Projects

Performance research despite prominent criticism is still one of the most popular areas of research in the field of economics and management (Richard et al 2009). This should come of no surprise as competitive survival of companies is at the heart of both economic and management theory and on top of the agenda for practitioners. While performance research is well established it is also met by severe criticism (Sutton & March, 1997; Mintzberg, 1994). This criticism is partly attributable to methodological problems of performance research as well as to content problems concerning different meanings of performance in business and economic. However, I propose that relatively new tools - second order metaanalysis and meta- regression - allow me to tackle several of the critical points in performance research and provide an efficient mean to compare performance research across fields. It allows me to develop a comprehensive model to analyze what antecedent variables have the strongest effect on organizational performance and give implications for research and business management.