Assessing managerial skills in SMEs for capacity building
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni , Temtime, Zelealem
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Management Development Vol. 27, no. 2 (2008), p. 251-260
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- Description: Purpose - The paper aims to identify perceived critical managerial factors (PCMFs) affecting the performance of SMEs, show the direction and extent of relationship between PCMFs and firm characteristics, and forward some research and policy implications. Design/methodology/approach - The paper uses a survey questionnaire to collect data on SMEs' perceptions of the degree of impact of selected managerial issues on their performance. The data were factor analyzed (principal component analysis), purified (Varimax rotation) and validated for reliability (Cronbach's α
- Description: C1
Attitude to risk in technology-based strategic alliances for tourism
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni , Courvisanos, Jerry
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration Vol. 11, no. 3 (2010), p. 275-302
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- Description: This article examines how attitude to risk in the tourism industry impacts on the role of strategic alliances in developing technology-based knowledge. A survey of Australian travel sector businesses indicates that strategic alliances in tourism contribute only marginally to technology-based knowledge. The study further found that executives in the travel sector of tourism are risk-averse and this has implications for their perceptions regarding the contribution of alliances to technology-based knowledge. The findings imply that Australian industry policy towards tourism needs to encourage strategic alliances that have the potential to stimulate knowledge-based innovation. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Doing tourism research using the pragmatism paradigm : An empirical example
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Tourism and hospitality planning and development Vol. 3, no. 3 (2006), p. 223-240
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- Description: There is a call for mixed-methods research in tourism. Many scholars have called for mixing a quantitative and qualitative research methods as a way of enhancing the understanding of a very complex social world that confronts tourism researchers. This paper takes a practical step by showing how mixing of methods can be done. The paper uses data that were collected in Australia. In doing so, the paper shows how data were collected and analysed. Theoretical understanding of the two approaches shows how the findings were arrived at and further supports the argument behind each approach taken in both data collection and analysis. The paper concludes by shedding light on some of the challenges facing mixed-methods researchers, and further provides practical ways of conducting mixed-methods research in tourism effectively.
- Description: C1
- Description: 2003001764
Harambe : Strategic alliance formation and performance evaluation in the tourism sector of travel
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: "This thesis investigates the influence of company and executive characteristics on strategic alliance formation (decision to form alliances, alliance type selection and choice of alliance partners) and performance evaluation of alliances, in the Australian tourism industry sector of travel. The significance of forming strategic alliances as a way of achieving 'harambe' is emphasised throughout this thesis. 'Harambe' is a ki-Swahili term meaning "to pull together, or to work together or to pull the same rope together at the same time" in harmony. The idea here is that companies pool their resources together through strategic alliances to be able to achieve their strategic goals and objectives. The research focuses on three travel sub-sectors - travel agencies, tour operators and wholesalers and how these sub-sectors relate with those of transport and accommodation." -
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
How company and managerial characteristics influence strategic alliance adoption in the travel sector
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Tourism Research Vol. 9, no. 4 (2007), p. 243-255
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- Description: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of company and executive characteristics in strategic alliance formation in the tourism sector of travel. A survey of Australian travel sector businesses was carried out and the results indicate a high level of interaction through alliances between various sectors of the Australian tourism industry. Top managers' characteristics (experience, ownership and risk-taking attitude) were found to be influential in taking strategic decisions of whether to form alliances or not. These characteristics do not play an important role in determining the number of alliances an organisation has and their geographical location, as much as company characteristics do. The findings of this paper imply that company characteristics are important in determining alliance formation. Managers should thoroughly consider these characteristics when deciding not only to form alliances, but also the types of alliances that could help their organisations to be more competitive, given limited resources. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Description: C1
- Description: 2003005188
Managerial competency and organizational flexibility in small and medium enterprises in Botswana
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni , Temtime, Zelealem
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Problems and Perspectives in Management Vol. 1, no. 2005 (2005), p. 25-36
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- Description: C1
- Description: 2003001143
Perceived managerial problems in SMEs: Evidence from Botswana
- Authors: Temtime, Zelealem , Pansiri, Jaloni
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Development and Learning in Organisations Vol. 20, no. 5 (2006), p. 15-17
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- Description: C1
Pragmatism : A methodological approach to researching strategic alliances in tourism
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Tourism and Hospitality Planning & Development Vol. 2, no. 3 (2005), p. 191-206
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- Description: This paper brings together three streams of social science literature (paradigms, tourism research and strategic alliance practice) in order to further the debate on the need to adopt an appropriate paradigm in tourism research. By reviewing past research methods used in tourism the paper singles out pragmatism as a methodology that could yield better research insights because of its potential to allow the mixing of methods. A model based on pragmatism that could be used by researchers in tourism has also been developed, one which gives room for application of any theory or discipline. This model has been developed taking into consideration the fact that tourism has eclectic origins.
