{"title":"Internal Governance: Management and Organization in the New Economy","authors":"J. Strikwerda","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1965561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1965561","url":null,"abstract":"In this inaugural address the consequences of the new economy (the information economy) for research and education with respect to management and organization are explored. The information economy implies a shift from sociology based organization theory to economic organization theory, with corresponding shifts in the scope of research and education on the subjects of management and organization.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115706808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"About Offers of Securities to the Public","authors":"P. Delport","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2103089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2103089","url":null,"abstract":"The basic principles are that if there is an offer, if the offer is in respect of securities, and the offer is made to the public, the offer in the primary market must be accompanied by a prospectus and in the secondary market it must be accompanied by a written statement (ss 99 and 101 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008). The three determinants, namely, offer, securities and public therefore trigger the disclosure by prospectus or written statement.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"4 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123900902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Theoretical Framework for Corporate Governance","authors":"S. Pande","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1949615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1949615","url":null,"abstract":"We lack an encompassing and unifying theory of corporate governance. The most popular theoretical framework, Agency Theory, is proving to be a straight jacket: useful in some contexts but quite limiting, particularly when the underlying assumptions do not hold. The Agency Theory led to the evolution of the Anglo-Saxon model of corporate governance that has become the basis for governance codes around the world including in India. Corporate governance theory has tended to look to this theory to guide the decisions of the board of directors in curbing excessive executive power in the hands of management. While useful for this purpose, the Agency Theory provides limited guidance on corporate governance in real life situations which are far more complex. With the blurring of the roles of the principal and the agent, the currently prevalent governance framework, based on the Agency Theory has become self limiting and ineffective. Efforts to supplement the Agency Theory with alternative theoretical frameworks such as the Stakeholder Theory and the Stewardship Theory have, at times, tended to place the board of directors in conflict with their legal obligations to work in the interests of the shareholders. A governance model based on the concept of Trusteeship, while providing fresh insights, suffers from problems in implementation and remains a goal to aim for. These alternative frameworks have, therefore, not been of much practical use to the board members in helping them to decide what constitutes the “right�? decision. We need new theoretical insights that will take us towards a comprehensive theory of governance. This paper seeks to revisit the discussion on the various theoretical frameworks for corporate governance and suggests that a new and different framework is required as the underlying theory for corporate governance – one that is based on the concept of maximizing the long term strategic value for an organization. Such a framework is based on viewing the ‘organization as an organism’ with its primary focus on the organization’s longevity and growth only.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"34 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134345961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alignment in Organisations: Does an Interpretative Perspective Lead to a Better Understanding of the Subject?","authors":"R. Blomme, Annamaria Beasley-Suffolk","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1956687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1956687","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the concept of alignment and the different domains in which it is used. The standard functionalist perspective on alignment hampers our understanding of this concept. We therefore put forward a social constructionist approach to conducting research into alignment. Using this as a basis, we substantiate a proposition that by examining the restrictive influence of themes on collective sense-making, the degree of alignment can also be investigated. On this basis, we have drafted a framework which could facilitate the study of alignment in organisations. We recommend that further research be conducted to investigate how themes influence the degree of alignment in different organisations so that comparative studies can be carried out on this topic.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124709411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Firm/Market Equivalency: Determinants and Effects on Industry Dynamics","authors":"Denis Lescop, Elena Lescop","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1945776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1945776","url":null,"abstract":"Today's firm is a complex nexus of interactions, which it facilitates and regulates; it supports market activity by providing the participants with basic resources. Market failures form the foundation of this phenomenon; they create business opportunities that firms address through market support strategy. The concept of firm/market equivalency introduced here integrates an economics and a management strand of literature: multi-sided markets and business ecosystems & platforms. We address firm/market equivalency through concepts of interactions and gravity, i.e. density of firm's external interactions. We then apply these concepts to a case study and discuss implications of firm/market equivalency for antitrust policy.