Conceptual Operationalisation Issues Within The Context Of An International Study: Japanese And American Firms
Proper conceptualisation of key concepts is crucial to the development of any field of study. However, this is not necessarily true when it comes to the field of strategy. Although it is widely accepted that firm performance is an essential variable in the strategy literature and that diversifica...
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| description | Proper conceptualisation of key concepts is crucial to the development of any field of study.
However, this is not necessarily true when it comes to the field of strategy. Although it is
widely accepted that firm performance is an essential variable in the strategy literature and
that diversification is the most commonly studied variable of strategy (Dess, Gupta, Hennart,
& Hill, 1995) the issue of proper operationalisation is conspicuously absent. It is readily
observable that there is a plethora of measures being employed to measure both
diversification and firm performance. However, the measures of performance and
diversification that have been employed have not been unanimously agreed upon. In addition
to this general state of confusion, the issue of international variations across measures has
not been evaluated. The present paper seeks to address the issues of conceptual
operationalisation for performance and strategy across international boundaries. |
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| spelling | usm-365832017-09-18T09:11:08Z http://eprints.usm.my/36583/ Conceptual Operationalisation Issues Within The Context Of An International Study: Japanese And American Firms Jr., Ernest H. Hall Lee, Jooh HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Proper conceptualisation of key concepts is crucial to the development of any field of study. However, this is not necessarily true when it comes to the field of strategy. Although it is widely accepted that firm performance is an essential variable in the strategy literature and that diversification is the most commonly studied variable of strategy (Dess, Gupta, Hennart, & Hill, 1995) the issue of proper operationalisation is conspicuously absent. It is readily observable that there is a plethora of measures being employed to measure both diversification and firm performance. However, the measures of performance and diversification that have been employed have not been unanimously agreed upon. In addition to this general state of confusion, the issue of international variations across measures has not been evaluated. The present paper seeks to address the issues of conceptual operationalisation for performance and strategy across international boundaries. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36583/1/AAMJ_17.2.6.pdf Jr., Ernest H. Hall and Lee, Jooh (2012) Conceptual Operationalisation Issues Within The Context Of An International Study: Japanese And American Firms. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 17 (2). pp. 1-24. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/17.2.2012/AAMJ_17.2.6.pdf |
| spellingShingle | HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Jr., Ernest H. Hall Lee, Jooh Conceptual Operationalisation Issues Within The Context Of An International Study: Japanese And American Firms |
| title | Conceptual Operationalisation Issues Within
The Context Of An International Study: Japanese
And American Firms |
| title_full | Conceptual Operationalisation Issues Within
The Context Of An International Study: Japanese
And American Firms |
| title_fullStr | Conceptual Operationalisation Issues Within
The Context Of An International Study: Japanese
And American Firms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptual Operationalisation Issues Within
The Context Of An International Study: Japanese
And American Firms |
| title_short | Conceptual Operationalisation Issues Within
The Context Of An International Study: Japanese
And American Firms |
| title_sort | conceptual operationalisation issues within
the context of an international study: japanese
and american firms |
| topic | HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/36583/ http://eprints.usm.my/36583/ http://eprints.usm.my/36583/1/AAMJ_17.2.6.pdf |