Dr. Abdul Rasheed
Professor of Management
Gilley, K. Matthew; McGee, Jeffrey E.; Rasheed, Abdul A. April 2004. Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p117, 17p.
This study investigates how perceived environmental dynamism and managerial risk aversion influence a firm's manufacturing outsourcing activities. Based on a survey of 86 small manufacturing firms, the study found that higher levels of perceived environmental dynamism and managerial risk aversion are associated with increased outsourcing activity. These relationships are moderated by firm maturity such that newer firms engage in more manufacturing outsourcing than their mature counterparts when the environment is perceived to be more dynamic. Mature firms were found to outsource more than newer firms when their top-management teams were relatively more risk averse.
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Human resource outsourcing and organizational performance in manufacturing firms.
Gilley, K. Matthew; Greer, Charles R.; Rasheed, Abdul A. Mar2004. Journal of Business Research, Vol. 57 Issue 3, p232, 9p.
Considerable anecdotal evidence suggests that an organization's use of outsourcing will have an influence on its performance. However, few empirical examinations of the outsourcing–performance relationship have been conducted. In this study, we analyze the relationship between the outsourcing of human resource (HR) activities, namely training and payroll, and firm performance. In addition, we hypothesize that the outsourcing–performance relationship is not the same for all firms. As a result, we test for the potential moderating effects of firm size. Our sample consists of 94 manufacturing firms representing 16 two-digit SIC code industries. Results indicate that both training and payroll outsourcing have implications for firm performance. However, findings regarding a moderating effect of firm size were inconclusive.
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Goll, Irene; Rasheed, Abdul A. Jan2004. Journal of Business Ethics, Part 1, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p41, 14p.
This study examines the relationships between a company's emphasis on discretionary social responsibility, environment, and firm performance. It tests the proposition that environmental munificence and dynamism moderate the relationship between discretionary social responsibility and financial performance. Social responsibility was measured with a three-item scale in a sample of 62 firms using a questionnaire. Environmental munificence and dynamism were measured using archival sources as was financial performance (return on assets and return on sales). The results of moderated regression analyses and subgroup analyses found a significant moderating effect of environment on the social responsibility- firm performance relationship. Discretionary social responsibility contributes to firm performance in environments that are dynamic and munificent.
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Production Economies of Foreign-Owned and Domestic-Owned Banks in Hong Kong.
Rezvanian, Rasoul; Rasheed, Abdul A.; Mehdian, Seyed., Jun2003. American Business Review , Vol. 21 Issue 2, p20, 10p.
Discusses production economies of foreign-owned and domestic-owned banks in Hong Kong, China. Reasons cited for the international expansion of banks; Comparison of the cost structure and production efficiency of foreign-owned and domestic-owned banks; Ownership-specific cost structures.
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International multi-unit franchising: an agency theoretic explanation.
Garg, Viany K.; Rasheed, Abdul A. Jun2003. International Business Review, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p329, 20p.
In spite of its considerable popularity, multi-unit franchising has been considered an anomaly from an agency theory perspective. This paper addresses this anomaly by attempting a comprehensive agency theoretic explanation of international multi-unit franchising. Although past agency theoretic examinations have mostly focused on single-unit franchising, a closer examination of the international context, which is characterized by significant geographic and cultural distance between franchisors and franchisees, suggests that multi-unit franchising may be more appropriate. This paper examines several agency problems inherent in multi-unit franchising. These include: bonding, adverse selection, information flow, shirking, inefficient risk-bearing, free-riding, and quasi-rent appropriation. Consideration of each of these problems using agency theory perspective leads to the suggestion that multi-unit franchising might address agency problems better than single-unit franchising in the international context.
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Making More by Doing Less: An Analysis of Outsourcing and its Effects on Firm Performance.
Gilley, K. Matthew; Rasheed, Abdul A., 2000. Journal of Management, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p763, 28p.
This study empirically examined the extent to which outsourcing of both peripheral and near-core tasks influences firms' financial and nonfinancial performance. In addition, the potential moderating effects of firm strategy and the environment on the outsourcing-performance relationship were examined. Results indicate that, whereas there was no significant direct effect of outsourcing on firm performance, both firm strategy and environmental dynamism moderated the relationship between outsourcing and performance. (c) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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Through the academic looking glass: A critical view.
Rasheed, Abdul A., May/June 98. Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p333, 5p.
Reviews two books on internationalization of the business curriculum. "International Business Education Development," edited by Zafar U. Ahmed; "International Business Teaching," edited by Erdener Kaynak.;
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Corporate Restructuring Patterns in the US and Germany: A Comparative Empirical Investigation.
