REDESIGNING ROUTINES FOR REPLICATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gupta, Anuja; Hoopes, David G.; Knott, Anne Marie
• 署名单位: Washington University (WUSTL); Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Camden; Rutgers University New Brunswick; California State University System; California State University Dominguez Hills
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2254
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 851-871
• 关键词: ROUTINES; DESIGN; replication; capabilities; adaptation

摘要

One factor affecting the replicability of routines is the template of what gets replicated. There isn't much work on where this comes from. One view is that the routine is discovered over time. Another view is that in some cases firms prefer to copy the last incarnation exactly. A third view is that in completely new contexts, neither evolution nor copy-exactly is completely appropriate. In those instances firms need to redesign the routine prior to introducing it to the new context. We conduct an exploratory study of a redesign process that ends in failure. Analysis of the failure provides preliminary hypotheses about how to create theory for redesigning routines. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.