Central European Business Review, 2018 (vol. 7), issue 2

Articles

National Project Management Maturity: A Conceptual Framework

Daniel Seelhofer, Christian Olivier Graf

Central European Business Review 2018, 7(2):1-20 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.196  

This paper extends the concept of organizational project management maturity to the national context. Based on a review of the extant literature and a thorough analysis of existing organizational maturity models, it develops a systematic framework of national project management maturity and the national project management maturity model (NPM3), by defining maturity levels, identifying key maturity perspectives and drivers, and discussing key performance indicators that may be used to assess and compare national project management maturity. Practical implications, limitations, and the need for further research are discussed.

Navigating Ambiguity: Distributive and Integrative Negotiation Tactics in China

Petra Y. Barthelmess, Patricia Enzmann, Michael Settelen, Nicolas Schärmeli

Central European Business Review 2018, 7(2):21-43 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.197  

People usually view negotiations as either an integrative process in which both sides can gain (win-win) or a distributive struggle in which one side wins and the other loses (win-lose). Culture affects how people conduct negotiations, and the Chinese people can rely on a long civilizational tradition of both – highly refined integrative as well as smart and ruthless distributive negotiation styles. The coexistence of both styles may lead to ambiguous negotiation situations. The purpose of this study is to explore whether the relationship relevance influences the Chinese people’s choice of negotiation style. We investigated the research...

Key Elements of the Protechnological Absorptive Capacity of Financial Companies in Poland

Waldemar Glabiszewski, Dorota Grego-Planer, Katarzyna Liczmańska-Kopcewicz, Maciej Zastempowski

Central European Business Review 2018, 7(2):45-59 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.198  

A number of socio-economic phenomena that are intensifying nowadays, in particular an increase in competition and customer expectations, forces enterprises to seek new sources of innovation, including process (technological) ones to ensure their ability to compete effectively. It turns out that they are increasingly transferring them from their environment, and the success of this undertaking is dependent on their absorptive capacities. Therefore, the main goal of this article was to identify the key absorptive capacities that are endogenous determinants of the effectiveness of the process of the absorption of process innovations in the activity...

The Influence of Knowledge Sources on Firm-Level Innovation: The Case of Slovak and Hungarian Manufacturing Firms

Samuel Amponsah Odei, Jan Stejskal

Central European Business Review 2018, 7(2):61-74 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.199  

This paper seeks to examine the various sources of knowledge and innovation that Slovak and Hungarian manufacturing firms rely on to improve their innovative performance. To carry out our empirical analysis we used the multiple regression technique and data from the Community Innovation Survey conducted between 2010 and 2012. Our empirical analysis demonstrated divergent results for both countries. Slovak firms derived their innovation from in-house activities and other sources such as scientific journals and conferences while Hungarian firms relied on market sources such as cooperation with clients or customers from the private sector for their innovation...