Title: Management and enterprise development in criminal organisations

Authors: Petter Gottschalk

Addresses: Norwegian School of Management, Nydalsveien 37, Oslo 0442, Norway

Abstract: Organised crime has received increased attention in recent years. To fight organised crime, there is a need to understand criminal organisations. In this conceptual research paper, terminology from the business and management literature is applied to the growing area of organised crime. Rather than thinking of organised crimes as acts of criminals, this paper suggests an understanding of criminal organisations similar to non-criminal organisations.

Keywords: organised crime; leadership roles; organisational culture; value configuration; organisational structures; research hypotheses; law enforcement; policing; criminal organisations.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2008.018763

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2008 Vol.5 No.4, pp.484 - 496

Published online: 16 Jun 2008 *

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