ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMISM, COMPLEXITY, AND MUNIFICENCE AS MODERATORS OF STRATEGY-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS

被引:101
作者
MCARTHUR, AW [1 ]
NYSTROM, PC [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WISCONSIN,MILWAUKEE,WI 53201
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10.1016/0148-2963(91)90020-X
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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To assess whether environmental conditions interact with strategies as determinants of performance, analyses were conducted on data describing over 100 large manufacturing firms. Environmental measures obtained from organization theory describe objective conditions in industries delineated at the 4-digit SIC level. Results of hierarchical regression analyses show that environmental dynamism, complexity, and munificence each moderates the form of strategy-performance relationships. These results hold implications for contingency theories of business policy and organization theory, as well as for the practice of management. © 1991.
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