Variations in Strategic Philosophy among American and Mexican Managers

Competitive Strategy and Performance in Mexico, Peru, and the United States

“…Conventional wisdom suggests that successful firms in developed nations are more likely to pursue strategies anchored in innovation while those in emerging economies are more likely to emphasize cost containment (Parnell, 2004). This assumption was not supported in the present study.…”

“…The instrument utilized in this study contained Pelham and Wilson's (1996) five-item innovation strategy and three-item low cost strategy scales and Parnell, Lester, and Menefee's (2000) five-item performance satisfaction scale (see also Parnell, 2004;Parnell, O'Regan, & Ghobadian, 2006). Demographic and personal items were also added, including age, gender, management experience, organizational experience, and position (i.e., management level) in the firm.…”

Impact of Time Orientation on the Strategic Behavior of Thai and American Hotel Managers

“…Appropriate inventories of the aspects of business strategy development were mostly extracted from relevant literature, as follows: involvement in strategy development (Parnell, 2004;Yousef, 1998), openness to strategic change (Gelentkanycz, 1997;Susskind, Miller, & Johnson, 1998), strategic planning time horizons (Reid & Hinkley, 1989;Rhyne, 1986), strategy evalu-ation time horizons (Hastings, 1996;Tangen, 2003), and commitment to strategic decisions (Mowday, Steers, & Porter, 1979). Re-wording and adaptations were made on the original statements to best fit the purpose of the current study.…”

“…The studies addressing the issue of potential influences of national cultural values on managers' strategic orientations and philosophies have been growing in number (e.g., Sullivan & Nonaka, 1988;Schneider, 1989;Reid & Hinkley, 1989;Schneider & De Meyer, 1991;Kotha, Dunbar, & Bird, 1995;Hitt, Dacin, Tyler, & Park, 1997;Geletkanycz, 1997;Harris & Ghauri, 2000;Parnell, 2004). While contributing to our understanding of the behavioral explanations of strategic management process, especially in an era where the globalization of the world economy continues to accelerate, this growing literature is not exempt of limitations.…”

Multi-dimensional measure of strategy development process from a different context: an empirical research on Turkish managers

“…Even though several studies exploring different approaches to strategy development process have been employed, most of them have examined and sampled organizations in similar samplings, more specifically Anglo-Saxon cultures/countries. For example, Parnell (2003) expresses his concern regarding the concentration of strategy development research on a specific sampling from similar or the same region/country. Although many elements of the existing consensus developed from the current studies of strategic management may be directly appropriate to developing/emerging countries (Parnell, 2003), we aim to reveal strategy development approaches of one of the developing/emerging countries, more specificly the nature of strategy development process in Turkish business organisations.…”