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131449979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Corporation as Social Contract","authors":"M. Kaptein, Johan F. Wempe","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1940396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1940396","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we argue that the different relationships of corporations can be understood as contractual relationships. The aim of the contract is to do justice to the claims of all parties, including that of the corporation. This renders the notion of a contract eminently suitable as a conceptual model for formulating the moral standards appropriate to the corporate context.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115527886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"State Poison Pill Endorsement Statutes and the Market for Corporate Control","authors":"Esteban L. Afonso","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1938367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1938367","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides evidence that poison pill endorsement statutes, and to a lesser degree, other constituency statues, harm shareholders. Exploiting the variation in such laws at the state level, I show that a firm incorporated in a state with either a poison pill endorsement or other constituency statute has a 1.3% lower expected likelihood of receiving a bid, a large difference considering the typical likelihood of receiving a bid is about 5%. I also show that conditional on receiving a bid, the wealth effect around bid announcement is 2% to 3% lower with a diminished likelihood that other bidders challenge the initial bid for firms incorporated in a state with a pill endorsements statute. This suggests that poison pill endorsement statutes lead to a less competitive market for corporate control. If Delaware’s success in attracting firm charters is a result of its permissive stance towards managers in change of control situations, the results of this paper support the “race to the bottom\" view in the literature.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"81 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121014241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Staying Ahead of and Profiting from Environmental Regulatory Uncertainty: Integrated Strategies for Competitive Advantage","authors":"Adam R. Fremeth, Brian K. Richter","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.1905789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.1905789","url":null,"abstract":"We offer two integrated strategies managers can use in the face of regulatory uncertainty vis-a-vis the natural environment. As integrated strategies, they both recognize non-market forces while taking into account market realities. Advocating for Pragmatic, Progressive Policy enables firms to shape future policy around existing environmental strengths; this strategy tips the scale towards a winning position by raising competitors’ costs when competitors have yet to develop identical competencies. Systematically Embracing Advancing Regulation enables firms to satisfy activists who would place pressure on policymakers to force firms to conform to higher environmental standards in other jurisdictions; this strategy tips the scale towards a winning position by allowing managers to adapt to coming regulation at their own pace while leveraging market competencies. We begin by presenting a brief framework that assembles the building blocks necessary to justify when, how, and why our strategies reduce vulnerabilities to regulatory uncertainty. We then present four case studies that highlight how some firms have implemented these strategies. In the analysis of these cases, we illustrate the conditions under which some have been successful at mitigating regulatory uncertainty and some have not.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122524741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards a Superior Management Model at Work","authors":"S. Dutta","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1913809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1913809","url":null,"abstract":"Companies win in the market place by producing superior quality of products and services through an effective business model which has a sound value proposition for the customer. Ever heard of companies winning because of an unique management model at work. Yes , if the recent trends are to be tracked there has been a shift from a pure business model to one in which an effective management model is wrapped inside a business model. As such management model innovation is a key area for business success. The article takes a closer look at how management models can be effectively utilized for delivering business success.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127074892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Perspective View on Knowledge Management with Business Strategy","authors":"Dr. Ramani Gopal Chandrasekaran","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1909184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1909184","url":null,"abstract":"Knowledge Management is an emerging term currently used in organizations which recognize the need to make more effective use of their human and IT resources. The relationship between the strategic direction of a business and its strategic approach to knowledge management, assumes that there exists collective organizational knowledge that can be managed to encourage the realization of business goals. The strategic approach to organizational knowledge management will no doubt include the management knowledge at the levels of individual’s boundary from customers, suppliers and competitors. However, as business strategy is usual driven from the senor organizational executive, this paper will focus on knowledge management from a strategic organizational perspective. Knowledge Management and Business strategy must drive each other with balance. Since creativity with strategy is called good design, establish a link between them. While devising this link and using it as a basis for Knowledge Management System, some points need attention, i.e. Any effective Knowledge Management strategy should starts with a vision. Knowledge drives strategy and Strategy drives Knowledge Management. By preparing a series of well defined iterative steps, interpret it into low level strategic steps and Knowledge Management system functionalities. After identifying the key characteristics that are needed in a Knowledge Management system, it should be aligned successfully with business strategy.","PeriodicalId":239750,"journal":{"name":"Strategy & Microeconomic Policy eJournal","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126502337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}