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Aigwi, I E, Egbelakin, T and Ingham, J (2018) Efficacy of adaptive reuse for the redevelopment of underutilised historical buildings. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 385–407.
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Brown, S and Walker, G (2008) Understanding heat wave vulnerability in nursing and residential homes. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 363–72.
Buyukyoran, F and Gundes, S (2018) Optimized real options-based approach for government guarantees in PPP toll road projects. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 203–16.
Cole, R J, Robinson, J, Brown, Z and O'Shea, M (2008) Re-contextualizing the notion of comfort. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 323–36.
Cooper, G (2008) Escaping the house: Comfort and the California garden. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 373–80.
Harris, H J (2008) Conquering winter: US consumers and the cast-iron stove. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 337–50.
Healy, S (2008) Air-conditioning and the 'homogenization' of people and built environments. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 312–22.
Higgins, D and Perera, T (2018) Advancing real estate decision making: understanding known, unknown and unknowable risks. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 373–84.
Huuhka, S and Saarimaa, S (2018) Adaptability of mass housing: size modification of flats as a response to segregation. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 408–26.
Leiringer, R and Dainty, A (2018) Plugging into the big debates of the day. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 181.
Parkhurst, G and Parnaby, R (2008) Growth in mobile air-conditioning: A socio-technical research agenda. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 351–62.
Sadikoglu Asan, H and Ozsoy, A (2018) The importance of user memory in understanding housing quality. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 427–46.
Shadid, W K (2018) A framework for managing organizations in complex environments. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 182–202.
Strengers, Y (2008) Comfort expectations: The impact of demand-management strategies in Australia. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 381–91.
Tansey, P, Spillane, J P and Brooks, T (2018) Creating opportunities in the face of an environmental jolt: exploring turnaround strategizing practices within large Irish construction contractors. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 217–41.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Internationalization; Ireland; organizational turnaround; retrenchment; strategy-as-practice;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2017.1368679
- Abstract:
Firms that face organizational decline choreographed from an environmental jolt must seek new ways of creating opportunities in order to successfully turnaround. As such, the identification of pertinent turnaround strategies becomes increasingly important for senior management. Within the strategy-as-practice scholarly, there have been recent calls to move beyond empirical “isolationism” and to connect with other larger social phenomena; while across the turnaround literature there have been calls to explore the process and micro-structure of turnaround strategies in cyclical environments. To address this research gap, the purpose of the study is to adopt a tall ontology by blending the strategy-as-practice lens with the organizational decline and turnaround lens. By drawing on five exploratory case studies of large Irish construction contractors, the central objective is thus to explore firms’ turnaround strategizing practices during an environmental jolt. In order to advance our tall ontology, we developed a turnaround strategizing process model (and propositions) that integrates our findings, and which offers the fundamental building blocks of a new blended theory. We find that successful turnaround attempts entail the simultaneous interaction of non-aggressive cost retrenchment actions and non-extensive internationalization. The case studies further suggest that during a prolonged environmental jolt, cost retrenchment is more often a long-term strategy. Lastly, the findings provide valuable support for practitioners in developing a successful turnaround response, and in aiding the selection and timing of operational and strategic actions.
Warren-Myers, G, Judge, M and Paladino, A (2018) Sustainability ratings in residential development: a worthwhile endeavour?. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 353–72.