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Stakeholders are increasingly holding companies accountable for their
environmental and social conduct. Organisations are engaging in, and
incorporating, social and environmental issues in their business models,
organisational ...
This research explores how organisational emotion management routines evolve
in the context of organisational change, specifically addressing the relationship
between individuals and their organisation during organisational ...
Purpose – Using a contingency lens, this research aims to understand how procurement
maturity models can support procurement strategic alignment, by exploring the two concepts
of procurement maturity and procurement ...
Actors across the private, public and third sector are increasingly embracing the idea of
promoting the use of externally developed social innovations to address important social
challenges globally. Successful diffusion ...
Nelson, Wayne Brooke(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2021-12)
This study employed the critical incident technique to examine how strategic intent shaped the behaviours and beliefs of senior managers in a medical technology company undergoing change. Using this evidence, I contribute ...
Allen, Anthony Clive(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2020-09)
The current zeitgeist for servitization within manufacturing emphasises the need for manufacturers to
balance the contradicting demands of production and service elements in the effort to deliver
customised solutions. ...
Although good supply chain management can drive large companies’ financial
performance, its effectiveness in improving financial performance of small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is still inconclusive, which results ...
Wijaya, Ibrahim Fatwa(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2020-12)
Islam religiosity and trust are inextricable linked since Islamic teachings promote
trustworthy behaviour. Existing literature has shown that perceived trustworthiness of a
party has positive impacts on the business-to-business ...
This thesis focuses on the research question why and how do middle managers (MMs)
use autonomy in strategy. Building on the literature about MM autonomy and flexibility
in strategy, I focus on the concept of autonomy in ...
Van Maldegem, Ageeth(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2020-12)
It is widely recognized that Radical innovation drives growth in Small and Medium-sized firms
(SMEs). However, relatively few SMEs develop highly innovative new products and services.
An underlying cause of this could ...
Unmet societal needs require social innovation from various actors and agents.
Social intrapreneurs, the corporate sibling of social entrepreneurs, are relatively
understudied in management and organisational academic ...
The limited experience of practising monetary and macroprudential policies at the same
time raises a question about the extent to which a macroprudential instrument - as a
complement to monetary policy - affects the ...
Natural resources (NR) serve as useful inputs and vital raw materials for domestic industries,
which stimulate and secure sustained economic growth and development. However, the
notion that the richness of NR can be ...
Corporate governance (CG) has attracted much public interest in the last three decades
because of its apparent importance for the financial health of corporations, for the
economy, and society in general. Most prior ...
Renshaw, Phil St John(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2019-08)
Our theoretical understanding and knowledge of the field of international
assignments (IAs) has expanded enormously since Edström and Galbraith’s
(1977) seminal paper evaluating the reasons that organisations use ...
This thesis contributes towards an understanding of how neoliberalism and
postfeminism have become entrenched within organisations as a gendered form of
governance. The study contributes to current debates by adopting a ...
This thesis sets out the results of a mixed methods research project comprising three separate
studies that look to address the overarching research question: how do trigger events in the form
of crises and legislation ...
Management and organization studies indicate that motherhood can change
women’s working lives and that the transition to motherhood contributes to the
leaky pipeline for female talent. The extant literature suggests that ...
Kelleher, Leonard L.(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2019-11)
The UK Higher Education sector’s emphasis on research “impact” (economic,
social, environmental and cultural benefits) leads to tensions which academics
are often ill-equipped to navigate. Our understanding of such ...
Corporate annual reports have increased in size over time, not only to contain financial
data but a plethora of narrative explanations concerning the firm’s current performance
and their prospects. This thesis attempts ...