The Fociss (Focussing Innovation for a Sustainable Strategy) approach is a structured method to define core business related issues within sustainable development that require main attention in a specific company. In theory, Fociss has the ability for all kinds of innovations, but the implementation …

This paper examines how enterprises may decide to bring about effective network collaboration even though present mediation forms have proven inadequate. One of the main problems of these enterprises is that they lack a clear picture of the potential future ‘‘modular business’’. The Dutch hospitality …

This paper examines the need to identify an appropriate coordination mechanism in a case study by an existing multinational corporation. It is grappling with the salient dilemma concerning the need for including remote employees and other stakeholders to support corporate innovation practice, whilst …

This paper concerns the use of a digital work style among urban employees, a way of working in which people are enabled to work independently, wherever and whenever, and to cooperate virtually, using digital tools in their work processes. The findings of this study are discussed in light of the company's …

The years between 1900 and 1930 have been a crucial period for the formation of large organizations in the Western world. Managers and scholars were searching for appropriate business models given the institutional setting. This model has impacted (and still does) the way we look at organizations and …

De effectiviteit van managers is recentelijk weer volop in de aandacht gekomen. Dit onderzoek wil een bijdrage leveren aan deze discussie door de tijdbesteding van Nederlandse managers empirisch in kaart te brengen. De effectiviteit, de toegevoegde waarde die managers leveren door het aansturen van werkzaamheden …

This study deals with the ability of management to successfully innovate their organizations by means of adaptation. Two main theories, organizational ecology (OE) and contingency theory (CT) have used the concept of organizational form to debate if inertia (OE) or adaptation (CT) is more the order of …

Early 20th century management literature was very decisive about the role of efficiency; it was the ‘one best way’-criterion for organizational decision-making. This paper shows by means of a backward prediction that efficiency was indeed an important measure for organizations in the early 20th century. …