SAGE Journal Articles

Access to full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. Journal articles can act as an ideal resource to help support your assignments and studies.

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Journal Article 1: The Business Model: Recent Developments and Future Research.
Christoph Zott, Raphael Amit, and Lorenzo Massa
Journal of Management, July 2011; vol. 37, 4: pp. 1019-1042., first published on May 2, 2011 

Questions that apply to article:

  1. What is a business model?
  2. How has the Internet affected business models during the past decade?
  3. How can strategic managers use the concept of the business model in strategic planning?

 

Journal Article 2: Why do firms employ foreigners on their top management team? An exploration of strategic fit, human capital and attraction-selection-attrition perspectives
Sabina Nielsen and Bo Bernhard Nielsen
International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, August 2010; vol. 10, 2: pp. 195-209. 

Questions that apply to article:

  1. Why has the number of foreigners appointed to top management teams increased in recent years?
  2. Does the presence of foreigners on a top management team influence the likelihood that the firm will be more involved in global markets?
  3. Should a firm actively recruit foreigners for top management positions? Explain.