Articles

Globalization and the inward flow of immigrants: Issues associated with the inpatriation of global managers (with Michael Harvey and Miriam Moeller), Human resource development quarterly (2011)

Assembling a diverse global workforce is becoming a critical dimension in gaining successful global performance....

 

A multi-level model of global decision-making: Developing a composite global frame-of-reference (with Michael Harvey, David Griffith, and Miriam Moeller), Journal of world business (2011)

As organizations globalize their operations, managers are finding that making decisions in a global context...

 

International acquisitions: Retention of a target firm's key top personnel for social capital (with Burcu Simsek), International journal of human resources development and management (2011)

One of the most utilized strategic tactics by many organizations is to focus on international...

 

Exploring knowledge management to organizational performance outcomes in a transitional economy (with R. Glenn Richey, Juan Meng, and Marina Dabic), Business papers (2009)

The Eastern European Economies offer many major business opportunities but due to the transitional nature...

 

An exploratory study of innovation in Croatia after independence (with Marina Dabic and Vesna Andrijevic Matovac), Our economy (2009)

One of the main sources of economic growth lies in the successful development and application...

 

Small and medium-sized firms top management teams' decision-making in global acquisitions (with Michael G. Harvey and Miriam Moeller), Tržište / Market (2009)

The new global marketplace has caused changes in some organizations'/industries' forms and execution of strategy...

 

Knowledge management in Central and Eastern Europe through network development and boundary spanners (with Michael G. Harvey and Marina Dabic), Business papers (2008)

Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have become a popular research venue due to their...

 

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Market growth through mergers and acquisitions: The role of the relationship marketing manager in sustaining performance (with R. Glenn Richey, Mert Tokman, and Vivek Dalela), Business papers (2008)

This research suggests that firms considering a merger and acquisition strategy need to pay attention...

 

Acquisition issues: Operational changes to the acquired firm's top management team and subsequent organizational performance (with Michael G. Harvey and Joyce Thompson Heames), Business papers (2008)

Acquisitions continue to be an important topic for management scholars and practitioners alike. Managers are...

 

Determining top managements' "value": Pre/post acquisition (with Michael G. Harvey), Business papers (2008)

Employing an acquisition is one of the primary methods of growth utilized by organizations. In...

 

Global social time perspectives in marketing: A strategic reference point theory application (with Michael G. Harvey and R. Glenn Richey), Business papers (2008)

Purpose – The ultimate purpose of this paper it to encourage international business scholars and...

 

Globalisation of internal venture capital opportunities in developing small and medium enterprises' relationships (with Michael G. Harvey), Business papers (2008)

The global market has an impact on almost all Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), but...

 

Global marketing teams: A strategic option for multinationals (with Timothy S. Kiessling, Louis D. Marino, and R. Glenn Richey), Organizational dynamics (2006)

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The buzzword of the year has been that ‘‘the world is flat,’’ now...

 

Global organizational control: A new role for inpatriates (with Michael Harvey), Business papers (2006)

As organizations have expanded globally, control mechanisms utilized in the past may need to be...

 

The human resource management issues during an acquisition: The target firm’s top management team and key managers (with Timothy Kiessling and Michael Harvey), International journal of human resource management (2006)

When a company is acquired, the amount of money paid for the company is normally...

 

An exploratory examination into the challenges to technology transfer in the transitional economy of Croatia (with David A. Griffith and Marina Dabic), Thunderbird international business review (2005)

In this study, the transfer of technology between foreign multinational corporations (MNCs) and Croatian subsidiaries...

 

Global marketing networks and the development of trust: A dynamic capabilities perspective (with Michael Harvey), Journal of marketing channels (2005)

The global market has begun to effect organizations in most industries. Organizations are entering strategic...

 

Strategic global human resource management research in the twenty-first century: An endorsement of the mixed-method research methodology (with Michael Harvey), International journal of human resource management (2005)

Global competition is rapidly becoming the norm in which nearly all business organizations must compete...

 

The negative effects of being a ‘late’ newcomer during an expatriation assignment (with Michael Harvey), International journal of intercultural relations (2004)

In some situations, expatriate managers and their families are encapsulated in expatriate enclaves for safety...

 

The importance of boundary-spanners in global supply chains and logistics management in the 21st century (with Michael Harvey and Garry Garrison), Journal of global marketing (2004)

The important and required evolution of the logistics boundary-spanner due to changes in the marketplace...

 

Examining the theoretical inspirations of a management guru (with R. Glenn Richey), Management decision (2004)

This manuscript discusses the contributions of Peter F. Drucker and the seminal influences on his...

 

Staffing marketing positions during global hyper-competitiveness: A market-based perspective (with Michael Harvey and Milorad Novicevic), International journal of human resource management (2003)

As organizations globalize their operations, there appears to be an imperceptible shift in focus from...

 

Conference Papers

Exploration of firm strategic control in Australia and the United States and implications for global governance structures (with Keith Duncan and Michael Harvey), Business papers (2009)

Our empirical study of 246 Directors, financial executives, accountants and credit/security analysts explore the concept...

 

Firm strategic control: Direct ownership, indirect ownership, dispersion and board of directors (with Keith Duncan), Business papers (2008)

Our empirical study of 246 Directors, financial executives, accountants and credit/security analysts explore the concept...

 

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New venture growing pains: When being acquired is an appropriate remedy (with Justin B. Craig), 5th AGSE international entrepreneurship research exchange (2008)

Our empirical research explores acquisitions of small entrepreneurial firms with a focus on the entrepreneurial...

 

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One of the greatest influences to modern management: Peter F. Drucker (with R. Glenn Richey), Paper presented at the annual meeting of the southern management association (2004)

This manuscript discusses the contributions of Peter F. Drucker and the seminal influences on his...

 

Expatriate managers managing in a global ‘timescape’ context (with Michael Harvey and Milorad Novicevic), Paper presented at the 46th annual meeting of the academy of international business: Bridging with the other: The importance of dialogue in international business (2004)

Rapid globalization and the increasing complexity of conducting business in a hypercompetitive marketplace, has some...

 

Foreign entry modes revisited from an ethics perspective: An exploratory case of the transitional economy (with Marina Dabic), Paper presented at the 10th international conference on Industry, Engineering and Management Systems (IEMS) (2004)

This research explores through a questionnaire of four hundred Croatian businessmen and 92 Croatian business...