Buhner, Roll; Rasheed, Abdul A.; Rosenstein, Joseph.
1997 4th Quarter . Management International Review (MIR) , Vol. 37 Issue 4, p319, 20p.
This study compares restructuring patterns in US and Germany following a shareholder vs. stakeholder approach. The influence of differences in institutional settings between the US (shareholder oriented) and Germany (stakeholder oriented) is assessed using an agency perspective. The institutional setting in the US is seen to foster the emergence as well as the solution of agency conflicts. The German institutional setting, in contrast, appears to impede the detection of agency problems and to lead to consensus strategies which balance multiple stakeholders' goals, in part at the expense of share- holders.
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Determinants of price premiums: A study of initial public.
Rasheed, Abdul M.A.; Datta, Deepak K. Oct97. Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p11, 13p.
Examines the factors that influence the extent of price premium over book value in initial public offerings (IPO) pricing in the medical diagnostics and devices industry. Issues related to IPO motivations, pricing and price premiums; Factors affecting IPO price premiums over book value; Research methodology; Results and discussions.;
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Rational decision-making and firm performance: the modera ting role of environment.
Goll, Irene; Rasheed, Abdul M. A. Aug97. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 18 Issue 7, p583, 9p.
The relationship between rationality in strategic decision processes and firm performance has been a subject of continuing controversy in the strategic management field. There are two other critical aspects of a firm's operating environment, namely complexity and munificence which have received relatively little attention. This paper attempts to address this gap in past empirical research by investigating, the moderating role of environmental munificence, the moderating role of environmental dynamism, and the joint effect of munificence and dynamism in the relationship between rationality in strategic decision processes and organizational performance. Based on a sample of 62 manufacturing firms, the study found that environmental munificence and dynamism moderate the relationship between rationality and performance. Further, the study found that rationality is strongly associated with performance in environments high in munificence and dynamism. The results of the analyses provide support for the role of environmental munificence as a moderator of the relationship between strategy-making processes and organizational performance. Empirical results supported two of the three hypotheses. The results of this study, however, have to be interpreted bearing in mind some important limitations. The choice of data, research design and inference procedures involve several inevitable trade-offs. The strategy-making process is measured using the survey method which is not as fine-grained as in-depth case studies or scenario construction.;
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Incremental Models of Policy Formulation and Non-incremental Changes: Critical Review Synthesis.
Rajagopalan, Nandini; Rasheed, Abdul M. A. Dec95. British Journal of Management, Vol. 6 Issue 4, p289, 14p.
This paper critically reviews two major models of incrementalism and four explanations for non-incremental policy making. Key differences between these models are identified and a model of policy formulation which integrates incremental and non-incremental models is developed. Theoretical and methodological implications of this model are identified and research propositions are developed.
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Rationality in Strategic Decision Processes, Environmental Dynamism and Firm Performance.
Priem, Richard L.; Rasheed, Abdul M. A.; Kotulic, Andrew G. 1995. Journal of Management, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p913, 17p.
This study tests competing theories of how she relationship between rationality in strategic decision processes and firm performance may be moderated by environmental dynamism. Results, based on a survey of 101 manufacturing firms, indicate q positive rationality-performance relationship for firms facing dynamic environments, but no relationship between rationality and performance for firms facing stable environments. Implications for future research are discussed.
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Greening the manufacturing function.
Sarkis, Joseph; Rasheed, Abdul. Sep/Oct95,. Business Horizons, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p17, 11p.
Identifies and describes the basic elements of an environmentally conscious manufacturing strategy (ECM) and techniques to enable businesses to pursue ECM strategies. Objectives of the ECM; Evaluation of environmental implications of manufacturing activities; ECM project planning and management strategies.;
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The new corporate architecture.
Dess, Gregory G.; Rasheed, Abdul M.A. Aug95. Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p7, 12p.
Examines different types of organizational structures to modify or break down external organizational boundaries. Use of value chain in dividing a firm's activities; Outsourcing non-vital functions while retaining full strategic control by modular type; Assembling resources from different firms by virtual type; Removal of internal and external boundaries that stifle productivity by barrier-free type.
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Top management team characteristics and corporate illegal activity.
Daboub, Anthony J.; Rasheed, Abdul M. A. Jan1995. Academy of Management Review, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p138, 32p.
Suggests relationships between top management team characteristics and corporate illegal activity. Various reasons for corporate wrongdoing; Organizational slack and performance; Corporate strategy.;
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