Business freedom, corruption and the performance of trusting cooperation partners: empirical findings from six European countries

Hatak, Isabella; Fink, Matthias; Frank, Hermann

doi:10.1007/s11846-014-0127-7

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“…Generally speaking, the low absolute response rate of our survey can be regarded as another limitation of our results. However, a comparison of similar recent survey-based studies conducted in German-speaking countries (e.g., Aschauer et al, 2015;Eierle and Haller, 2009;Faghfouri et al, 2015;Hatak et al, 2015;Mitter et al, 2014) reveals that our response rate of 3.6% is comparable. Moreover, according to Baruch and Holtom (2008), about 5% is a common response rate.…”

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Chief financial officer (CFO) characteristics and ERP system adoption

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2017

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This paper examines the relationship between characteristics of chief financial officers (CFOs) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system adoption. Following upper echelons theory, we theorize that CFO age, education, tenure, and recruitment influence ERP system adoption and that this relationship is moderated by the CFO being responsible for firm-wide IT functions. Design/methodology/approach: Our empirical analysis is based on a survey of 296 large and medium-sized Austrian firms. Logistic regression analyses were used to test the association between CFO characteristics and ERP system adoption. 2 Findings: We find that firms with externally recruited CFOs have adopted ERP systems significantly more often than firms with internally promoted CFOs. Surprisingly, our results indicate that firms with less-educated CFOs more often adopted an ERP system and that the relationship between CFO characteristics and ERP system adoption is not moderated by the CFO being responsible for IT. Research limitations/implications: Our paper adds to the literature by corroborating case-based evidence that CFOs and their characteristics influence ERP system adoption. Extending previous research which indicates that CFO characteristics influence accounting practices, we show that CFO characteristics also influence technological innovation such as the adoption of ERP systems. Future research on technological innovation may therefore pay closer attention to the influence of CFOs. Originality/value: This article is the first to quantitatively test the influence of CFO characteristics on ERP system adoption.

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Chief financial officer (CFO) characteristics and ERP system adoption

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Duller

2017

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“…While there initially may be a strong focus on formal governance mechanisms to reduce uncertainty within the collaboration, some partners may put more emphasis on informal mechanisms such as trust as the U-I collaboration gradually develops-which might explain why some U-I collaborations are more or less successful than others. This is because in joint R&D, neither the goals nor the contributions of the partners can be defined completely ex ante and thus hierarchical tools of control and sanction (e.g., Adler 2001;Williamson 1991) fail to coordinate innovative cooperative behavior over time (Hatak et al 2015). Here, we encourage researchers to extend current research by engaging in cross-stage studies.…”

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Mapping the field: a bibliometric analysis of the literature on university–industry collaborations

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The substantial acknowledgement of university-industry (U-I) collaborations as promotor of economic progress, innovativeness and competitiveness fostered a continuous research engagement. At the same time, the U-I literature experienced a notable increase in the past decade, transforming into a multi-faceted and ambiguous research field, characterised by highly complex interlinks. The recent transformation hinders a comprehensive understanding of the latest developments in research directions and their clear delineation. Therefore, the purpose of this bibliometric literature review is to examine the evolution of the field and identify the primary emerging patterns. This paper employs co-citation analysis and bibliographic coupling techniques to analyse the U-I publications dataset. The findings indicate that the U-I collaborations research can be systematically clustered, resulting in an interconnected ecosystem consisting of three levels: individual, organisational and institutional, respectively. Thus, this review presents the immense contribution that the analysis of U-I collaborations makes to various research streams. Building on these findings and employing qualitative content analysis on the clustered publications, the paper develops a research agenda that encourages future investigations of previously overlooked features of U-I collaborations in general, and their role across levels of analysis, contexts and stages of the collaboration process in particular.

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“…Similarly, recent research in areas as different as management (Hatak et al 2015;Fink and Kessler 2010;Fink and Harms 2012), accounting (Aschauer et al 2017), and finance (Fredriksson et al 2017;Moro and Fink 2013;Moro et al 2015) has investigated the role of control as a tool for dealing with agency costs (Jensen and Meckling 1976) and for stimulating firm performance (Simons 2000;Martyn et al 2016). The scientific interest in trust has also spanned several disciplines, including areas such as psychology, sociology, management and finance (Bachman and Inkpen 2011).…”

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Trust, control and knowledge transfer in small business networks

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The ability to transfer knowledge effectively in the networks of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) is paramount for supporting firm competitiveness. Our research is the first one that explores the joint effect of trust and control mechanisms on knowledge transfer in the case of networks of SMEs. We use a multiple case study approach based on six Italian networks of SMEs. We analyse the joint impact of different ethical based trustworthiness factors-namely benevolence and integrity-and the levers of control (LOCs)-namely, belief, boundary, diagnostic and interactive LOCs-on knowledge transfer between SMEs in networks. We find that trust substitutes for the implementation of boundary, diagnostic, and belief tools, while it works jointly with interactive tools in order to support knowledge transfer. These insights not only provide a rich foundation for follow-up research, but also inform SME managers about how to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of knowledge transfer with their network partners.

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Business freedom, corruption and the performance of trusting cooperation partners: empirical findings from six European countries

Cited by 15 publications

References 111 publications

Chief financial officer (CFO) characteristics and ERP system adoption

Chief financial officer (CFO) characteristics and ERP system adoption

Mapping the field: a bibliometric analysis of the literature on university–industry collaborations

Trust, control and knowledge transfer in small business networks

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