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作者：Zhong, Weiguo; Ma, Zhiming; Tong, Tony W.; Zhang, Yuchen; Xie, Luqun
作者单位：Peking University; Peking University; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; Tulane University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University
摘要：It is unclear why, despite the increasing emphasis on innovation in modern business, firms are still myopic in their search efforts. Although prior studies have examined the role of supply-side factors such as technologies, capabilities, and managerial cognition, they rarely explore how demand-side factors such as customers can shape managerial cognition and firm search behavior. Extending the attention-based view to the demand side, we argue that major customers channel the attention of execu...
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作者：Acharya, Abhijith G.; Pollock, Timothy G.
作者单位：Wilfrid Laurier University; University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
摘要：Drawing on status characteristics theory, we explore how boards' social structures influence board turnover. We theorize that (a) understanding directors' relative standing and spheres of influence in the local status hierarchy creates deference structures that reduce conflict and enhance stability, thereby reducing board turnover; and (b) shared performance expectations and attraction based on homophily in the global status hierarchy can also reduce conflict and enhance stability and thus ser...
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作者：Baer, Markus; Dane, Erik; Madrid, Hector P.
作者单位：Washington University (WUSTL); Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
摘要：Much has been written about the liabilities of mind wandering in the workplace. Given its prevalence, however, mind wandering may carry underappreciated benefits-especially with respect to creativity. Examining this possibility, we hypothesize that mind wandering involving imaginative thoughts, also known as daydreams, has the potential to spur creativity. We develop a theoretical model in which we examine two facets of daydreams based on their content problem-oriented daydreams and bizarre da...