- Description: C1
- Description: 2003001136
The effects of characteristics of partners on strategic alliance performance in the SME dominated travel sector
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Tourism Management Vol. 29, no. 1 (2008), p. 101-115
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- Description: This study examines the effects of characteristics of alliance partners on perceived strategic alliance performance. Alliance relationships were explored within and between the travel sector, and other tourism sectors of accommodation and transport. Study results indicate company executives' high level of satisfaction with alliances performance. Commitment and capability has been found to positively influence general satisfaction with alliance performance, market share and profitability, and overall alliance performance while trust positively influence general satisfaction with alliance performance. Control was found to have an influence on satisfaction with technology transfer and alliance operational performance while compatibility was positively associated with general satisfaction with alliance performance. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Description: C1
The influence of executive/managers' characteristics and perceptions on strategic alliance performance evaluation
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at CAUTHE 2006 conference - to the city and beyond, Melbourne : 6th February, 2006
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- Description: This paper reports findings from a study that investigated the role of Upper Echelon (UE) characteristics and organisational factors in evaluating strategic alliances performance. Alliance relationships were explored within and between the travel sector, and with other tourism sectors of accommodation and transport. Study results indicate high level of of interaction through alliances between these sectors and that strategic alliances are an effective tool of enhancing organizational performance. UE characteristics (experience tenure, and risk taking attitudes) and organizational factors (subsector, number of employees, turnover and category) were found to be influential in assessing alliance performance.
- Description: E1
- Description: 2003001913
The influence of managers' characteristics and perceptions in strategic alliance practice
- Authors: Pansiri, Jaloni
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Management Decision Vol. 43, no. 9 (2005), p. 1097-1113
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- Description: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide a linkage between strategic alliance practice and managerial cognitive base with a view to understanding alliance dynamics better. Design/methodology/approach - After presenting a strategic alliance model, the paper reviews analysis of reasons for alliance formation, choice of partners, alliance structure and scope and alliance performance. Literature on managerial characteristics is also explored with a view to provide an approach to researching strategic alliances. Findings - Brings together two streams of management literature (cognitive base and strategic alliances) in order to provide an alternative to understanding strategic alliances. The analysis found that ever since the work of Hambrick and Mason, Upper echelon (UE) linking managerial characteristics to strategic choice have persistently overlooked strategic alliances as strategic options worth consideration. While on the other hand only a handful of strategic alliance researchers have paid lip-service to the UE perspective. Research limitations/implications - The paper cannot claim to have evaluated all the literature on the subject. A claim regarding lack of linkages between the two streams of research is made only in the context of accessed publications. Practical implications - The paper identifies opportunities for further research that links managerial cognitive base with diverse strategic alliance practices. Borrowing from the work of Carpenter et al. the paper further identify possibilities for further research that links top management teams characteristics to strategic alliance research which also has not been researched before. Originality/value - The paper uses well-established and researched management fields to identify gaps in the literature which could be further explored. To this end, the paper's originality and value is within identification of these gaps in the management literature. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Description: C1
- Description: 2003001133