We examine how these managerial processes influence different types of knowledge flows. We also explore the antecedents of these managerial processes, including knowledge complementarity, knowledge complexity, cultural acceptance and cultural preservation. We test our hypotheses on a sam...

BACKGROUND Over the last decade healthcare management and managers have increasingly been in focus in public debate. The purpose of the present study was to gain a deeper understanding of how prolonged, unfavorable media focus can influence both the individual as a person and his or her managerial practice in the healthcare organization. METHODS In-depth interviews (n = 49) with 24 managers a...

Online shopping in open markets becomes increasingly popular with the development of the Internet. The purpose of this study is to formulate and evaluate critical success factors in the open market from the perspective of buyers. Based on an extended technology acceptance model, this study assumes that the success of open markets are influenced by several factors, including perceived website qu...

We propose a novel approach to evaluating the empirical importance of individual managerial characteristics: We analyze different managerial positions (CEO and CFO) jointly and ask whether a managerial bias (overconfidence) matters for decisions under the control of the manager, but not for decisions outside the manager’s core duties. Using a new data set on CEO and CFO overconfidence, we show ...

With the growing acceptance of logistics and supply chain management as critical business concerns, there is an emerging realisation that more investment is needed to develop appropriate managerial skills and competencies. This paper explores the challenges for management development that arise as organisations seek to bridge the gap between current capabilities and those required for future su...