"Inspired by the Coase (1937) theory of the firm, we analyze the performance of Healy, Palepu, and Ruback (1992) sample …). Our individual, firm-level, year-by-year analyses indicate that the managerial performance of the merged firms generally … interest in yearly or even quarterly managerial performance at the individual firm level." …

Only a small number of U.S. businesses have adopted the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The purpose of this … Performance Excellence. The study population consisted of six business executives and two organizations in the U.S. state of Texas …, all with experience in implementing the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. The theory of high performance work …